Sahil Kapur
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Senior National Political Reporter @NBCNews covering Capitol Hill and elections. 🏛️🗳️
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JUST NOW: @BillCassidy says he has no regrets about voting to convict Trump in the J6 impeachment. “I actually voted to uphold the Constitution. That’s a better way to put it,” he tells reporters.
“I voted to uphold the Constitution. That may have cost me my seat, but who cares? I had the privilege of voting to uphold the Constitution. Isn't that a great thing? Wouldn't all of us want to say I voted to support the Constitution on something momentous? That's what I feel about it. I'm very pleased about it.”
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NEW: 7 years ago, on this day, Joe Biden predicted a Republican “epiphany” where the party abandons Trump after 2020.
Many primary voters bought into it. But the prophecy failed.
Now Democrats are moving on to a more combative style of politics.
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