Trump was a Republican. Watch his old clips when he was younger. He said he was a Republican because he believed the same values (most of them). The reason he went to Democrats after that is probably because he wanted to run for president. He went in to learn about how corrupted the Democrats are and the establishment in general. As the saying goes, "know your enemy and you will win the war." Trump is a very smart and calculated man. The Dems establishment didn't see that coming.
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have both said this morning that they "will not accept acquittal" I guess just like they will not accept the democratic outcome of the 2016 election. So, for them, the entire democratic process is something to eschew unless they win. Imagine if the entire country adopted that attitude and rejected our laws and customs. You could hardly consider that a Democracy. I accepted Barrack Obama as my President and Commander in Chief even though I despised him and his politics. Perhaps I will no longer accept national election results unless my guy wins.
Except, Justice John Roberts has been on the side of liberals on most of the issues put before the US Supreme Court. When Obamacare was first challenged, he cast his vote to keep it alive. I still believe Obamacare is unconstitutional because it treats each American differently. What happened to the equal protection clause of the US constitution? All Americans should have the same rights and get treated equally, under the law. Obamacare imposes a tax on those productively employed to favor those leeching off Obamacare thru subsidies. How is that even fair?
Murkowski: "I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate. It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed." (quoted from her official statement) Also Murkowski: I will vote against a fair trial in the Senate. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/trump-impeachment-trial-01-31 Trump Impeachment Trial: Live Updates as Senate Votes Against Admitting Witnesses Senators voted against include additional witnesses and documents in the trial. Republicans were increasingly confident that they had the support to block a vote to subpoena new witnesses, like Mr. Bolton. See how each senator voted. President Trump’s direct role in the Ukraine pressure campaign was earlier than previously known: He told his national security adviser at the time, John R. Bolton, in May to help, Mr. Bolton’s book says. Over about 16 hours of questioning on Wednesday and Thursday, House impeachment managers and lawyers for President Trump fielded questions from senators that were submitted to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Chief Justice Roberts did refuse to read aloud one question, submitted by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, that would have identified the person widely believed to be the whistle-blower who set off the impeachment inquiry. Mr. Paul, instead, read the question outside the Senate chamber.
Apparently, they took a vote on calling additional witnesses and the vote was 51-49 against. Good. Now, we need the vote on acquittal to finish it.
"Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton offered a strong endorsement of those government officials who testified against President Donald Trump in the House impeachment inquiry. Bolton’s comments were not a public rebuke of the president, however, instead they came during a private dinner in Austin, Texas, according to reporting by NBC affiliate KXAN, Bolton was the keynote speaker at the dinner sponsored by an investment management company, and was there to discuss the foreign policy challenges facing the Trump administration. “All of them acted in the best interest of the country as they saw it and consistent to what they thought our policies were,” Bolton reportedly said during the Q&A portion of the event, referring to the House impeachment witnesses who implicated the Trump White House in a quid pro quo scheme to pressure Ukraine to announce an investigation into the president’s potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden. “The idea that somehow testifying to what you think is true is destructive to the system of government we have — I think, is very nearly the reverse — the exact reverse of the truth,” Bolton noted, to applause. Government officials, he added, should “feel they’re able to speak their minds without retribution.”"