Republicans Keep Haggling While Trump’s Impeachment Hangover Grows
On January 26, the Senate was still stuck in the political swamp Trump left behind: whether to move quickly on the second impeachment or slow-walk the whole thing. The delay itself became part of the scandal, because it let Republicans pretend there was a clean separation between Trump’s final-week conduct and the attack on the Capitol that followed. Meanwhile, the public record kept getting worse for Trump, not better, and the party’s effort to run out the clock looked less like prudence than avoidance.
First recorded Jan 26, 2021·Meaningfully updated Jan 26, 2021
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Republicans Keep Haggling While Trump’s Impeachment Hangover Grows
On January 26, the Senate was still stuck in the political swamp Trump left behind: whether to move quickly on the second impeachment or slow-walk the whole thing. The delay itself became part of the scandal, because it let Republicans pretend there was a clean separation between Trump’s final-week conduct and the attack on the Capitol that followed. Meanwhile, the public record kept getting worse for Trump, not better, and the party’s effort to run out the clock looked less like prudence than …
On January 26, the Senate was still stuck in the political swamp Trump left behind: whether to move quickly on the second impeachment or slow-walk the whole thing. The delay itself became part of the scandal, because it let Republicans pretend there was a clean separation between Trump’s final-week conduct and the attack on the Capitol that followed. Meanwhile, the public record kept getting worse for Trump, not bet…
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