To the Editor:

I have been sick at heart and sick to my stomach ever since Donald Trump assumed the presidency, and I watched the impeachment hearings over two weeks with an ever-deepening sense of foreboding: Will he once more dodge any accountability or consequence for his outright lies and his despicable actions?

It is hard for me to believe that the Republican Party, in particular the Senate Republicans, will continue to stand behind this man, that they will enable him to do continuing damage to our country and our institutions. Republicans have sold out their principles and made a deal with the devil.

And for what? So they can get re-elected? So they can pack the courts with conservative judges? I am enraged when I read how some Republicans privately say they loathe Donald Trump but in front of the cameras they are his champion.

Representative Adam Schiff, in his most eloquent and moving closing statement, asked where are the Howard Bakers of the Republican Party? To that I will add: Where are Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Ben Sasse? How wonderful and patriotic it would be for these senators to stand in the Senate well and say publicly that they condemn Donald Trump. This is their opportunity to put country over party. What will they do?