Here Are The 7 Republicans Who Just Voted To Convict Trump

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine): Collins, who is up for reelection in 2026, blamed Trump for the riots on Jan. 6: “Context was everything. Tossing a lit match into a pile of dry leaves is very different to tossing it in a pool of water,” she said on the Senate floor Saturday.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska): Murkowski is up for reelection in just two years, and shortly after the Jan. 6 riots, she called on Trump to resign from office, telling a local newspaper “he has caused enough damage.”

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.): Sasse has criticized Trump in recent months, a posture that drew criticism from Nebraska Republican leaders (his term ends in 2026) — in a statement before his vote, he faulted Trump both for enflaming the riot on Jan. 6 and for spreading false conspiracy theories about voter fraud in the preceding months.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.): Toomey, who is retiring when his term ends in two years, said he voted to convict because “a lawless attempt to retain power by a president was one of the founders’ greatest fears motivating the inclusion of the impeachment authorities in the U.S. Constitution.”

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.): In a statement, Burr, who is not running for reelection in 2022, said the evidence that Trump incited insurrection is “compelling,” declaring “President Trump violated his oath of office to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.): Despite voting last month that the impeachment trial was unconstitutional, Cassidy changed his mind this week and decided the trial was legal, earning criticism from some Louisianans — he said in a statement, “our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person.”