While the proceedings swung almost entirely along partisan lines, those at the center of the maelstrom believe their party emerged victorious, exciting passion among their core constituencies.
Minutes after President Nixon resigned in disgrace and left the White House in August 1974, Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as president and sought to heal a traumatized nation, declaring “our long national nightmare is over.”
Nixon resigned before he was impeached over the Watergate scandal after public opinion turned against him and senior Republican senators warned they would vote remove him from office if he did not leave first. In 1999, President Clinton survived impeachment, publicly apologized, and saw his popularity rise as Americans largely decided he should not be removed for lying about an affair with a White House intern.
Not only did the stonewalling thwart House investigators during the impeachment inquiry, but the Trump administration has also regularly declined to attend routine oversight hearings in Congress. In the Trump era, lawmakers from both parties have grown comfortable in wielding the threat more casually. During the trial, Trump’s defense team displayed video clips of partisan Democrats proposing Trump’s impeachment soon after he was elected. Last weekend, Sen. Joni Ernst took that a step further, threatening Biden preemptively.
Several Republicans complimented Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Burbank Democrat who led the team of House managers, for making a compelling case that Trump had acted inappropriately in his dealings with Ukraine, the heart of the two articles of impeachment. Some even said Schiff was right on the facts, but argued the charges did not meet the high bar for removal from office.A handful of senators on each side threatened to break ranks.
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