With nation deeply divided, does Biden really want trial of Trump to be the first order of business?

3 years ago
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If Biden really wants national unity, he should call off the Trump impeachment trial:
https://dailytorch.com/2021/01/if-biden-really-wants-national-unity-he-should-call-off-the-trump-impeachment-trial/

Does President-elect Joe Biden really want the first order of business when he is sworn into office to be the trial of outgoing President Donald Trump? On Nov. 6, 2020, while votes were still being counted, Biden told the nation: “We may be opponents but we’re not enemies, we’re Americans. No matter who you voted for I’m certain of one thing, the vast majority of them, almost 150 million Americans who voted they want to get the vitriol out of our politics. We’re certainly not going to agree on a lot of issues but at least we can agree to be civil with one another. We have to put the anger and the demonization behind us. It’s time for us to come together as a nation to heal. It’s not going to be easy, we have to try. My responsibility as president will be to represent the whole nation.” Biden and the new Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) should carefully consider that the likelihood of conviction in the Senate would be quite low. A Suffolk University poll conducted Jan. 12-15 found 52 percent in favor of removing Trump from office and 45 percent opposed, including 90 percent of Republicans and 44 percent of independents. In other words, there is hardly a national consensus on this matter. With Republicans dead set opposed and about half of independents also in opposition, there would be enormous political pressure on Senate Republicans to acquit Trump. Less than 5 percent of House Republicans supported impeachment in the House on Jan. 13. As Biden warned that day, “the work of the nation isn’t to fan the flames of conflict…” and it is beyond obvious that a trial would do exactly that, imperiling the Union. Biden can and should end this with one phone call to Schumer. This shouldn’t be a hard decision at all — and the future of America may very well depend on it. What do you think?

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