Conviction or not, the GOP senators are frantic about the thought of this trial happening

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39. Some facts...

After Trump incited the insurrection, thoughtful people are asking whether or not the Republicans are a party that endorses violence, or whether they are a party that still believes that democracy and elections are the way that we decide things as a country.

Despite widespread demands that the U.S. Senate hold Trump accountable for helping to incite a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol just before leaving office, all but five Republican senators on Tuesday voted to invalidate the trial as unconstitutional—a move that ultimately failed. Trump's trial will proceed on February 9.

Polls continue to show that the American public supports convicting Trump and barring him from ever holding office again. A survey conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute from January 21 to January 24 found 56% of Americans approve of the House impeaching Trump.

That polling results also showed that 52% of the U.S. public wants the Senate to convict Trump on the impeachment charge. Additionally, when those surveyed were told that a conviction must precede a ban on Trump holding office in the future, support for the Senate convicting the ex-president increased from 52% to 55%.