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but i think the case, as charlie said, the case that the house managers took forward, particularly congressman raskinmotion out of it which is what the law often requires we do the idea to say an impeachable offense is impeachable for somebody's term up to the final weeks is an absurdity. i think that's basically what this comes down to. you have the fallacy of the trump -- trump's argument here, finally, at least was heard by many of the republican colleagues. look, i was a former prosecutor. there was also the adage, if you don't have the law, you argue the facts. and in trump's case it's called a tweet. >> do you think some senators open mindedness, do you think some are so angry at donald trump, not only did he risk their lives when reminded of seeing the video of what they endured in the capitol, but he sh hung them out to dry with no case. if they vote to support that argument that bruce castor was making said that's kind of a scarlet letter for history. >> the performance really was that bad it may have moved a few votes in the prosecution's behavior. i'm not offering any illusions that they'r

jamie raskin made in the well of the senate after voting to acquit, and if there's one thing that empowers trump more than all else, it's weakness. >> well, i mean, i think that's right, and charliep, and he and the rest of the republican party are going to pay the price for it. donald trump, we all knew, was not going to go anywhere, but for mitch mcconnell to come out afterwards, i thought from the moment that i heard him, i knew that donald trump would seize on that, because it was a way of capitulating, of passing the buck, and donald trump was going to go after it. so i just think that mitch mcconnell and republicans who somehow believe that they want to recover their party are going to have to live with this at least through the 2022 cycle, and i think it's going to be a time after that, because even if it's not a commanding majority of the republican party, it is a significant part of the base. it is not going to go away. and donald trump will continue to animate them. >> i want to read something you wrote, charlie, yesterday, because this made me wonder who's going to give money to mitch mcconnell's senate republican caucus. this is donald trump's party, but worse. over t