The choice facing Republicans

Legally, Donald Trump was acquitted by the U.S. Senate. But politically, he has been found guilty by the American public. And the clash between those two judgments is creating a jagged split right down the middle of the Republican Party.

As Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, a leading GOP moderate, told "Meet the Press" this week: "A real battle for the soul of the Republican Party" is looming "over the…