Trump on Sunday will be making his first post-presidential appearance at the conference, and aides say he will use the speech to reassert his power.

'There's no incumbent. Should be a wide-open race,' Mitch McConnell said.

The bills are among dozens introduced in Legislatures aimed at cracking down on demonstrations.

“The Republicans are soft. They only hit their own, like Mitch,” Trump complained on Newsmax.

"Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again," Trump said in a statement.

For Trump’s loyalists, the acquittal offers a vindication of sorts and a fresh connection to the former president’s fiery base.

More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of "principled conservatism," sources said.

Republican senators appeared equally baffled at what they described as an unfocused and rambling performance by Trump's team compared to the Democratic House impeachment managers.

At a time of polarization, Biden may struggle to convince Republican voters of the urgency when Congress already has approved $4 trillion in aid, including $900 billion last month.

The motion from Sen. Rand Paul argued a former president could not be convicted after leaving office, despite the impeachment itself occurring near the end of Trump's term.