I guess impeaching a president is a little like riding a bike, with one modification: Not only do you remember the process; you become better at it.

Just look at how streamlined impeachment was this time around. There was no dallying on a charge; no bickering over wording, no debate over the meaning of “I want you to do me a favor, though.” We didn’t have to learn another country, or another obscure foreign diplomat’s name; no Ukrainian recipes to remember. There was even a highlight reel!

Think about it: When have we ever seen a crime and trial within six weeks? The rest of our legal system should be so brisk.

Of course, doing it better doesn’t mean a different outcome. The verdict is as predetermined as O.J.’s murder trial — and just as sensible.

But that’s the beauty of the theatrical encore we get to the Trump presidency. Just as Donald Trump is the most honest liar to ever hold political office, so too are his supporters. Unlike Trump, however, the GOP must put its fealty to the mad king in writing.

They did it on Insurrection Day, and they will do it on Impeachment Day. They have said, in the form of a roll call vote, that to be a proper conservative, one must assert feeling over fact, faith over evidence. If you have a hunch about something, they argue, that’s enough to challenge the reality of it.

And the reality is: Donald Trump is above the law in conservative eyes. Full stop.

But there is reason to be optimistic. While House impeachment managers made their case to persuade a Senatorial jury the first two days, The final day of prosecution was made to persuade the nation — or at least an evidence-based nation. And granted, that may be only 55 percent of America. Maybe less. But that is America of the present.

But even that 45% must now ask themselves: Do I want my vote to become a lifetime appointment? Because that the goal in the first coup attempt.

It will be fascinating to see what the GOP becomes in the next two years — presumably in the vacuum of Twitter space — without a circus leader. Perhaps it will find a new Great Leader. Perhaps a Cruz. Or Hawley. Or Taylor-Green. Maybe a Trump. The Republican Party has been a cult of personality since Reagan, so there’s no reason to assume that will cease.

But in the impeachment sequel (which, like the Godfather II and Empire Strikes Back, eclipsed the original), we have seen those in office willing to sign a petition opposing the factual. That strikes me as risky strategy for those seeking higher office in the next election cycle.

Just a hunch.