With Trump immediately giving lie to her ridiculous rationale for acquitting him and Sen. Mitt Romney showing a more principled path, Sen. Susan Collins surrendered her last scrap of public dignity this week. It’s the same fate to which many of Trump’s sycophants and defenders have already succumbed.

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Photo: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) walks to the Senate subway following a vote in the Senate impeachment trial that acquitted President Donald Trump of all charges. | Sarah Silbiger, Getty