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they were to vote NAY on convict and remove, would be doing exactly what the people of ... want them to do.
huh????

A Senate trial is not representing a state regarding new legislation. They are jurors who represent the nation ... the whole of America ... in accordance with the Constitution. That any senator would rely on polling or what their constituency believes or wants them to do does not sound like those senators ever listened to the evidence.

I did not read the rest of your post as I now believe the Great Experiment is a failure. We should dissolve the union, break into the various states, and become 50 3rd rate countries. We deserve it.

ignorance is the enemy
without equality there is no liberty
America can survive bad policy, but not destruction of our Democratic institutions