Trump allies revel in end to 'hoax' impeachment; Democrats say votes 'normalized lawlessness'

"Unfortunately, I doubt my Democratic colleagues, who are being driven by unlimited hatred of President Trump, have the ability to move on."Vice President Mike Pence responded in a tweet with an image of the American flag and the caption "PRESIDENT @realDonaldTrump." In a speech later Wednesday, Pence cited the impeachment vote to push for the president's re-election."You know, it's amazing to think about it, after months of a sham investigation, a partisan impeachment — it's over, America," he said, adding that "America needs four more years" of Trump.Ivanka Trump, the president's daughter and senior adviser, echoed the language Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., used in his speech on the Senate floor in her reaction."This factional fever and incoherent, ill-conceived process has finally ended and the President has rightfully been acquitted," she tweeted. There can be no acquittal without a trial, and there is no trial without witnesses, documents and evidence."Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said on social media: "What Senate Republicans did to this impeachment 'trial' is a national disgrace that history will remember as a cynical and cowardly cover-up."It is a dark day for the truth and for American democracy," he said.Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., tweeted that he fears that the Senate "has done serious damage to our democracy," and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., tweeted that the impeachment trial was "a sordid spectacle."Download the NBC News app for full coverage of the Senate impeachment trialSen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who's running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a lengthy statement: "A Republican acquittal of Donald Trump won't just mean that the current president is above the law, it will give a green light to all future presidents to disregard the law so long as it benefits their reelection."Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who decried the lack of transparency in the trial in her closing remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, quoted Trump from the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape and called the votes a "miscarriage of justice on the floor of the United States Senate."Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., said Wednesday on Twitter, "From this day forward, Senate Republicans are not just covering up for Trump's corrupt and criminal actions, they are complicit."Democratic Sens.