Sen. Tim Kaine Drops Censure Effort, Says Rs “don’t want to bar Trump from running,” and For Ds “it’s impeachment or nothing”

It’s questionable whether this was ever a good idea, substantively or strategically, but regardless, it’s dead now. For some background, see Video: Sen. Kaine Explains Idea Behind Censure Resolution as “Accountability Mechanism” for Trump, Since Impeachment Trial Not Likely to Reach 2/3rds Vote to Convict from January 27, when Kaine argued, “there are accountability mechanisms for [Trump] other than an impeachment trial which is most likely to come up short.” Apparently not.