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Michael Hirsh, Robbie Gramer, Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch

A Grand Old Identity Crisis

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responds after the U.S. Senate voted 57-43 to acquit on the fifth day of former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial at the Capitol on Feb. 13. congress.gov via Getty Images

Is the Republican Party finally starting to part ways with Donald Trump?

On the face of it, the attempt to convict the former U.S. president of inciting insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 fell short of the required two-thirds Senate majority by 10 votes. And it is still largely Trump’s party: One of the seven Republican senators who broke ranks to vote in favor of a conviction, Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy, has already faced censure from his state’s Republicans. 

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