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Don’t be so hard on Joe Biden...
Jan 6 Committee Public Hearings
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Sure, briefly.....but they'll get over any such reservations pretty quickly.
Both Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy made some harsh statements about Trump immediately after Jan 6, but it didn't take either of them long to figure out that they needed to reposition their thinking if they wanted to continue to have a future in their party
He’s entitled to trial by a jury of his peers. It shouldn’t be too hard to find 12 narcissists in America.
hmmm, his "peers"......you mean billionaires who love Trump?
I had to edit my post cuz obviously only billionaires would be Trumps peers.....everyone else is a "loser" it seems
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I wonder what it's going to take to knock Trump off his pedestal. I don't imagine he'll easily go from Republican party leader and '24 presidential candidate to being a kingmaker holding court at Mar-a-Lago and giving his stamp of approval to prospective replacements. Trump's status as an endorser has lost its shine recently, though not enough for people to openly cross him. Prosecution and conviction by the DOJ could also accelerate this, but the clock is running out.
At this point, though, I can't think of a viable Republican candidate who wants to govern the entire country diligently and address problems cooperatively. The party already has much of what it needs to remain in power at all levels by controlling the election apparatus and putting even more like-minded judges in place, to be followed by further eroding key protections and dismantling the social safety net, to the extent it even really exists.
To get beyond this, it's going to take a sizable portion of the electorate, well beyond the people who typically vote Democratic, to realize that the current Republican party is bereft of meaningful policy proposals to address existential issues like climate change, emerging global pathogens, and wealth/health inequality.
On the one hand, it was extremely brave of Cassidy Hutchinson to testify in a hearing that she knew would be watched intently by people worldwide, including her former bosses. She's only 25 or 26 (I've seen both quoted), and demonstrated poise and demeanor far beyond her years.
But I also note that she willingly took the job as senior aide to Mark Meadows, just down the hall from the Oval Office occupied by a man whose misogyny, narcissism, cruelty, and unsuitability as president were well known. Hutchinson also previously served as an intern for Ted Cruz, a person just as bad as Trump.
I'm sure the proximity to power is intoxicating, especially for someone so young. But Hutchinson knew all the facts she testified to yesterday at the time of Trump's second impeachment trial in February 2021. Had she and others come forward then, I think enough sclerotic Republican senators would have voted to convict. It's the same for all the journalists and former officials who held on to what they knew until they could cash in with a book deal.
But I also note that she willingly took the job as senior aide to Mark Meadows, just down the hall from the Oval Office occupied by a man whose misogyny, narcissism, cruelty, and unsuitability as president were well known. Hutchinson also previously served as an intern for Ted Cruz, a person just as bad as Trump.
I'm sure the proximity to power is intoxicating, especially for someone so young. But Hutchinson knew all the facts she testified to yesterday at the time of Trump's second impeachment trial in February 2021. Had she and others come forward then, I think enough sclerotic Republican senators would have voted to convict. It's the same for all the journalists and former officials who held on to what they knew until they could cash in with a book deal.
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Yep the turtle basically said trump did bad and even if he broke the law the turtle would support him if he ran again.
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Meltdown continued
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I bet another happy meal or bucket of KFC hit the wall.
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Truth social is like when you asked your parents for Transformers for Christmas and they bought you GoBots. At least most kids had the sense to hide them from their friends even if they played with them a little…Meltdown continued
Seriously, they could have gotten Trump a “Speak ‘n’ Say” and tell him it‘s the new version of Twitter and he probably wouldn’t know.
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If Trump is so upset with the committee, why doesn't he come before it armed with proof of how the election was rigged?
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Yes, go under oath and prove all the “haters” wrong!
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Exactly. Republicans are not interested in governing in the usual sense of the word. They just seem to want to reduce taxes for their donor class and they never seem to want to spend money on anything other than defense. A perfect example is that wretched Ted Cruz heading off to the Caribbean while citizens of Texas were suffering from massive power outages. And Montana's GOP governor was out of the state during historic flooding there.
The one thing Republicans like to tout is how good they are for the economy. Clinton had a balanced budget. During W's term we had the debt crisis and recession. Obama had to clean that mess up and then Trump left with the economy in shambles due to his bungling of the pandemic and his failed trade war.
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Deathsantis might be almost as bad as Trump. If he runs that would be terrifying.
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he seems to have an editor, for those posts are waaay too coherentMeltdown continued
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A President Untethered
In the final, frenzied days of his administration, Donald J. Trump’s behavior turned increasingly volatile as he smashed dishware and lunged at his own Secret Service agent, according to testimony.
Of course, it’s never been about truth, despite the name of Trump’s social media platform. The tactic was to repeat the stolen election lie so often, beginning well before November 2020, to sow doubt about the legitimacy of Biden’s win and gin up the insurrectionists if Pence and the states didn’t come through.
Until the other day, it wasn’t entirely clear whether Trump believed his own rhetoric, especially as all the legal challenges were rebuffed in the courts. But we now know Trump was told repeatedly that there was no basis for these claims. Yet he exhorted his mob and wanted to join them at the Capitol. If that’s not seditious conspiracy, that statute should be removed from the books.
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I'm undecided if 1/6 will be Trump's downfall or his supreme court. The supreme court is really gunning for center stage on pissing a lot of people off with no slow in their momentum in sight. Makes me think of when it's determined a murder victim probably knew their killer due to the level of overkill and brutality. It's certainly going to make some lengthy opposition ads.
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Jan. 6 committee may make criminal referral on witness tampering -Cheney
The congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack may make a criminal referral to the Justice Department recommending that anybody who tried to influence testimony be prosecuted, Representative Liz Cheney said in an interview broadcast on Thursday.
