I'm obviously disappointed today. Disappointed in 43 Senators who found it easier to do what they knew was wrong than to embrace what is right. But before you get too down about partisanship in America, a bit of history is in order: (thread)

1/ The Senate voted 57 - 43 to convict. That didn't meet the 2/3 bar our founders set. Our founders had good reasons for setting the bar that high, but keep in mind - political parties did not exist at the time our founders wrote the Constitution.

2/ Since the Constitution was drafted, there have been 4 Presidential impeachments. In every instance, it was exceptionally hard for the party of the President to vote in favor of impeachment.

3/ When Johnson was impeached, 0 members of his party in the Senate voted to convict. 10 members of the opposition party found him not-guilty.

4/ When Clinton was impeached, 0 members of his party in the Senate voted to convict. 10 members of the opposition party found him not guilty on the 1st charge, 5 on the 2nd.

5/ When Trump was impeached the first time, 1 member of his party in the Senate voted to convict on one of two counts. 0 members of the opposition party found him not guilty.

6/ When Trump was impeached the second time, 7 members of his party in the Senate voted to convict. 0 members of the opposition party found him not guilty.

7/ That was not sufficient to convict. But it was still historically unprecedented. Praise the 7 members of the @GOP who found the courage to do the historically exceptional. Take sadness and pain from the circumstances that made that necessary.

8/ The 43 Senators who voted not guilty know they are wrong. They knew who Trump was. You need only listen to how Rubio, Trump, Graham and others described the risk he posed to our country before he became the leader of their party to know they know better.

9/ As @RepRaskin said today, quoting Ben Franklin, "wrong is always growing more wrong until there is no bearing it anymore, and right, however opposed, comes right at last." Right will come at last.

10/ But only if we collectively remain vigilant in defense of this 244 year experiment. /fin