Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"Cornell is right. My colleagues may not do the right thing here, but I can’t be responsible for them. We’re doing the right thing by having this trial."

"These colleagues are looking to the short term. If they were true to their oath and they followed the facts and law, that would vote to convict. Donald Trump violated his oath."

"My heart was in my throat as I watched that video. And it highlighted for me not only the continuing threat of domestic terrorism, that last line from one of the mob terrorists, 'Storm your state capi..."

"These injuries, which included stabbings, trauma, concussions, spinal breaks, and of course, loss of an eye, in the case of one Capitol policeman, five deaths are the kind of really repugnant conseque..."