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Ross Douthat: Why Mitch McConnell might move to convict Trump

Senate leader has one chance to stop Trump from warping Republican politics for the next four years.

(Anna Moneymaker | The New York Times) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the Capitol building in Washington, Dec. 15, 2020. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat writes about "why the Republican leader should be tempted by the Senate's opportunity to bar Trump from running for president again."