So does Trump's epic backtrack save him from impeachment?

[Alhena]

Hope not, what matters is what he said while the riots were still going on.

[Bev54]

1. No, but I am sure he did it to save himself from 25th amendment

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes and maybe from impeachment too.

He also had to agree to take no further illegal action.

[Bev54]

7. Maybe a deal with the senate republicans

but not with the dems in the house and senate.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Exactly, probably senate R's. McConnell, Lindsey G, etc.

Pelosi had talked to McConnell in very clear terms beforehand.
But let McConnell handle Trump.

????

[madaboutharry]

2. No.

Everyone knows he didn't write it and he doesn't believe a word he said.

Mary Trump on Joy Reid just now: "No one should take this video seriously."

[DonaldsRump]

4. Definitely not

If you compare today's video with Trump's videos from yesterday, it's clear that it's a stunt. It's a stunt that may have saved him from the 25th Amendment, but that was unlikely to happen with bootlickers like Pence and the cabinet.

The House needs to start impeachment tomorrow, have two or three days of hearings, and then move to impeach early next week.

[Montauk6]

5. IT SHOULDN'T!!!

"i KEEEEED, I KEEEED," is NO defense.

[MissB]

6. No. He incited them.

This does not change things. It’s bs. He didn’t call up the national guard immediately.

[tenaciousdem]

11. He lied

Nope, he sure didn't. Pence did and it wasn't immediately.

[Blue Owl]

8. Kick that miserable fat fuck clown while he's down

[NightWatcher]

10. It buys him the weekend and that's all.

[catbyte]

12. It's "Hostage Video Trump," just like when he was forced to address the Charlottesville violence.

Completely insincere.

[SMC22307]

13. No. (n/t)

[lettucebe]

14. Haha, of course not. It was a hostage video and he'll start talking smack soon

He never lasts more than a day or three.

[Hekate]

15. What "epic backtrack"? The hostage video?

No

[apnu]

16. It gives political theater scenery for Senate Republicans to hide behind

That’s all this is. Making sure 25 Republicans don’t vote to convict.

[crickets]

17. +1

[Generic Brad]

18. Sedition has consequences

Just like elections.

[Poiuyt]

19. I don't think he'll be impeached as long as he keeps his nose clean for the next 2 weeks

Republicans are still afraid to stand up to him.