As video of Capitol riot played, some GOP senators turned away

[intrepidity]

MF'ing COWARDS.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/09/trump-impeachment-live-updates/#link-K3ENPXE3FREN7BHOPQZGEAQIF4

As video of Capitol riot played, some GOP senators turned away
By Karoun Demirjian
Almost every senatorial eye in the chamber was glued to the screens as lead House manager Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) played a 13-minute video depicting the events of Jan. 6 to introduce the impeachment case against Trump — with a few notable exceptions.

While the screen showed demonstrators marching on the Capitol, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) looked down at the pad of lined paper in his lap, where he had already begun doodling with a pencil. Behind him, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) studied papers in his lap, taking only the tiniest glimpses at the screen to his right. A few seats over, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) also focused most of his attention on papers in front of him instead of on the images depicting the insurrection at the Capitol, and a few seats from him, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) did the same.

[Iliyah]

1. Hawley and Cruz enjoyed it . . ......

[bdamomma]

11. are they

there???


Also that Jan 5th meeting I wonder if they were there, those who turned away.

[SheltieLover]

2. Inconvenient!

So they ignore!

[Lucinda]

3. ...

[TwilightZone]

4. Since they all did it, I'm guessing it was a planned strategy.

It's intended to convey disinterest and that it's not worth their time.

It's actually more aggravating than if they were just cowards. They're not hiding from it. They're saying it isn't important.

[RAB910]

5. One of the first thing a Republican learns is to only see what he/she wants to see

[2naSalit]

6. That's how you can tell who was...

Most involved in the planning of the insurrection.

[MacKasey]

7. New material for Lincoln project

Republican cowards can't watch video so they can vote to not convict

Why are they so afraid of trump?

[royable]

8. Video? What video? I haven't seen any video!

I can't vote to convict if I haven't seen a video!
I have no opinion on the issue whatsoever!

[live love laugh]

30. The "afraid of Trump" line is BS. They are simply Republicans.

They are doing what Republicans do. Period.

[Escurumbele]

17. "Why are they so afraid of trump?" --- That is the question that should have been asked everyday for

at least the past two years, over and over. When interviewed that should be the first question they are asked "Why are you so afraid of trump?" I would bet the 1st thing that would happen is a lot of blood will got to their faces, they may not feel shame but they know they are guilty and guilt also makes people go red in their faces.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Totally agree! More than just the obvious... Trump supporters

won't vote for them or contribute to them if they buck him.

[yuiyoshida]

9. SOUNDS to me LIKE they WISH the Insurrectionists had won ...

Had they done their worst and won the day, those REPUBLICAN SENATORS would probably salivate at the prospect of TRUMP BEING PRESIDENT FOR LIFE..

Every fucking one of them, sided with the insurrectionists in one way or another. Lets hope our FBI and Department of Justice will investigate the insurrection fully.. especially about the tours the day before to certain people by Boebert.

[bdamomma]

10. remember those

names, not surprising though.

[MagickMuffin]

12. No doubt they don't want to look at themselves being portrayed by yahoo insurrectionists.

I must say I was excited to see the video footage of the 2 seditionists going through the senate desk looking for papers, however, someone edited out the audio of them saying Hawley and Cruz would be proud of them or something along those lines.

[mezame]

27. I Remember That Too...

Don't worry. That video will resurface again in it's entirety during their 14th Amendment hearings, my guess when Summer arrives (hopefully sooner).

[crickets]

13. Cowardice and blatant lack of respect. How ugly. nt

[llmart]

14. Kentucky, Florida, Arkansas

The people in these states voted for these goons.

[Smackdown2019]

23. Dont forget Missouri

I didn't vote for them as a Missouri democrat voter, but my neighbors did! Heck, they still have their nazi trump signs up.

[llmart]

28. Sorry about that.

I know there are pockets of these idiots everywhere, but there are just some states where I have no desire to live or visit and Missouri is one of them.

[Smackdown2019]

31. 70 years ago my grandfather made the mistake.

My grandfather made the mistake of purchasing a farm, now he has been gone since 84, its been a family farm. Hard to uproot family heritage on account of today's politics. Doesn't matter nowadays, these idiots are everywhere....

[llmart]

32. It probably wasn't a mistake 70 years ago.

[Smackdown2019]

33. Yes it was, they stole from him when he off working.

Low lifes back then are now the grandppapy of the idiots around me. Kinda a chip of the old salt block. SORE!

[ecstatic]

15. Exactly right. Traitorous, MF'ing COWARDS! nt

[hibbing]

16. By "papers" they really mean looking at their phones right? n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Consciousness of guilt

[KS Toronado]

19. They looked away so when MSM asks them about it

They can honestly (in their small Q mind) say they no idea what you are asking me

[Peregrine Took]

21. The sounds though....like voices screaming from the depths of hell.

I have a very heightened sense of sound so that hideous cacophony pierced me right to the bone.

[Rebl2]

22. I figured

this is how they would behave. I bet some have never seen footage of what went on, or at least very little.

[trof]

24. The equivalent of a five year old putting fingers in ears and

screaming "I CAN'T HEAR YOU, I CAN'T HEAR YOU"

[Mr. Ected]

25. This is all a big game to these empty skinsuits

Government is a big make-believe, pretend time for the GOP. Right or wrong matters not. They could be for it today and against it tomorrow. They have but one goal and that's to nullify the other side. Even when the fate of our country weighs in the balance, they play their game and their electorate accepts it as a victory against enemy forces.

This won't hold and something will eventually have to give. Looks like that might be our democracy. But not yet. Not today.

[Marcuse]

26. None are so blind as those who will not see.

[Squinch]

29. A dog won't look you in the eye when he has pooped in the living room. This is like that.

[Quixote1818]

34. Speaks volumes nt