Can we all agree that fomenting an insurrection against our government is a high crime and misdemanor? So asked Jamie Raskin, lead House Impeachment Manager. And the answer is "no" according to most Senate Republicans.
And to the Republican voters who think they'll be able to retain their own rights if a minority coup is successful in the future because Republicans fail on accountability now, I have news. History shows you won't be protected, either. #ConvictAndDisqualify
House Democrats conclude Trump impeachment case, warning of potential violence if Republicans refuse to convict:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-impeachment-trial-trump/2021/02/11/33229f7e-6c88-11eb-9f80-3d7646ce1bc0_story.html
Imagine if you will, a random American citizen gathering together a mob with the intention of murdering a sitting Vice President of the US or the Speaker of the House. That citizen would spend the rest of their life behind bars. Imagine if it was terrorists from somewhere else. Republicans would want to go to war.
But if you’re Donald Trump, so far the Republican Party will support you no matter what. What a bunch of un-American cowards. #ImpeachmentTrial2 #ConvictAndDisqualify
#ImpeachmentTrial2 #ConvictAndDisqualify
@TonyStark Too bad part of the jury was in on the crime. #ConvictAndDisqualify
I'm surprised they have even 16 seconds worth.
Would the crowd have marched on the Capitol if Trump had not been there to urge them on? No. Who told them to march down Pennsylvania Avenue and "fight like hell"? Who summoned them there with "be there, will be wild"? He did.
He gave a speech that IMMEDIATELY was followed by the Capitol being swarmed by a fascist mob out for blood. Come on, Republicans. #ConvictTrump #ConvictAndDisqualify #Impeachment2
Trump's defense team expects to finish its arguments by tomorrow night, two sources say, and not take the 16 hours they are allotted at his trial:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/donald-trump-impeachment-defense-team-arguments/index.html
#ConvictTrump #ConvictAndDisqualify #Impeachment2
@TonyStark I'm up for phone calls. It is important. #ConvictAndDisqualify #ImpeachmentTrial2
#ConvictAndDisqualify #ImpeachmentTrial2
Senator Bill Cassidy was clearly disturbed by what he saw yesterday, as would any person who seriously watched. The footage is horrifying. It is more than clear Donald Trump was an instigator of this unprecedented, violent attack on our Capitol.
Phone calls could help. Anybody up for phone calls? If one Senator's mind changed, there could be more. Cassidy, himself, could talk to others.
Please call your Senators today and ask them to look at the evidence fairly and move to protect our democracy. It's important. There's a script pinned to my profile. 202-224-3121
#ConvictTrump #ConvictAndDisqualify
No senator appears to be struggling with the impeachment trial as much as Bill Cassidy, who switched his vote Tuesday and declared the impeachment trial is constitutional:
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/02/11/a-republican-senators-impeachment-conundrum-491720?cid=su_tw_pb
#ConvictTrump #ConvictAndDisqualify
Imagine being the kind of person who could see this, fully understand why it happened (unless maybe you're Tommy Tuberville) and not vote to hold the person who endangered you and your coworkers and their families and employees accountable, while also ignoring the bravery of a man who risked his life to save one of those very coworkers.
I can't imagine it. And I'm glad I can't. #ConvictAndDisqualify
New security video shows Officer Eugene Goodman potentially saving Mitt Romney from mob during Capitol riot:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/10/politics/eugene-goodman-us-capitol-riot/index.html
@TonyStark Anyone who saw it knows Trump incited it.
Bill Cassidy voted with us so you never know plus we have to let them know we will not forget their vote. Voices can change minds. #CallToAction #ConvictTrump #ConvictAndDisqualify
#CallToAction #ConvictTrump #ConvictAndDisqualify
GOP Senator Mike Lee today:
"Everyone makes mistakes" and maybe Trump is "entitled to a mulligan."
Uh, maybe. But "everyone" does not incite a mob to storm the Capitol - destroying property, killing an officer, and resulting in multiple deaths and injuring hundreds.
"Everyone" does not keep tweeting that the mob was ripped off and that they love the insurrectionist mob.
No "mistake." It was a deliberate attempt to overthrow the U.S. government. #ConvictAndDisqualify