Trump Told Rioters to Come to Washington, They're 'All Guilty': House Impeachment Manager

Newsweak via MSN ^ | 1/17/20 | Benjamin Fearnow

[Libloather]

Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette, one of nine House Democrats selected to prosecute President Donald Trump's second impeachment case, said her argument is simple: he told the rioters where and when to stage the insurrection.

"Donald Trump told those people to come to Washington to stop the certification of the election. Then when they all got to the White House, invited by him, he told them to march up Pennsylvania Avenue and to stop the count and he had all kinds of references to violence and everything else. So, they're all guilty," DeGette told MSNBC Sunday.

"We can't let this go," she reiterated several times.

**SNIP**

"And they can't now point the finger at each other and say, 'Well he said it, so I'm not guilty.' It's part of the criminal conspiracy. And the whole conspiracy was designed to undermine our democratic process and our democracy. It's mind-boggling to think about what a serious threat that was from our own sitting president of the United States," DeGette added.

MSNBC host Ali Velshi noted that many of the Trump supporters present on the day of the Capitol riots are making the legal argument that "they were here [in Washington D.C.] because the president told them to be here."

[hanamizu]

As Rush pointed out, why aren’t we being bombarded with President Trump’s inciting words 24/7? His entire address to the crowd was recorded. There are never any direct quotes. Could it be that they don’t exist and the democrats are lying? No, I realize that’s just crazy talk.

Just like readers of Правда, we have to parse what is not said as carefully as what is said.

[tbw2]

If you think the group is fairly defined by the worst person in the group, the worst person in your group is you.
- Scott Adams