The House and Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump made a calculated decision that they could do it and still survive in their specific district or state. Give them credit for doing the right thing. But let's not act like they sacrificed themselves or anything.
Case in point: by the time Romney, Collins, and Cassidy are up for reelection several years from now, Trump will be a pariah and/or afterthought.
Murkowski has to run in 2022, but Alaska is a different kind of red state, and voting to convict Trump won't hurt her at all.
Murkowski has to run in 2022, but Alaska is a different kind of red state, and voting to convict Trump won't hurt her at all.
Kinzinger could face a primary challenge in his deeply red district. But he also launched a PAC after voting to convict Trump, so his 2022 campaign will be well funded as a result of voting to convict.
This is just how it works with Republicans. It's all calculations. The three House Republicans in close proximity to Parkland all voted to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene after she harassed Parkland survivors. Their vote against Green will help them in 2022, not hurt them.
Again, give these handful of Republicans credit for doing the right thing. But have no illusions as to why they did it. They felt they would benefit, or at least not lose anything, by doing the right thing, so they did it. It's just how Republicans and conservatives think.
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