Posted on 01/12/2021 9:42:18 AM PST by blam
Update (1015ET): For the first time since the Capitol riots, President Trump spoke briefly to a small pool of reporters at The White House as he left for Texas today slamming the Democrats ongoing impeachment efforts, calling the resolution “a terrible thing that they’re doing.”
Impeachment is a “continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics”.
“I think it’s causing tremendous anger.”
Trump added that “we want no violence,” and said that his January 6th speech was “totally appropriate.”
“We have support probably like nobody’s ever seen before,”
The President then went on to discuss the social media blackout and how he had been warning that this would occur…
How long before those words are construed as ‘inciting’ more violence?
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In seeking his removal for “incitement,” legal scholar and Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley warned earlier that Democrats would gut not only the impeachment standard but free speech, all in a mad rush to remove President Trump just days before the end of his term.
Turley noted specifically that “Congress is about to seek the impeachment of a president for a speech that is protected under the First Amendment. It would create precedent for the impeachment of any president who can be blamed for the violent acts of others after the use of reckless or inflammatory language.”
Nevertheless, on the heels of Vice President Pence’s confirmation this evening that he “pledges to work with Trump through the end of his term” thus confirming earlier reports that he would not acquiesce to Speaker Pelosi’s demands that he invoke the 25th Amendment; it appears House Democrats are raring to go on an impeachment vote on Wednesday.
As Turley noted further on Fox News this evening, while remarking on the Democrats’ apparent rush to get this done:
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(Excerpt) Read more at nationandstate.com ...
Btt
As someone said to me yesterday here on FR, they have taken away the soapbox and the ballot box. The only thing left is the cartridge box.
They are very very scared of Trump. Good!
Remind Joe of his unity/healing strategy he promised.
Oh, hell yes.
The Democrats are counting on the impeachment causing a bunch of helpless rage in Trump voters and malicious witch-huntish glee in Trump haters. My bet is that they are planning to use this spectacle as cover for a bunch of unpopular legislation, which is the real goal imo.
... And the “Pine Box”
A second impeachment just makes a mockery of the whole thing. It winds up just being the second scoop of ice cream. Trump does everything larger.
Will they cancel Jonathan Turley?
It’s an interesting way of saying the Democrats are inciting violence. Unfortunately, the Dems would love to have more violence.
The whole idea is to create Civil Unrest and make tyrannical actions feel more righteous and justified.
To every action, there is a reaction.
Hashtag #Fourthbox
WHAT IS ON THE LAPTOP nazi pelouys ???
you botox junkie skinny A$$ B!TC}{ !!!
“They are very very scared of Trump.”
Hopefully, you don’t really believe that. That’s almost as good as “Trust the Plan!”
They are winning on all fronts.
They are working now to see that neither Trump, nor anyone like him, ever comes back. Their control of America’s worthless “Press” is absolute.
To have Impeachment proceedings in just 8 days ... January 20th ... ia ridiculous. It’s literally IMPOSSIBLE to have those proceedings in just 8 days. This is nothing but grandstanding by the Democrats. The Democrats are going to cause a lot of violence by their actions!
But tell us what you really think - LOL
If they think that little kerfuffle at the Capitol was “violent”, wait until they see what happens if they try to impeach Trump again.
Eh. We have a Monty Python Congress already. This is in character.
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