“Do my Republican colleagues remember that day?” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, asked moments after the vote. Top Republicans had entertained supporting the measure as recently as last week. Republicans had already saved Mr. Trump from conviction in two impeachment trials. In a matter of months, his lies have warped the views of many of his party’s supporters, who view President Biden as illegitimate. They have also inspired a rash of new voting restrictions in Republican-led states and a quixotic recount in Arizona denounced by both parties.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2021 20:26 UTC