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President Donald Trump and his all-Republican allies, including some high-profile Louisianans, spent last week in a triumphant mood following the foreordained Senate acquittal for articles of impeachment accusing him of obstructing Congress and abusing his power.

Everyone knew this would happen, even before Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his own lack of interest in considering the case on its merits, and even before a few wavering senators finally voted against allowing personal testimony and evidence that will absolutely become public at some point, likely as soon as former National Security Advisor John Bolton begins his book tour.

So at the risk of raining on their predictable parade, let’s just pause a moment to point out that there’s nothing here that should make any of the president’s enablers proud. Not one thing the president and his team did protects our country’s vital institutions, safeguards our national security and democratic process, or sends a message to kids about how to behave with dignity and honor.