Republicans’ Fate Tied More Tightly to Trump After Impeachment

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By Laura Litvan

February 6, 2020 at 6:37 PM UTC

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The Republican Party has now fully put its fate in President Donald Trump’s hands.

Republican senators marched in lockstep Wednesday to acquit a man who many of them four years ago had derided as a crackpot and interloper who would usher in the demise of their party. Now Trump is the figure they are counting on to keep the party in power in a country that is deeply divided.