{"id":125330,"date":"2021-02-12T06:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125330"},"modified":"2021-02-12T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T13:43:37","slug":"most-republicans-not-convinced-as-house-democrats-wrap-up-arguments-against-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-republicans-not-convinced-as-house-democrats-wrap-up-arguments-against-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Republicans Not Convinced as House Democrats Wrap Up Arguments Against Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmost-republicans-not-convinced-as-house-democrats-wrap-up-arguments-against-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125330&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-impeachment\">impeachment<\/a> managers ended their arguments for convicting former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> on a charge of incitement of insurrection on Thursday, but most Republican senators remain unconvinced and Trump will likely be acquitted soon.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead manager, told senators that they could vote to convict even if they believed Trump did not commit a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Impeachment is allowed under the Constitution for \u201cTreason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpeachment was created for a purpose separate and distinct from criminal punishment. It was created to prevent and deter elected officials who swear an oath to represent America but then commit dangerous offenses against our republic. That\u2019s a constitutional crime. And senators, what greater offense could one commit then to incite a violent\u00a0 insurrection at our seat of government during the peaceful transfer of power?\u201d Raskin said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump not only provoked a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol, but then sat back and watched \u201cin delight\u201d as the building was attacked, he claimed, \u201cviolating a sacred oath and engaging in a profound dereliction and desertion of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Managers showed senators video footage and photographs, some of Trump\u2019s tweets, and a bevy of other material as they sought to sway senators in their arguments. Their presentation emphasized that Trump repeatedly insisted he won the 2020 election and the speech he gave on Jan. 6 at the Ellipse, where he said at one point: \u201cWe fight like Hell and if you don\u2019t fight like Hell, you\u2019re not going to have a country anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3694529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/trump-presentation-1200x675-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this image from video, a video from former President Donald Trump, speaking after the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, is shown to senators by House impeachment managers during the second impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Approximately two miles away, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/what-happened-in-dc-on-jan-6-2_3648252.html\">timeline of that day\u2019s events<\/a> shows, violence was already starting at the Capitol. Trump also told supporters that when they went to the building, they should do so peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>A core group of Republican Trump critics seemed struck by what the managers\u2019 presented, but many derided the arguments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the face of it, the House managers haven\u2019t met their burden,\u201d Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told reporters on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a little unfair when they were laying those timelines out, and quite frankly, deceptive,\u201d Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought they really belabored it beyond necessary and didn\u2019t really have any thing that changed my point of view,\u201d Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3694527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/sen-braun-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 11, 2021. (Michael Reynolds\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Forty-five Republican senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/only-5-gop-senators-vote-saying-trump-impeachment-trial-is-constitutional_3672649.html\">voted in January<\/a> in support of a point of order calling the trial unconstitutional since Trump is no longer in office. Forty-four voted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/senate-authorizes-impeachment-trial_3691433.html\">this week<\/a> the same way. A supermajority in the 50-50 body is required to convict Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy view is unchanged as to whether or not we have the authority to do this,\u201d Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s \u201cno chance\u201d Trump will be convicted, Cruz said on Fox News late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Still, some Republicans, primarily those who voted to call the trial constitutional, spoke positively about the what the managers had put forth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve done very well,\u201d Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said. \u201cI think that\u2019s generally conceded, and we will I think everybody looks forward to see how the president\u2019s defense team will do tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they were incredible. It was powerful and strong. It was both cerebral and emotional, it appealed to every sense, and I think they hit an amazingly good job,\u201d added Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). \u201cI hope Republicans looked at it with an open mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House impeachment managers ended their arguments for convicting former President Donald Trump on a charge of incitement of insurrection on Thursday, but most Republican senators remain unconvinced and Trump will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6501,3685,3653,4244,3756,6502],"class_list":["post-125330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-convinced","tag-democrats","tag-house","tag-most","tag-republicans","tag-wrap"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}