Donald Trump has now set a major milestone: he is the only president to ever be impeached twice.
He was, of course, not convicted the first time, to the everlasting shame of the Republicans in the Senate. But this time, it appears he will also be convicted, especially since Democrats will control the Senate by the time the trial commences.
And that is, as they say, the “sticky wicket.” While McConnell let it be known that he was glad the Dems were pursuing impeachment, giving some hope that there might be a chance of him doing the right thing, in the end he refused to call the Senate back into session to begin the trial now, pushing it into Biden’s first term.
So, if Trump is out as of Wednesday, why continue to push for impeachment? Because it can also be used to ban Trump from ever holding office again, thus cutting off the Trump 2024 movement.
But more importantly – because it is the right thing to do. As many have said, if incitement to insurrection is not impeachable, then what is? It is time for us as a nation to begin recovering the rule of law, and this is part of that work.
In the meantime, we can only hope that the announced gatherings of armed right-wingers and Trumpists are peaceful, and that Trump doesn’t do anything else to burn it all down on his way out the door.
Six days, three hours, and forty-nine minutes until Biden and Harris are sworn in (as of when I am writing this). It is truly a commentary on the Trump presidency and what it has done to our nation that we are all holding our breath until then.
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