NBC News contributor Hugh Hewitt suggests Trump still run again “even if they convicted him” in Senate impeachment trial
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Citation From the February 10, 2021, edition of Salem Radio Network’s The Hugh Hewitt Show
HUGH HEWITT (HOST): I didn't mention the impeachment trial yesterday, for the simple reason it's a sham, it's an unconstitutional exercise in politicization of the country and deepening the divisions. I love the fact — it's also over, it's over.
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You think he's got enough votes to be acquitted? They can pick up all six of the Republicans who don't think it's unconstitutional. They may or may not, I don't know, they may or may not. But they're not going to get the 67 votes — not to remove him, which is why it's unconstitutional, but to allegedly bar him from office — which it would not have the effect of doing, since it is a non-jurisdictional proceeding. He could run for president even if they convicted him.