A second Trump impeachment is being demanded based on outrage for the riot at the Capitol. More and more people seem to be demanding impeachment, even if done after Trump leaves office (for which there is apparently precedent).
Yet what was the impeachable offense? The impeachable offense was basically that the crowd attacked the Capitol building. If the crowd had marched to the Capitol and spent the afternoon chanting and yelling we wouldn't be talking about a second impeachment, it would have just been a bunch of Trump deplorables and the media would have spent days talking about how they were all stupid racists.
So the impeachment "offense" is largely an offense by the Capitol occupying crowd, not directly by Donald Trump. One could imagine a similar "offense" if somebody had gone and shot a cabinet official shortly after members of Congress called for attacks on those working for the administration.
The next few days will say whether Trump is impeached (most likely yes) and whether the Senate convicts or even holds a trial (most likely no).
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