Posted on 02/02/2021 10:28:36 AM PST by RandFan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters “like a loaded cannon” at the U.S. Capitol, House Democrats said Tuesday in making their most detailed case yet for why the former president should be convicted and permanently barred from office. Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional.
The Democratic legal brief forcefully linked Trump’s baseless efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election to the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, saying he bears “unmistakable” blame for actions that threatened the foundation of American democracy. It argued that he must be found guilty when his impeachment trial opens before the Senate next week on a charge of inciting the siege. And it used evocative language to conjure the day’s chaos, when “terrified members were trapped in the chamber” and called loved ones “for fear they would not survive.”
“His conduct endangered the life of every single member of Congress, jeopardized the peaceful transition of power and line of succession, and compromised our national security,” the Democratic managers of the impeachment case wrote. “This is precisely the sort of constitutional offense that warrants disqualification from federal office.”
Trump’s lawyers responded with their own filing that denied that he had incited the riot by disputing the election results or by exhorting his followers to “fight like hell.” In any event, they said, the trial was unconstitutional now that Trump has left the White House.
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LOL, that’s rich.
Such violent language. These guys crack me up. The projection never ends.
Dramatize much?
Other such blather in between.
Now, "Cannon! Cannon! Cannon!"
Will we ever hear the end of insane lies from democrats?
What will the next one be?
You mean when the democrats, republicans, members of law enforcement and the rest of the deep state made a pact with antifa to storm the Capitol?
To make it look like Trump did it?
The president told everyone to march “peacefully and patriotically” past the Capitol.
The Capitol Police invited many of the protestors to enter the Capitol building. Many of these people stayed within the velvet ropes.
Then there were the BLM and Antifa types who donned Trump gear and infiltrated.
Just people trying to pay congress back for their esteemed service.
And what did the Dems and Pelosi and Ilhan Omar and AOC aim at America ALL SUMMER.
How about that kangaroo third world court mockery of the Kavanaugh hearings?!
The Dems are just as culpable if not moreso in fomenting civil unrest.
The never ceasing ratchet. Practically nothing they say or do surprises me any longer.
Imagine if Trump really had asked 500,000 supporters to storm the capitol.....
And the problem is?
There are plenty of patriotic Americans who have suggested the entire DC swamp be swiftly teleported to Pluto on a canon if possible.
What will the DNCCP and rat media do when Goldstein is gone? What is to become of the two minutes hate?
To repeat on our combined behalf:
If talking about any kind of controversial things causes violent mob action then Kamala Harris, Maxine Waters and many other Dems incited mobs to loot and burn in Seattle, Portland, NYC and elsewhere for BLM and Antifa causes for weeks and months without a peep against it all.
Kamala said then . ...”this should keep going on, it’s not a protest now it’s a movement. And a good movement.”
After the DNC convention they said they condemned the “violence on all sides.” And soon after, Biden’s repeated lines had “This is Trump’s America. We need something better.”
C’mon man! You guys talk some Babylon BeeKeeper.
They’re lucky he didn’t....if would’ve the capital would be rubble.
That is what Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Omar, Tlaib are deadly in fear of.
That is why they brought in 25,000 troops and built a wall around the capitol.
They are going to need to remember that neither troops nor walls prevented King Louis XVI or Tsar Nicholas II from being executed by an angry, fed up mob.
C’mon man! Loaded cannon? WTF?
THOSE guys talk LIKE some Babylon BeeKeeper.
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