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Coventina

(27,159 posts) Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:16 PM Feb 2021

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The senate did NOT AQUIT Trump! That headline on MSNBC is WRONG!!!!

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The senate did NOT AQUIT Trump! That headline on MSNBC is WRONG!!!! (Original Post) Coventina Feb 2021 OP

Technically, they did. Those are the rules. mucifer Feb 2021 #1

Um, no, the majority found him GUILTY. That is not acquittal. Coventina Feb 2021 #7

+100000000000000000000000000000000 x 2 AmyStrange Feb 2021 #18

Can you clarify? The verdict was stated inside the body. I heard it. Frasier Balzov Feb 2021 #2

acquittal does not mean innocent qazplm135 Feb 2021 #3

Well, they did PJMcK Feb 2021 #4

Ummm....Sorry To Burst Bubble.... sfstaxprep Feb 2021 #5

as Sen. Leahy said bigtree Feb 2021 #6

please explain , I want to see it your way. Beachnutt Feb 2021 #8

Truthfully, the headline should say Ohiogal Feb 2021 #9

Thank you! I hate "SENATE ACQUITS TRUMP," as if all the senators agreed he did nothing wrong. LaMouffette Feb 2021 #17

+100000000000000000000000000000000 x 4 AmyStrange Feb 2021 #19

Yes they did nt liskddksil Feb 2021 #10

Yes they did lame54 Feb 2021 #11

Really? manchu Feb 2021 #12

I think you need to read the Constitution. You can't just make up your own rules. servermsh Feb 2021 #13

Yeah, they did. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #14

I really don't care about the commentary, the majority found him GUILTY Coventina Feb 2021 #15

In many criminal trials, every juror must vote to convict LeftInTX Feb 2021 #21

The vote was rigged. PurgedVoter Feb 2021 #16

43 co-conspirators Kitchari Feb 2021 #20

mucifer

(23,558 posts)

1. Technically, they did. Those are the rules.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:17 PM

Feb 2021

Coventina

(27,159 posts)

7. Um, no, the majority found him GUILTY. That is not acquittal.

Reply to mucifer (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Feb 2021

That was not enough votes to enact a punishment.

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)

18. +100000000000000000000000000000000 x 2

Reply to Coventina (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:29 PM

Feb 2021

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Thank you.
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Frasier Balzov

(2,663 posts)

2. Can you clarify? The verdict was stated inside the body. I heard it.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Feb 2021

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)

3. acquittal does not mean innocent

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Feb 2021

not guilty doesn't mean innocent.

It just means there weren't enough votes for guilty.

So yeah, he was acquitted.

PJMcK

(22,040 posts)

4. Well, they did

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Feb 2021

Can you explain what you mean?

TIA

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)

5. Ummm....Sorry To Burst Bubble....

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Feb 2021

bigtree

(86,005 posts)

6. as Sen. Leahy said

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Feb 2021

...the defendant is found 'not guilty' of the charges.

Beachnutt

(7,332 posts)

8. please explain , I want to see it your way.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Feb 2021

Was it a vote to convict and he was aquitted anyway ?

Ohiogal

(32,036 posts)

9. Truthfully, the headline should say

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:20 PM

Feb 2021

REPUBLICANS ACQUIT TRUMP

LaMouffette

(2,039 posts)

17. Thank you! I hate "SENATE ACQUITS TRUMP," as if all the senators agreed he did nothing wrong.

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:24 PM

Feb 2021

It should be "REPUBLICANS, STILL FEARING TRUMP'S MOB, VOTE TO ACQUIT THE POS."

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)

19. +100000000000000000000000000000000 x 4

Reply to Ohiogal (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:30 PM

Feb 2021

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Yeah, they did!

Thank you.
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liskddksil

(2,753 posts)

10. Yes they did nt

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:20 PM

Feb 2021

lame54

(35,313 posts)

11. Yes they did

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:20 PM

Feb 2021

manchu

(645 posts)

12. Really?

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:21 PM

Feb 2021

Yes hes's guilty but he WAS acquitted by the Senate. It sucks but we all knew this was going to happen.

servermsh

(913 posts)

13. I think you need to read the Constitution. You can't just make up your own rules.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:21 PM

Feb 2021

TwilightZone

(25,473 posts)

14. Yeah, they did.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:21 PM

Feb 2021

Anything under 67 is an acquittal. It was entered into the record as such.

Coventina

(27,159 posts)

15. I really don't care about the commentary, the majority found him GUILTY

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:22 PM

Feb 2021

You can yell at me all you want, but that's not "not guilty."

You can cite all the legalisms you want, but a MAJORITY found him guilty.

If that's "meaningless" then all the stuff we've been saying about Trump losing by 7 million votes is nonsense.

I'm not going to argue it, I've said my piece and you aren't going to convince me otherwise.

LeftInTX

(25,494 posts)

21. In many criminal trials, every juror must vote to convict

Reply to Coventina (Reply #15)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:37 PM

Feb 2021

One holdout and it's an acquittal

PurgedVoter

(2,218 posts)

16. The vote was rigged.

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:23 PM

Feb 2021

There were 43 traitors who rigged it.

Kitchari

(2,167 posts)

20. 43 co-conspirators

Reply to PurgedVoter (Reply #16)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:34 PM

Feb 2021

and participants in the crime

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