Senators Dig In as Democrats Outline Trump Impeachment Case

WASHINGTON—As House Democrats prepared for a second day of opening arguments in the impeachment trial of President Trump, some senators were readying for the long haul.

“We’ve still got a long way to go,” said Sen. Doug Jones (D., Ala.), who is up for re-election this year in a state Mr. Trump won by almost 30 percentage points. “I don’t want anybody to think that this is over because you hear one side. There’s gonna be another side of this.”

While most Republicans and Democrats have quickly settled into familiar partisan crouches, Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) said some members of the upper chamber are finding the presentations edifying.

“We’re listening, and we’re learning,” he said. “Those of you who have sat through a trial before know that there are peaks and valleys, and a trial is a narrative, it’s a story. And you’ve got to really evaluate the consequences of the story.”