Graham’s Trial Defense Turns Into a Florida Tantrum
Lindsey Graham spent Sunday making the case that Donald Trump’s second impeachment should not count because Trump is no longer in office, which is the sort of argument that sounds clever only if you squint hard enough and ignore the Constitution. The bigger problem for Trump-world is that this was not a defense of the facts, but a procedural escape hatch from the facts, offered just as the country was still digesting the Capitol attack. The result was a public reminder that Trump’s allies had no substantive answer for January 6 beyond insisting the calendar should erase it.
First recorded Feb 7, 2021·Meaningfully updated Feb 7, 2021
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Graham’s Trial Defense Turns Into a Florida Tantrum
Lindsey Graham spent Sunday making the case that Donald Trump’s second impeachment should not count because Trump is no longer in office, which is the sort of argument that sounds clever only if you squint hard enough and ignore the Constitution. The bigger problem for Trump-world is that this was not a defense of the facts, but a procedural escape hatch from the facts, offered just as the country was still digesting the Capitol attack. The result was a public reminder that Trump’s allies had n…
Lindsey Graham spent Sunday making the case that Donald Trump’s second impeachment should not count because Trump is no longer in office, which is the sort of argument that sounds clever only if you squint hard enough and ignore the Constitution. The bigger problem for Trump-world is that this was not a defense of the facts, but a procedural escape hatch from the facts, offered just as the country was still digestin…
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