Editorial: Law-and-order Republicans like Hawley need to impose law and order on Trump

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By the Editorial Board (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

The impeachment matter before the U.S. Senate should have been boiled down to a single question: Did Donald Trump abide by his oath of office between the Nov. 3 presidential election and the Capitol Hill insurrection on Jan. 6? Missouri’s two Republican senators, Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, seem confused on this point, diverting the argument to whether impeaching Trump after he’s left office violates the Constitution instead of focusing on the far-more blatant constitutional violations the world knows Trump committed.

The Senate impeachment trial of Trump will start next week despite efforts by Blunt, Hawley and 43 other Republicans to stop it. But there’s still time for them to switch gears and fulfill their sworn oath to impartially weigh Trump’s guilt or innocence. There is no way to credibly argue that Trump protected and defended the Constitution when video evidence shows him directing a mob to storm the Capitol and interrupt constitutionally mandated proceedings to certify the Electoral College result.

At the Jan. 6 rally on the National Mall, Trump repeatedly urged followers to “fight” what he called “bad people” inside the Capitol performing their constitutional duty. He told the crowd, “When you catch somebody in a fraud, you are allowed to go by very different rules” to stop them. He disparaged Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the joint House-Senate certification session at the time, suggesting Pence didn’t have the courage to interfere on Trump’s behalf.

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1. Dumpy said himself, "when you catch somebody in a fraud,

you are allowed to go by very different rules". In other words there is nothing to stop his impeachment as he was the one who committed fraud. So before or after his office occupation excuse should be mute.