Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is predicting that former President Trump will not be the Republican Party nominee for president come 2024, pointing to the loss of GOP control of the House, Senate, and White House under the former president.
Nearly all of the seven Republican Senators who sided with Democrats by voting to convict former President Donald Trump on Saturday are now facing significant blowback in their home states including facing censure and criticism from within the party.
President Joe Biden late Saturday said despite former President Donald Trump being acquitted by the Senate “the substance of the charge is not in dispute,” noting that seven Republicans joined all Democrats in finding the former president guilty.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) scoffed at a group of “cowardly” GOP Senators who voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on the charge of inciting an insurrection, suggesting they “can’t get another job,” and wanted to make sure they get re-elected.
Former President Donald Trump thanked Republican lawmakers Saturday in a statement after the Senate voted to acquit him in his second impeachment trial, saying they “stood proudly for the Constitution we all revere and for the sacred legal principles at the heart of our country.”