I believe this Portman ratio says it all:

[ok_cpu]

Link to tweet

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For those of you who can't see the embedded tweet, I'll save your blood pressure and not copy the text. But, Rob says it's unconstitutional to convict a private citizen, even though the senate settled that in his most favorite bipartisan way.

He's currently at 89 likes to 1,500 replies.

[Raven123]

1. Translation: "I have no courage."

[VA_Jill]

2. Sen. Portman

apparently isn't up on precedent, or he'd know that had been decided quite some time ago. See the case of William Belknap, Senator.

[rgbecker]

3. Help me out here: Are we to ignore the Belknap impeachment and all the discussion

that occurred then about how people could simply resign to avoid impeachment?

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Belknap#House_corruption_investigation,_resignation_and_impeachment_(1876)|


The senate then as now voted they had jurisdiction even though he was a "Private Citizen" but also as now, they voted (by one vote) to acquit.

These QOP assholes are just using the jurisdiction issue to talk out of both sides of their mouths, hopefully losing only a few of their rabid supporters.

[ok_cpu]

5. You're correct, of course

but Portman is one of the most disingenuous people in the senate. He's a hack who used to fly under the radar by using a lot of meaningless words.

[blueinredohio]

4. I would expect nothing less from Portman.

He knows nothing about bipartisanship. He is and always has been a republican hack.