Anderson, thank you, my brother. I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime. We have major news about

the vaccine and a way forward on the pandemic. But we need to look at why all efforts may be sabotaged

from the inside. This is the futility we face. 100 U.S. Senators taking their oaths of impartiality

again today. And then just 45 minutes after, 45 of 50 Republicans voted to drop the case against

Trump. Just minutes after taking their oath. Why? They say the trial would be unconstitutional.

They say this at the urging of Senator Rand Paul, who argued the Senate can't hold a trial of a

private citizen now. Take a look at this. This really captures the sham. Ted Cruz and Josh

Hawley raising their right hands and signing the oath book to swear they'll be impartial.

When they themselves fed the Trump mob the same lies he did and worse. Then they voted to overturn

the election for him and after the Capitol attack. Now the people who are all about the

Constitution are voting against following it. And they know. They know the consensus of scholars

is that this is constitutional. They know. They know there are examples of officials being tried

after leaving office. And most importantly, they know as originalists if the founders wanted to

tailor the rule they would have and did not. So much for being about the Constitution. More proof

that the chance a Democrats can break Trump's hold on 17 senators from this fall and party is small.

And if you want to know why, don't look at the pawns. Look at the head, the leader,

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. I told you when he said that Trump provoked the insurrection

and that rioters were fed lies, it wouldn't hold. And today we saw him be among the 45 saying

the trial should be dismissed. There he is, him signing the oath book right before.

McConnell kicked this trial to after the inauguration and why, do you remember?

So it could get due consideration. So it could get good due time and we wouldn't rush it.

Now he says it's too late and it was never legitimate. Remember what Mitch McConnell told us the last time.

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