No Change
The question being asked on political shows tonight is: Do you think any Republican senators’ minds have been changed by the proceedings?
Well, I can answer that question: No, no minds have been changed. The Republicans still know Trump is guilty, and they’re still going to acquit him anyway.
They knew he was guilty when they “read the transcript”, when they heard the details of Giuliani and Co.’s dealings in Ukraine, when Trump refused to allow his minions to testify, and when he refused to produce any documents.
They know he’s guilty – and they’ve known it for months. Some of them have known it a lot longer than that.
But most importantly, they knew it when they swore an oath to be fair and impartial jurors, who would weigh all evidence and base their verdict on the Constitution and the rule of law – just as they knew as they swore that oath that they had absolutely no intention of honouring it.
That’s where we are, folks. The “jury” is composed of those who had their minds made up long before the trial began, either because they fear what Trump will do to their political careers, or fear that their own corruption would be exposed if witnesses and documents were produced.
How does one begin to describe how low someone has to stoop in order to swear an oath to be impartial, knowing full well they will acquit a man they know to be guilty? How does one wrap their head around the idea that the survival of our democracy is in the hands of a political party that is corrupt to its very core?
For once in my loud-mouthed life, words fail me. There literally are no words in the English language that capture just how despicable the Republicans are, nor describe exactly how treasonous they have proudly proven themselves to be.
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Important thing is to deliver the message. 
