Senior Legal Fellow at Heritage Hans von Spakovsky said he thinks the Democrats realized they really hadn't proven their case towards the end of the trial.
When Democrats said they wanted to call on witnesses, Republicans had a list of witnesses they wanted to hear from prepared. Most of the Republican witnesses would be Democrats who have used foul language for political gain.
We have been playing Trump talking about marching on the Capitol peacefully over and over again since the House Managers doctored the video shown during the trial.
Spakovsky said that certainly made the Democrats look bad and reinforced those who love Trump to stand by him and say, these people have been going after Trump since the beginning.
"There should have never been a trial in the first place. Once a federal official is out of office, you can't do this," Spakovsky said.