(CNN Spanish) – The president of U.SDonald Trump was acquitted this wednesday of the two charges of political judgment that weighed against him: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The majority of Republican senators voted in favor of the president’s innocence, with a result 52-48 for the first position and 53-47 for the second.
With this acquittal they end almost five months after the investigation and trial process political, which arose from the denunciation of an informant by the comments of Trump to the president of Ukraine during the summer. However, reactions to the decision made by the Senate have not been long in coming. These are the main ones.
President Trump himself was among the first to react: as usual he did it on his Twitter account by retweeting a video from a cover of Time magazine that shows posters of the Trump campaign of 2024, 2028 and beyond.
He then reported that will make a public statement this Thursday at noon from the White House “to discuss the victory of our country over the farce of political judgment.”
For its part, the president of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, issued a post-acquittal statement in which she affirmed that “Today, the president and Republicans of the Senate have normalized anarchy and rejected the system of checks and balances of our Constitution. ” And then he added: “The president will boast that he has been acquitted. There can be no acquittal without a trial, and there is no trial without witnesses, documents and evidence. By suppressing the evidence and rejecting the most basic elements of a fair process, the Republican Senate became an accomplice willing to cover up the president. ”
The Democrats had requested that the political trial process include witnesses and documents, however, last week the Senate voted 49-51 to block this possibility, with what was expected, the end of the process and an acquittal of Trump would begin.
The day before the acquittal, during the State of the Union, Pelosi and Trump staged two telling moments about the tension in American politics: when the president entered the chamber to give his speech he refused to shake hands with the Democratic leader – leaving her with an outstretched hand. And then, when the president concluded his intervention Pelosi He tore the copy of the speech in his hands.
Another person who reacted was former presidential candidate and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who was Trump’s rival in November 2016. On his Twitter account he published: “When the president’s political trial began, the Republican senators vowed to defend the Constitution. Today, 52 of them voted to betray that oath … and all of us. ”
As the president’s impeachment trial began, Republican senators pledged an oath to defend the Constitution.
Today, 52 of them voted to betray that oath — and all of us.
We’re entering dangerous territory for our democracy. It’ll take all of us working together to restore it.
– Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 5, 2020
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And then he added: “We are entering a dangerous territory for our democracy.”
Vice President Mike Pence celebrated Trump’s acquittal and referred to the political trial as a “false investigation.” At an event in Pennsylvania, Pence assured the public that it has been “incredible moon week.” “After months of a false and partisan investigation, it’s over.”
Along the same lines, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Trump’s acquittal vote is “a vindication and full exoneration” of the president. “As we have always said, he is not guilty. The Senate voted in favor of rejecting unfounded political trial articles, and only the president’s political opponents – all Democrats and a failed Republican presidential candidate – voted in favor of fabricated political trial articles, ”he said in a statement.
The aspiring democrats
Candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to face Trump also reacted to his acquittal.
Pete Buttigieg He said on his Twitter account that “the Senate was the jury today, but we will be the jury tomorrow. The last word about Donald Trump and trumpism will come through the American people, at the polls across the country. ”
The Senate was the jury today, but we will be the jury tomorrow. The last word on Donald Trump and Trumpism will come through the American people — at ballot boxes across the country.
– Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 5, 2020
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For his part, Elizabeth Warren published a series of tweets about the Senate decision and wrote that “these are difficult times. People are frustrated and angry, but we should not be discouraged. Now more than ever, we must choose courage and hope over fear. Now is our time to fight. We have overcome corruption before and we will do it again. ”
These are hard times. People are frustrated and angry — but we must not be discouraged. Now more than ever, we must choose courage and hope over fear. Now is our moment to fight back. We have defeated corruption before, and we will do it again.
– Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 5, 2020
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Senator Bernie Sanders posted a video on his Twitter account about the fact that the Senate has acquitted Trump: “I’m disappointed, but not surprised,” he begins by saying in the message. “A president who is allowed to show contempt for Congress and his supervisory duties. A trial without a single witness. I am worried about the precedent that this simulated process sets for this country. This is not a good day for our democracy, the Constitution or the American people, ”Sanders wrote with the video.
