Posted on 02/11/2021 8:12:34 PM PST by L.A.Justice
WASHINGTON — House managers wrapped up their case in former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial Thursday, arguing that he controlled the mob that wreaked deadly havoc on the U.S. Capitol and that he could incite further violence if he is not convicted.
The impeachment managers, who act as prosecutors in the Senate, spent the third day of the proceedings trying to prove Trump's responsibility for the graphic and emotionally jarring scenes they had presented as evidence the day before — video of rioters roaming the halls in search of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence, of a Capitol Police officer screaming as he was crushed against a door by the mob, of senators and congressional staffers running for their lives.
"He didn't react to the violence with shock or horror or dismay, as we did. He didn't immediately rush to Twitter and demand in the clearest possible terms that the mob disperse, that they stop it, that they retreat," Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., one of the managers, said in his final remarks for the day. "Instead, he issues messages in the afternoon that sided with them, the insurrectionists, who had left police officers battered and bloodied."
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Impeachment managers mentioned Trump's Twitter messages on January 6...They criticized Mr. Trump for not condemning the violence strongly...They criticized him for expressing affection for his supporters...
“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”
Democrats pointed to that message to argue that Mr. Trump defended people who destroyed property and attacked cops...
I am sure that I could find examples of Democratic politicians defending violent BLM protestors by stating that their "rage" is justified...
That said...I am disappointed that Mr. Trump sent out such a message on January 6...I wish Mr. Trump stated instead that there is absolutely no excuse for destroying property and attacking police officers...
Maybe President Trump could not believe what was taking place...Maybe he could not believe that some of his supporters were involved in the riot...Maybe that is why he did not want to sound too harsh on January 6?
golf courses aren’t typically hotbeds if unrest.
Convict for what he might do? Setting a great precedent.
Show trial, completely worthy of Stalin.
It makes sense. The DemocRATs did the bidding of the USSR for decades. Now they do China’s bidding.
And they have to demonstrate that we, the people are powerless and must never again challenge their supreme right to absolute power.
CIA Media front “NBC Nudes”
Ah ha, so you ARE afraid of a revolution. Hmm...
Convicting won’t stop him from speaking, how long before they start talking about the death penalty?
I didn’t watch a second. But did follow on here. It’s disgusting that they got 3 full days and our side is taking 3 hours. What is wrong with them. I’d make those senators sit for 3 more days even if all they did was read the constitution over and over again.
The Democrats and NeverTrumper Repukes are dumber than dirt. If they thought this clown show was going to reduce Trump’s visibility and standing with the people they’re full of it. If anything, I agree with Don Jr when he says this will only enhance his father’s position in American politics.
Though the Dem’s notion that mobs are “controlled” is an oxymoron, here’s a poser. If Trump was controlling the January 6th mob, who was controlling the months of rioting looting, arson, murder, and mayhem unleashed by the Democrats throughout 2020? Would that be the Democrat Party? Numerous Dems including Harris actively encouraged these rioters and contributed to bailing them out of jail. These bums give hypocrisy a bad name.
We have 44 GOP with balls. That’s the number that is saving President trump. It’s what we need. In fact, it’s more then we need.
LOL!
If Trump is “convicted” he won’t be imprisoned. He can still hold rallies.
If Trump is “convicted” he can still appear on the radio, tv, in books, etc.
Or are they planning to put him in a wood chipper like Madonna and Kathy Griffin would so hope for?
CHIMP POWWWWWWER!!!!!!
Presidents are expected to take a ‘measured response’ when emergencies occur. If the president is republican, they will get criticized, guaranteed.
Think George W. Bush’s “My Pet Goat” moment, when he was told of 9/11 happening, while visiting an elementary school and reading a children’s book entitled “My Pet Goat”.
Mr. Bush did not drop the book on the tiled floor and run out to his limo, surrounded by bodyguards. He chose instead to finish what he had start, so not to panic the children or the school staff. For years afterward, Bush was maligned by liberals for his calm and measured response.
Years later, Obama is standing at a press conference, days after Nidal Hasan, a marine killed 13 other marines in November of 2009. Barack takes a long, long time to address the issue at hand, delaying that point. First, he decided to ‘call out’ some of his friends standing near at the press conference. Polite, muffled applause followed.
Many thought he seemed oddly detached from the moment, while most the media praised his ‘measured approach’.
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