“The evidence is compelling that President Trump is guilty of inciting an uprising against an equal branch of government and that the charge is rising to the level of crimes and crimes,” Burr said Saturday. “That’s why I voted to be found guilty.”
The Senate acquitted Trump on Saturday of inciting insurgency following the January 6 riot at the Capitol by a 57-43 vote, which was 10 votes less than the threshold for conviction. All 50 Democratic senators support conviction.
But on Sunday, Senator Lindsey Graham (RS.C.) said the “biggest winner” of Trump’s indictment is the daughter-in-law of former president Lara Trump.
“My dear friend Richard Burr, whom I have long loved and have long been friends with, has just made Lara Trump almost the certain nominee for the North Carolina Senate seat to replace him if she is eligible,” Graham told Fox News . “And I will definitely sit behind her because she represents the future of the Republican Party.”
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) also faced opposition to his fight, while the GOP of his state voted the same day to condemn the senator for his decision. Cassidy continued to defend his vote Monday, writing in a Baton Rouge newspaper that he had “voted to convict former President Trump of being guilty.”
“I have no illusions that this is a popular decision. I made this decision because Americans should not lie about ‘massive election fraud’. The police should not be left at the mercy of a mob. The crowd should not ignited to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, ‘the Louisiana senator wrote.
Cassidy and Burr are just a few Republicans punished by their state parties for their votes in Trump’s second indictment. Earlier this month, Senator Ben Sasse faced a censorship effort by the Republican Party of Nebraska, while several Republicans of the Republic retaliated for their votes – including Republican Republic no. 3, Liz Cheney of Wyoming.