Sunday shows – Trump acquittal in second impeachment trial reverberates

by The Hill staff - 02/14/21 11:28 AM ET

Former President Trump’s acquittal in his second impeachment trial dominated the Sunday morning political talk shows, with multiple guests discussing whether witnesses would have changed the outcome.

Sen. Lindsey Graham also said Trump during a call indicated he is “ready to move on” and help Republicans in the 2022 midterms.

Read The Hill’s complete coverage below.

Graham: Trump 'angry at some folks' but 'ready to move on'

By ZACK BUDRYK

Former President Trump “was grateful to his lawyers, he appreciated the help that all of us have provided” and “he’s ready to move on and rebuild the Republican Party, he’s excited about 2022 and I’m going to go down to talk with him next week,” Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) said on “Fox News Sunday.”

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Cassidy: It was clear that Trump 'wished that lawmakers be intimidated'

By JOSEPH CHOI

"Even after he knew there was violence taking place, he continued to basically sanction the mob being there. And not until later that he actually asked them to leave,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said. “All of that points to a motive and a method and that is wrong. He should be held accountable.”

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Raskin: 'No regrets at all' on handling of Trump impeachment trial

By ZACK BUDRYK

"We left it totally out there on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and every senator knew exactly what happened," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who served as the lead impeachment manager in former President Trump’s second impeachment trial, said.

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Impeachment manager: More witnesses would not have persuaded GOP senators to convict Trump

By JOHN BOWDEN

One of the Democratic House impeachment managers charged with prosecuting former President Trump in his second impeachment trial defended her party's decision not to call witnesses in the Senate proceedings, saying on Sunday the managers had proved their case.

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Democratic senator defends decision not to call witnesses: 'They weren't going to get more Republican votes'

By JOHN BOWDEN

Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) asserted that Democratic managers had achieved their goal of drawing national attention to a statement released by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) revealing how Trump had told House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that the rioters were "more upset about the election" than McCarthy was as the Capitol was being invaded.

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Durbin: 'We were never going to reach 67 votes' to convict Trump without McConnell's backing

By ZACK BUDRYK

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Sunday that former President Trump’s acquittal in his second Senate impeachment was a foregone conclusion without Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) backing conviction.

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Coons blames McConnell for Trump acquittal: We needed 'more Republican courage'

By JOSEPH CHOI

“Once Mitch McConnell made it clear he intended to acquit, even despite the compelling evidence, what the House managers needed wasn't more witnesses or more evidence, what we all needed was more Republican courage,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said.

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Klobuchar: Impeachment trial 'was about not hiding history'

By ZACK BUDRYK

“It’s not what we accomplished… it’s what our republic accomplished,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said of the trial on “Fox News Sunday.” “We’ve got to make sure that this doesn’t happen again. What this was about to me was about not hiding history.”

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Maryland GOP governor says he would have voted to convict Trump

By JOHN BOWDEN

Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday that he would have joined with Democrats to convict former President Trump in his second impeachment trial and bar him from running for federal office again were he a senator, echoing his late father's vote to impeach former President Nixon.

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Fauci: Stimulus bill needs to be passed for schools to reopen

By JOSEPH CHOI

“I think that the schools really do need more resources and that's the reason why the national relief act that we're talking about getting passed — we need that," Anthony Fauci said. "The schools need more resources.”

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CDC head: 'I think we need a lot more resources in order to get the schools safe'

By ZACK BUDRYK

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said on Sunday that despite new guidance from the agency for reopening schools, “I think we need a lot more resources in order to get the schools safe.”

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