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TwilightZone

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2. For some, it's not even that complicated.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 08:58 PM
Feb 2021

Many of them are from states that clearly supported Trump in November and a lot still do. Their constituents wanted them to acquit.

I look at it this way - if it was politically expedient for them to convict Trump, they would have. This was never really about Trump. It was about keeping their jobs.

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