Editorial: Trump’s acquittal is no vindication — and his enablers should be shamed and shunned
by The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Feb 13, 2021
3 minutes
The Senate’s failure to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting a deadly insurrection is a miscarriage of justice. By any standard, managers from the House of Representatives established that Trump bears responsibility for the violent assault by his crazed supporters on the Capitol in attempt to stop Congress from ratifying Joe Biden’s victory in a free and fair election.
The 43 Republican senators who voted to acquit Trump — some of them hiding behind specious constitutional objections and ignoring the precedents for convicting a former officeholder — have shamed themselves
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