Republicans privately say Trump is unfit for office but are too scared of the president's reaction, Democratic senator says in scathing op-ed

• In a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown criticized the Republican senators who acquitted Trump in Wednesday's impeachment trial.
• According to Brown, Republicans fear that if they speak out against Trump, the president will campaign against them, and his allies with vilify him social media and powerful platforms like Fox News.
• "In private, many of my colleagues agree that the president is reckless and unfit. They admit his lies. And they acknowledge what he did was wrong," he writes.
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Top Republican lawmakers have hailed President Donald Trump's acquittal in his impeachment trial as a victory for the American people, and praised his policies and achievements.

But in private it's a different story, according to a scathing New York Times op-ed by Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, published Wednesday night.

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