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Historical note on censure:
Only ONE president in US history has ever been formally censured by even one House.
Andrew Jackson by the House, and even that was expunged at the end of his term.

This might seem like weak sauce from @Sen_JoeManchin, but it'd still be historic sauce.
@Sen_JoeManchin 2/ If he has been working on this "for weeks," maybe he has been working on his GOP colleagues, esp. the ones who have stated publicly that Trump did engage in this inappropriate conduct.

I'm not suggesting censure will swing the 2020 election, obviously. But...
3/... it would formally reject Trump's denial if a bipartisan majority of the Senate finds that
1) He did it: solicited the investigation with pressure from arms sale;
and 2) it was wrong.

That validates the House & weakens Fox propaganda
4/ But this isn't a good sign.
If Manchin is offering censure to justify 2 no votes, but didn't line up a majority, then this is a sad stunt.
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