Some fantastic trolling being done on Twitter, and it’s admittedly partly rooted in the fact that Mitt Romney has given Democrats a much needed shot in the arm, depriving Trump of a clean sweep.

Perhaps more importantly, denying Trump total control of his party and setting an example as to how other Republican senators might react to bad stuff coming out later down the road..

So the responses have begun, and some are “more perfect” than others. Behold:

#AmericansFindTrumpGuilty#AmericansFindTrumpGuilty #AmericansFindTrumpGuilty #AmericansFindTrumpGuilty pic.twitter.com/XyhSL1TPQg

— PithyMcQueen (@PithyasHell) February 5, 2020

You win the internet for today!! Yes, Trump is right there with O.J. as the man who escaped justice because some jurors needed to make a statement (quite frankly, even O.J.’s jury had a more legitimate message to send). These Republican jurors (sans Mitt Romney) sent a shameless message: “We have given up our independence, willingly.”

Meanwhile, enjoy it while it is hot:

BREAKING NEWS: "A jury, a majority of which works for the defendant and has ties to the defense team, rules the defendant as not guilty, in a totally impartial fashion"#ImpeachedPresident #Snark pic.twitter.com/XIWYqRU4ML

— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) February 5, 2020

Well done. It is very much the first trial I have ever witnessed where a central lawyer is also a central witness, and a juror followed the defendant’s orders to ensure no one heard from those witnesses. We should never forget the very unusual circumstances that had to come together to put on this sham.

The congresswoman agrees;

A trial with no witnesses and no docs is no trial at all. It was rigged from the start. And it’s this is not an acquittal, it’s an abdication of the Republican-controlled Senate’s responsibility to our country. #ImpeachedPresident

— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) February 5, 2020

Republicans are actually well aware that Trump is guilty or they wouldn’t have been so terrified to hear some evidence:

A trial with no witnesses and no docs is no trial at all. It was rigged from the start. And it’s this is not an acquittal, it’s an abdication of the Republican-controlled Senate’s responsibility to our country. #ImpeachedPresident

— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) February 5, 2020

Republicans also know what is coming, and are already terrified. They are forever tied to Trump now:

52 Republican Senators just let Trump off the hook for abuse of power.

Now watch them act surprised when he takes that as permission to in fact do, "whatever I want."

Trump will remain stained with the mark of impeachment forever though#ImpeachedPresident

— Bill Maxwell (@Bill_Maxwell_) February 5, 2020

I honestly doubt they will even act surprised. If the avalanche of evidence comes out, they will spit out something about “knowing there were problems,” and that they “said his behavior was ‘wrong,'” But I doubt they’re good enough actors to fake surprise.

We can “move on” to beating Trump in a day or two, but right now Trump is in a rage about losing one single vote, and I intend to suck every ounce of enjoyment out of it.

“President O.J.”

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Peace, y’all

Jason

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