Now that we know Republicans won't convict, turn it into a trial of the Republican Party

[babylonsister]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/26/2012065/-Now-that-we-know-Republicans-won-t-convict-turn-it-into-a-trial-of-the-Republican-Party

Now that we know Republicans won't convict, turn it into a trial of the Republican Party
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Tuesday January 26, 2021 · 5:29 PM EST


Quavering under explicit threats from Donald Trump that he will start a Neo-fascist third-party (grossly renamed, ‘The Patriot Party’), Republicans, led by the blowhard Rand Paul, have signaled there is no way they would ever vote to convict Trump for inciting the deadly insurrection that killed six people on Jan. 6 and sent hordes of stinking Trump supporters to smear feces all over the House and Senate chambers while trying to hunt down Congressmen and Senators.

Now that we know this, now that it’s clear, let’s just remember who controls the trial and the admissible evidence in that trial: the Democratic Senate. Just like McConnell constrained the first trial admitting no witnesses or evidence, Democrats are free to admit whatever it takes to paint a clear picture of the environment Trump was operating in, that motivated and aided his incitement of the mob.

Max Boot, writing this week for the Washington Post, makes an excellent point:

When the impeachment proceedings begin in the Senate, it will not be just Donald Trump in the dock. The entire Republican Party will be on trial. And there is every reason to believe that the GOP will fail this test — as it failed every other during the past four years.

As Boot emphasizes, Trump’s guilt here is crystal clear and becoming even clearer than that with each passing day. Boot notes the Center for Responsive Politics report revealing that Trump’s corrupt campaign funneled 2.7 million dollars to groups that organized and participated in the violent insurrection of Jan. 6. Many of the participants in the event itself have directly characterized their actions as responsive to Trump’s siren call.

There’s no doubt that Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection. As an added bonus, it’s clear that he had exhausted all other means to overturn the election, by way of trying to force the Attorney General’s office to involve the Justice department in the coup attempt. Many witnesses may now be called to attest to Trump’s desperation, further providing evidence for his motives in inciting the Jan. 6 attacks.

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So the cancer cuts down to the bone. It isn’t just Trump, but a culture of Republican-abetted sedition that needs to be presented to the American people on Feb. 9. Call some witnesses in from those state legislatures who met with Trump as he hemmed, hawed and threatened them. Call Hawley as a witness and obtain all his contacts and communications with the Administration before the insurrection. Same with Cruz. There’s no privilege attached, not when you’re trying to commit a crime, boys.

Americans really need to see the big picture. Let’s give it to them. And let Hawley and Trump squeal their seditious little asses off.

[Hoyt]

1. Time Congress moves on. Anyone who is going to listen knows what GOPers are.

If some other entity prosecutes and somehow manages to get a conviction with white wingers on the jury, great. But trump is gone from office and Biden is kicking rear.

[pink]

2. Trump is going to get away with it again.

Take it out of the senate and anyone who was effected by the actions of Trump and his minions on Jan 6th should sue them in civil court.

[Laelth]

3. I hope that is how the House Impeachment Team frames it. n/t

-Laelth

[mopinko]

4. i'm not sure that follows.

the way i see it, that's 5 votes to convict. this vote was to get out of having to vote.
i can almost understand voting for that, considering the death threats that are flying.