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-Yet the question before us
is not

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whether there was a violent
insurrection of the Capital.

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On that point, everyone agrees.

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No matter how much truly
horrifying footage

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we see of the conduct
of the rioters,

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and how much emotion has been
injected into this trial,

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that does not change

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that fact that Mr.
Trump

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is innocent of
the charges against him.

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...
the House managers

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play a single example
of Mr.

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Trump urging anyone to engage
in violence of any kind.

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At no point did you hear
anything

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that could ever possibly
be construed as Mr.

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Trump encouraging
or sanctioning an insurrection.

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Senators, you did not hear
those tapes

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because they do not exist,

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because the act of
incitement never happened.

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He engaged in no language
of incitement

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whatsoever on January 6th,

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or any other day
following the election.

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Mr.
Trump

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did not spend the weeks

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prior to January 6th
inciting violence.

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He spent those weeks pursuing
his election challenge

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through the court system
and other legal procedures,

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exactly as the Constitution
and the Congress prescribe.

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The real question
in this case is,

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who is ultimately responsible
for such acts of mayhem

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and violence
when they are committed?

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House Democrats want two
different standards --

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one for themselves and one
for their political opposition.

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This action can only be seen
as an effort

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to censor
disfavored political speech,

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and discriminate against
a disapproved viewpoint.

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Congress has no authority,
no right,

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and no business holding
a trial of citizen Trump,

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let alone a trial to deprive him
of a fundamental civil right.

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The January exception argument

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is a creation
of the House managers'

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own conduct by delaying.
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.
one of the congressmen

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on the screen --

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"If you don't impeach him,
he might be elected again."

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That's the fear.

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That's what's driving
this impeachment.

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You do not have to indulge
the impeachment lust,

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the dishonesty,
and the hypocrisy.

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It is time to bring
this unconstitutional

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political theatre to an end.

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I urge the Senate to acquit
and vindicate

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the Constitution
of this great republic.

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Thank you.