For Every Bill Cassidy There is a Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton & Rick Scott, Etc.

On the first day of former President Trump's impeachment trial, a Republican Senator actually listened and changed his mind.

Bill Cassidy, the recently re-elected GOP Senator from Louisiana, joined fellow Republicans Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Ben Sasse and Pat Toomey in deeming impeachment proceedings as constitutional. Cassidy had previously objected to impeachment proceedings. He explained to reporters that House managers led by Maryland Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin "were focused, they were organized" and "made a compelling argument." Senator Cassidy was far less impressed with Trump attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor:

President Trump's team were disorganized. They did everything they could but to talk about the question at hand and when they talked about it, they kind of glided over, almost as if they were embarrassed of their arguments.

But for every Bill Cassidy there is a Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, etc. Via Amee Vanderpool on Twitter:

While Rep. Raskin played a 13-minute video of the violent attack on the Capitol, Sen. Rand Paul doodled on a pad of paper; Sen. Rick Scott studied papers in his lap; Sen. Tom Cotton looked at down at papers and Sen. Marco Rubio did the same.

I'm sure Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Tommy Tuberville and Marsha Blackburn behaved in an equally cowardly manner. They aren't interested in what Raskin has to say much less Trump's lawyers. Their minds are already made up. They aren't going to cross Trump much less his supporters.

Of course, while Cassidy has voted in favor of the impeachment proceedings it doesn't necessarily mean he will vote in favor of impeachment. When it is all said and done, Cassidy might vote the same way as his other Republican colleagues.

President Trump saw fit to incite an insurrection and Republican Senators are probably going to let him get away with it and the Constitution and the will of the people be damned.