With Trump's acquittal by Senate, are Democrats worried he might run for president again in 2024?

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Trump once again exonerated and found not guilty by Senate—can the country move forward now?
https://dailytorch.com/2021/02/trump-once-again-exonerated-and-found-not-guilty-by-senate-can-the-country-move-forward-now/

Former President Donald Trump has once again been exonerated and found not guilty by the U.S. Senate in his second impeachment trial on all charges that he incited the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 by his speech at the Save America Rally when in fact he urged protesters to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Presumably, now is the time for the country to move forward from the Trump presidency, independent of whether Trump decides to remain involved in national politics, including in the 2022 Congressional midterms or in 2024 if he decides to once again challenge President Joe Biden when he will be potentially facing reelection. For now, it is clear that whether or not Trump decides to run for president again, it will be the American people — and not the U.S. Senate — who decides his fitness for office. Nobody should be surprised at this outcome as the Jan. 6 speech was constitutionally protected by the First Amendment. In Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969, the Supreme Court found “the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.” In that case, mere advocacy of violence or lawless action was not enough to sustain a conviction and at the Jan. 6 speech, there was no such advocacy, thus failing the Brandenburg test. This is a victory for free speech. The House simply could not prove its case, because once again, there was no crime, and nobody can be impeached and convicted without a crime. What do you think?

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