Roy Blunt, MIke Crap, Aunt Lindsey, Chuckles Grassley, Jim Imhofe, Jerry Moran, Rob Portman, Richard Shelby, Moscow Mitch, John Thune and Roger Wicker found sufficient evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors to to vote for the removal from office of William Jefferson Clinton during his 1999 impeachment trial. The trial lasted from January 7 until February 12.
This band of hypocrites wrap themselves in their flag and their religion, but the guy they claim to worship had exceptionally harsh words for hypocrisy:
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
These senators, and most of their GOP brethren had an opportunity to start to remove the stain of Trump from the party of Lincoln. The senators with ambition for the presidency — Cruz, Rubio, Hawley, etc., had a once in a life-time opportunity to convict Trump and bar him from future high office. Now the shadow of the Orange Excresence will loom over the 2022 and 2024 elections, and once again Trump may make them dance to his tune. A failure will, a failure of morality and a failure of rationality.