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On the recordFebruary 9, 2021
I said I would be an impartial juror. Anyone listening to those arguments, the House managers were focused. They were organized. They relied upon both precedent, the Constitution, and legal scholars. They made a compelling argument. 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 it, almost as if they were embarrassed of their arguments. If I`m an impartial juror and one side is doing a great job and the other side is doing a terrible job, on the issue at hand, as an impartial juror, I`m going to vote for the side that did the good job.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Cassidy explains why he changed his vote to support the trial against Trump, highlighting the effectiveness of the House managers' arguments compared to Trump's defense team.

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