Even after acquittal, GOP senators and Democratic managers hope rebuke of Trump has lasting impact
CNN
In the moments after former President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate for a second time in a little more than a year, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell rose to speak.
His message was clear: the former President could not be the future of the Republican Party. Even as McConnell voted that Trump was not guilty Saturday for inciting an insurrection -- raising constitutional and specific legal objections -- McConnell's words underscored the challenge for the Republican Party going forward. They are torn between two competing interests: sticking with Trump enough to woo supporters for themselves and erasing Trump's dangerous final days from the GOP's legacy. "Former President Trump's actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful dereliction of duty," McConnell said on the floor Saturday.
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