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malaise

(269,054 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:27 AM Feb 2021

Does that despicable Senator Tim Scott believe people looking like him have the

right to vote or to protest the slaughter of George Floyd?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scott-trump-not-guilty-impeachment-capitol-riot-insurrection

Former President Donald Trump is "simply not guilty" of inciting an insurrection against the United States government, Sen. Tim Scott R-S.C., told "America Reports" on Monday.

Scott said while he appreciated and understood the severity of the situation, given that he was in the chamber when rioters stormed the Capitol, he felt culpability should be placed on those who broke inside the building, not Trump.

TRUMP IMPEACHMENT IS 'PARTISAN FARCE,' SCHUMER WOULD DESERVE TO BE IMPEACHED TOO: RAND PAUL

"The Democrats should put the blame where it stands, where it should be," Scott said. "And it does not have to do with the president who said go ‘peacefully’ to protest."

Scott also speculated two potential defenses that Trump’s lawyers may use to defend him at the hearing. The first defense is the fact that the pipe bombs planted at the Capitol and planning discussions on social media occurred before Trump gave his speech at the National Mall. The second defense implyed a potential double standard, in which Democratic members of Congress used aggressive hypothetical language in speeches with no legal retaliation.
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Asking for a friend.

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Does that despicable Senator Tim Scott believe people looking like him have the (Original Post) malaise Feb 2021 OP
You can only imagine the coordination going on PCIntern Feb 2021 #1
+1,000 abqtommy Feb 2021 #2
You have a way with words malaise Feb 2021 #3
Thanks! I try! PCIntern Feb 2021 #7
"This is a nasty group of pricks" madaboutharry Feb 2021 #9
Tim Scott thinks Trump's white nationalist wouldn't harm him too? dem4decades Feb 2021 #4
Trump must know all his secrets malaise Feb 2021 #5
Scott knew Trump's Mob was after Pence, Pelosi, the Press... Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #6
But the coup wa about rejecting the votes from predominantly African-American counties malaise Feb 2021 #8
ARGH! TIM Scott... Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Democracy2020 Feb 2021 #10
+1,000 malaise Feb 2021 #12
If Scott votes to convict his life will be in danger. LastDemocratInSC Feb 2021 #13

PCIntern

(25,556 posts)
1. You can only imagine the coordination going on
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:33 AM
Feb 2021

Behind the scenes, the messaging, the emails, the phone calls to get the story straight. This is a nasty group of pricks, and politically need to be treated like the Anopheles mosquito or the Medfly. Eradicate them at the polls.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
3. You have a way with words
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:38 AM
Feb 2021
and politically need to be treated like the Anopheles mosquito or the Medfly. Eradicate them at the polls.

However malaria is way to mild for these monsters

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
9. "This is a nasty group of pricks"
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:59 AM
Feb 2021

That is exactly what they are, always have been, and always will be.

dem4decades

(11,296 posts)
4. Tim Scott thinks Trump's white nationalist wouldn't harm him too?
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:39 AM
Feb 2021

I wish Trump's rioters would have found Pence, or Scott or any other of the 44.

Kid Berwyn

(14,909 posts)
6. Scott knew Trump's Mob was after Pence, Pelosi, the Press...
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:46 AM
Feb 2021

...people like Bat Boy, the toothless like Tuberville, klansmen, NAZI scum, and billionaires not so much.

And if the riot had succeeded, Trump likely would declare martial law and appoint such as Scott Reichsmarshals to lord over the New Amerika and lead the round up of the Untermenschen.

malaise

(269,054 posts)
8. But the coup wa about rejecting the votes from predominantly African-American counties
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 08:58 AM
Feb 2021

He's a self hating piece of shit

Kid Berwyn

(14,909 posts)
11. ARGH! TIM Scott...
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 09:27 AM
Feb 2021

... Brain was to RICK Scott.

No, Tim would be rounded up at the Capitol. “1776” style and all that forgetting Crispus Attucks.

Response to malaise (Original post)

LastDemocratInSC

(3,647 posts)
13. If Scott votes to convict his life will be in danger.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 01:10 PM
Feb 2021

And he knows that very well. He already has one strike against him. A vote to convict will be two strikes. That's enough for Jim Crow who never follows the rules.

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