Posted on 02/13/2021 9:48:21 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California appeared to let the cat out of the bag on Thursday with regard to why the National Guard is still in the country’s capital in large numbers more than three weeks after President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
In remarks during Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, Lieu appeared to imply that troops are still treating Washington, D.C., as an occupied military zone because the former president will not bend the knee and disavow his stance that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
To put it more simply, Lieu appeared to state that if Trump were to simply concede the election, all of those troops would go back to where they came from. Back to warm beds and away from freezing parking garages.
“[Trump] needed to unequivocally condemn the [Capitol] attack, but he also needed to mean those words,” said Lieu in front of the Senate.
“You saw Donald Trump tweet endless attacks, sometimes 108 tweets in a day, and in public speeches and across rallies, repeating words of ‘fight’ and ‘stop the steal’ and ‘never surrender.’”
The Democrat then played up what he said was Trump’s ability to reach people.
Perhaps if Lieu possessed the ability to inspire others, he wouldn’t be relegated to being one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s errand boys. In any event, that’s essentially what Lieu is — and he is working double-time to please the madame.
“You know what it looks like when President Trump wants to convey a message. Forcefully, loudly and repeatedly, he does that,” he said, in reference to a clip of Trump’s Jan. 6 address to his supporters in Washington.
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He was not elected by the Electoral College, and his term ended at noon on January 20th and mandated by the U.S. Constitution. "Not conceding" doesn't change that. And he does not intend to remain President - he knows he is no longer President.
“There were claims that Biden requested the troops because he was afraid Trump might stop the ceremony. Biden and his advisors were told there was intel pointing to such a possibility. I don’t remember which agency was said to have given the info to Biden.”
The NG was called in Jan. 6, or Jan. 16, or Jan 17. or Jan 21.
Take your pick of a date.
They were called in by the DC mayor, the US Army, President Trump, president-elect Biden, Nancy Pelosi.
Pick one.
Look for yourself....
“when did the national guard arrive in washington dc”
Go look before it’s erased by the Nazis at Google
I don’t disagree it was a fraud......
But there is no way to remove him once the Senate seated him......Our laws don’t have that provision to reverse the process.....
If he could be found directly involved in the fraud, not just benefiting, then he could be impeached.....
What are the odds of that? So he is seated on the throne.....Disgusting as it is......
All Trump has to do is walk naked from the Whitehouse to the Capitol Rotunda, all the while Nanci Pelosi
regales him from behind ringing a bell and proclaiming, “Shame!”
= = =
You forgot the dunce hat with the charges written on it.
I call BS on this one. Anyone can say anything but it doesn’t make it true.
That logic seems to be missing some links.
My only concern is Trump isn't so disgusted with the level of fraud in D.C. that he won't run in '24 to fight like hell and make them pay.
Who knew the swamp was 5,000 feet deep and as big as the Great Lakes?
The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so.H/T Dan Bongino
- Ennius
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