Report: ‘At Least a Dozen’ Republican Senators Walked Out of Impeachment Trial

Breitbart ^ | 02/12/2021 | Joel B. Pollak

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At least a dozen Republican Senators reportedly walked out of the Senate impeachment trial on Thursday, after lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) tried to argue that years of Trump rallies were incitement to violence.

National Review reporter John McCormack reported several Republican Senators left the chamber during part of Raskin’s presentation, and missed the subsequent argument of Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), who argued that Trump was a future danger.

Inside the Senate chamber:

Trump’s 2016 rivals Rubio, Cruz, and Graham watched intently as video documented Trump’s 2015-2020 remarks making light of or justifying political violence.

Graham, Rubio, and Cruz then left and didn’t watch Lieu’s presentation from the floor.

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) February 11, 2021

At least a dozen Senate Republicans skipped at least part of Lieu’s presentation.

Lieu warned of history repeating itself:“I’m afraid [Trump is] going to run again and lose.”

— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) February 11, 2021

Raskin tried to claim that Trump’s speech on January 6 incited the Capitol riot because he had spent years encouraging supporters to commit acts of violence, or condoning past acts of violence, often using specific coded language to do so.

Specifically, Raskin claimed Trump had incited violence against public officials in the past. He tried, for example, to link Trump to the plot uncovered (by the Trump administration) to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last fall, though one of the alleged plotters was a Black Lives Matter supporter, and another plotter had an anarchist flag and hated police.

Raskin also claimed, falsely, that Trump had praised neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 — a familiar lie known as the “very fine people” hoax.

In fact, Trump said the neo-Nazis should be “condemned totally.”

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I have met Bruce Dammeier who is friends with Dick Muri, a very good friend of mine.

Cool. Small world. I coached with/against Bruce in our local kids baseball league and he coached my son in Jr. High football. Begged my son to stay on to play QB moving into High School but alas, my son's first love was baseball.

Bruce would make a fantastic Governor in my opinion and is building Pierce County economically and hopefully parlay that success to the Governor's mansion.

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Ok, I’ll put you down as bowing down to your Chinese overlords

No problem, only about 20% of the people fought the crown to get our country started

We’ll protect our Constitutional Republic for you.

Oh don’t forget Germany, remember the holocaust

Be sure to give your guns to a patriot before they come for them.

[RetiredArmy]

THAT is very true. I expect more from these slobs. They have a Satanic hate for Christians, Jews, conservatives, voters of Trump. That is 75 million of us. That does not count our family members who are supporters of we and Trump but did not vote. That 75 million can double or triple in count. 150 or 200 million people in this nation that support us, thus Trump.

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Ok, I’ll put you down as bowing down to your Chinese overlords

You're either being sarcastic or utterly nonsensical or just plain stupid.

I'm the one pointing at you as having a plan to allow democrats a road towards full communism. Your plan is nonsense.

[bIlluminati]

how this is fixed

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One box closes, another box opens. Or: “We’re not at that awkward stage any more.”

16. Don’t be a terrorist. (Rev.) Relabel that. You’re a freedom fighter. Define yourself before others do it for you. Have fun!

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The plan I suggested has a good outcome

Sorry you didn’t see that, no prob.