Posted on 02/12/2021 3:27:39 PM PST by yesthatjallen
House impeachment managers closed their prosecution Thursday with a warning to Republican senators: If they vote to acquit former president Donald Trump, the blood will be on their hands when he unleashes political carnage again.
“When” is the proper word, for, given Trump’s long pattern of inciting violent threats and actions, the next brutal outburst is not a question of “if.”
“If we don’t draw the line here, what’s next?” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the lead impeachment manager, asked the senators. “Is there any political leader in this room who believes that, if he is ever allowed by the Senate to get back into the Oval Office, Donald Trump would stop inciting violence to get his way? … If he gets back into office and it happens again, we will have no one to blame but ourselves.”
It has been five years since Trump marveled at his own ability to incite. “I bring rage out,” he told The Post’s Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. “I always have.” And, as Raskin and his colleagues outlined, Trump brought rage on a grand scale.
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If they vote to acquit, Republican senators will be inviting Trump to try to retake the White House with even more violence. How many more will die because of it?
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So what?
They must sense they are losing the argument. Time to bring out the threats.
Yes, it is a very thinly concealed threat.
The more I read from the left, the more I agree that secession is the answer.
What illogical nonsense.
A threat? The fun part will be Democrats letting their cities burn again.
Milbank is inciting violins?
Anybody think that any Democrat will vote not guilty?
Sounds like the Dem definition of incitement.
What utter tripe.
Democrats want mob rule.
Answer: No.
Who is writing these articles lately?!
It’s not “Trump” it’s “President Donald Trump”
Commander in chief will also work for those of us who would immediately and without question follow this man, our leader, into the battle for our constitution and country.
There’s a lot more chance of violence from normal Americans if Trump in convicted in this Soviet Show Trial.
These people are insane. Have they thought that if they do convict him and find him guilty will that not enrage the Trumpsters to commit even more violence? Whatever. I’m glad their heads are filled with terror and fear of Trump.
How many people actually made it inside the building? Imagine the outcome if the good mayor hadn’t refused additional security before the march. I think the excuse was...it wasn’t a good image.
SO WHAT?
Antifa and the Burn Loot Murder crowd are already Burning, Looting and Murdering in Washington, DC.
Convict Trump or we’ll shoot this dog.
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