Posted on 02/13/2021 2:44:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The impeachment trial is hurtling toward a conclusion, after brief drama over potentially calling witnesses.
Former President Trump is almost certain to get acquitted, but it won’t be much of a vindication.
His conduct in the post-election period and on January 6 will blight his reputation forevermore. He waged a dishonest and poisonous campaign to overturn the election that culminated in a mob disrupting the counting of electoral votes at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
The new videos played by the House managers at the trial brought home again the national embarrassment of that day, with top elected officials scurrying for safety as the rabble descended.
The House managers were at their strongest describing Trump’s conspiracy-laden effort to reverse the election result, his long catalogue of inflammatory comments, and his dereliction of duty in failing to urge the rioters to cease and desist as early and forcefully as possible. All of this is damnable, inarguably so.
The weakness in their case stems from the defects of the article of impeachment itself, which both goes too far and not far enough.
At the core of the article is the contention that Trump incited the crowd to attack the Capitol, that he “willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — lawless action at the Capitol.” This suggests an element of intent that the managers couldn’t prove.
On the other hand, incredibly enough, the article doesn’t even mention Trump’s conduct during the riot, when he continued to criticize Mike Pence as he was being targeted by the mob, and that he went AWOL as allies begged him to tell the rioters to stand down. Trump’s defense team didn’t have good answers — or really any answers — when queried in the Q&A about what Trump was doing in these hours.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Next they will call for "struggle sessions" and "reeducation" camps.
Everyone at NRO admitted to voting for Biden so who cares they are basically the Lincoln Project now
Yeah, National Review, as Ernie Anastos would say: “Keep f***ing that chicken.”
“The National Spew”
NRO FOAD.
Cucks.
The NR is just another Leftist propaganda media. Not worth reading or wasting any brain cells considering their positions
Idiots. A disgrace to Bill Buckley’s legacy. If the rats say there were 80 million legitimate rat votes, it’s “disgraceful” to question that? Bird cages are NR’s future.
Never mind that the Maoist presstitutes of National Review really did wage "a dishonest and poisonous campaign to overturn the (2016) election."
It's OK when they do it.
National RINO Review 👎🏻👎🏻
William F Buckley was at least smart and well spoken. Not sure why the National Review still exists unless it really is a cia front group to act as Gatekeepers for conservative thought. They haven’t been the same since they banned Pat Buchanan
Honestly this board is the only place I see the NR. it’s that irrelevant.
“Everyone at NRO admitted to voting for Biden”
Victor David Hanson?
His conduct in the post-election period and on January 6 will blight his reputation forevermore. “”:
This silly Klown is telegraphing that he thinks Trump is finished-its all in the can. He has no part in tomorrow. Wishful thinking, moron...the past is prologue...
The dems and republicans will bring anything against Trump whether it is constitutional or not. They will vote and then that will be it — they will send out the troop to arrest Trump. He will be convicted, sent to prison and they will feel justified and safe. It’s really that simple.
What can Trump do? This whole charade was unconstitutional and they are signaling Trump things will continue to be unconstitutional if he persists. So what can he do? Start a new party and a new army to protect him... seriously.
That just proves that we are much better informed than the intellectually inbred imbeciles who get all their information from Chuck Todd.
Totally.
Oh most of them did ever read their twitter feeds?
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