Posted on 02/13/2021 1:05:24 PM PST by conservative98
The Senate on Saturday acquitted former President Donald Trump of an article of impeachment that charged he incited the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The 57-43 vote fell far short of the Constitution’s two-thirds requirement.
Trump attorney Michael van der Veen maintained in closing arguments that Democrats were hypocritical for impeaching Trump over a heated pre-riot speech and said the proceeding was unconstitutional.
“Throughout the summer Democrat leaders including the current president and vice president repeatedly made comments that provided moral comfort to mobs attacking police officers,” van der Veen said.
Van der Veen said that that the Capitol break-in that disrupted certification of President Biden’s victory and left five dead actually “was pre-planned and premeditated by fringe left and right groups.”
“The gathering on Jan. 6 was supposed to be an entirely peaceful event,” van der Veen said. He argued that local officials failed to provide adequate security for the Capitol.
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Josef Xiden is and always will be illegitimate!
Clowns. Every last one of them. The only surprise really is Cassidy. Not sure what his problem is.
McTurtle is a POS. He is bashing Trump in the final remarks. Unbelievable.
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I didn’t watch. Too stessful. But in a nutshell, what did he say?
“ HE IS TRYING TO RUN TRUMP OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY...”
Good.
No way forward until the GOP is burned to the ground.
You have a good point there since the Republicans who have their fingers in the Trillions of dollars taxpayers pie, and are swampers, don't want people like Trump or his appointees nosing around in their business.
They voted openly to avoid a primary Republican opponent.
After all they didn't get to Washington to represent anyone but their own interests.-Tom
Yeah, I just saw that and switched it off. Disgusting. I doubt anyone is watching.
Was not she ‘primaried’ once and won as a write-in or Independent. The name Murkowski draws a lot of water in Alaska. BTW - Sarah P???
Why wait for primaries? Recall them! Where there’s a will, there’s a way...
“This is all about, we the people. McConnell is coming at us.”
McConnell and Sen. Ben Cardin are bashing the Trump supporters us/me. They keep saying that the phrase “stolen election” is a conspiracy theory and Trump fed this to his supporters to enrage them... Hey Cardin... it was a stolen election to idiot tool.
Our political class is comprised of some of the most despicable, loathesome, dishonest, and dishonorable people the world has ever seen. And that includes the members of BOTH parties.
its uglier than that..they voted the CCP agenda
These nit-wits in the house and senate wasted hundreds of thousands if not millions of our hard earned tax dollars for kabuki theater. Really chaps my hide.
Now it is Susan Collins’ turn to bash Trump. This is awful what these senators do to Trump but the republican party will pay. We need a Patriot MEGA Party.
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Simply means if they could hide their Vote from their constituents, they’d convict Trump. They loathe him.
By an on-the-record Vote tabulation, they fear being exposed as an opponent of America First.
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“Only if she wins the primary. I don’t she will.”
IIRC Murkowski lost in the primary last time. Alaska has no “Sore Loser” law so she ran in the general as an independent and won.
Only was this witch is leaving the Senate is feet first.
got it. Thanks
My email gets lots of solicitations from the RNC/GOP, the most recent
telling me “my party needs me.” (They used to get money from me.)
Now they get things like this in reply...
Seriously?? After what I just heard McConnell saying after the acquittal,
you utterly evil people have the NERVE to call yourselves MY party?
You chose protecting the swamp above all else.
My party has become a blight upon my party and a boon to the CCP.
Not one penny for your treason and your support of this election theft!
The President you helped bring this upon will let us know who can best
use the support of the people. You’ve proven you only use it against us.
Burr’s insider trading charges were dropped on January 19th, 2021. Was there a deal with the Biden gang to leave them dropped if he voted to convict Trump? If so, Burr may do other disagreeable things before he leaves office in January 2023.
As much as I hate it, Collins may be the best we can hope for from Maine. Maybe someone from the Pine Tree state can chime in.
The rest DEFINITELY need to go ASAP.
If primaried out I expect Murkowski to return to her successful “run as an Independent” play and eke out another win.
The rest need to understand, in no uncertain terms, that their day is done.
I agree, a big part of the stolen election was to discredit the reality that blacks and other minorities voted for Trump in record number. They might also figure that stealing the election makes those minority voters think, well, their vote doesn’t matter, screw it, I won’t do it again.
When the real voting demographics come out, Twatter and FB will hid them more vigorously than actual vote counts.
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