“I can’t vote to convict without more evidence.”
“I have more evidence right here.”
“LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!!”
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“OK, he might be guilty, but what happens if we actually convict him? That would make some people mad! So let’s just let him off the hook. It’s not like that would encourage him to keep doing bad stuff, right?”
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“The process was rigged from the start, so instead of trying to make it a little more fair by calling witnesses, I’m going to help rig it further.”
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“I’m totally OK with the President doing whatever the hell he wants and walking all over laws and structures intended to prevent government abuse, as long as he’s in my party.”
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“Pressuring foreign governments for personal gain is totally ok because we pressure foreign governments for other stuff too!”