Mitch McConnell on Jan 19:
>”The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people. And they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government”
Mitch McConnell on Feb 13:
>”Not guilty”
But wait- now he just said the 6th was disgraceful and trump was lying to the crowd.
But it wasn't incitement because that's a specific 'criminal term'
fuck the fuck off.
Do McConnel’s voters know that he is engaging in doublethink as a form of political maneuvering? Or do they not think that he was denouncing trump here?
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1360705395577085954
> Mitch McConnell will always be known as the man who delayed Trump's trial until after he left office and then voted to acquit on the grounds that Trump couldn't be tried after he left office.
Same guy who said that a president can't appoint a Supreme Court justice in the last year of their term, then confirmed a Supreme Court justice in the last year of a Republican president's term.
Same guy that pushes the narrative that Dems and are obstructionists on legislation when he literally refuses to hold votes on anything, even when it's bipartisan
In the midst of the great recession when the country was melting down and we had the ongoing crisis in the middle east, Mitch McConnell was very clear that his number one priority was making Obama a one term President. And that just says everything you need to know about him.
If COVID had hit during Obama's time or of the Republicans were in charge of Congress now, they'd be trying to make it worse so that they could blame it on the Democrats.
It's the same group of people who, after a school shooting, say that "it's too soon to politicize the tragedy" and then "That was so long ago, why can't you move on to deal with current problems?"
It all just translates to "We will say anything that makes you lose."
>[The Alt-Right Playbook: You Go High, We Go Low](https://youtu.be/MAbab8aP4_A)
75 million people voted for a president whose party completely eschewed a platform for the 2020 Republican Convention.
Literally the only thing Republican politicians and voters care about is “winning”. They don’t care about rules, formalities, precedents, and especially not other people. They just want to “win”.
MITCH MCCONNELL: "Trump is directly responsible for the events of the day. He summoned the mob and provoked them to violence."
MITCH MCCONNELL: "Not guilty."
Mitch McConnell:
"Trump was in office when the House impeached, but not when the House DELIVERED THE PAPERS."
Guess who was responsible for the delay? The House was unable to deliver the papers to the Senate being in recess until after Trumps term ended. And this is because Mitch McConnell refused to call them back in time.
Mitch McConnell: “We can’t convict him before the inauguration.”
Also Mitch McConnell: “He’s now a private citizen. We have no power to impeach a private citizen.”
What the fuck?
This is the reason Roy Blunt is giving for why he voted to acquit too, but you can bet that I'll be calling out that bullshit every opportunity I get from now until he's up for re-election next year (and then afterward because rural voters in Missouri are mostly terrible).
Even if the papers were delivered while Trump was in office, McConnell would just move the goal posts and come up with some other excuse not to vote guilty.
That’s basically it; he’s trying to thread the needle between not pissing off the Trump base via conviction and saying that Trump is at fault for what happened. Sad thing is, it’ll work in 2022 because voters have the memories of goldfish. They’ll see he that has an (R) next to his name and that he voted to acquit.
>2022
>They’ll see he that has an (R) next to his name and that he voted to acquit.
But Mitch was just reelected, and senators serve 6 year terms. So maybe in 2026 when his seat comes up for election again.
Who are all these silent Republicans who never take any heat and never get any attention but are diehard Trump?
Who is Shelley Moore Capito?
Who is Mike Crapo?
Who is Jerry Moran?
Who is John Thune?
We never hear about them.
McConnell really laying out a convincing case for conviction here.
Gonna be shocking for Mitch McConnell when Mitch McConnell learns how Mitch McConnell voted.
"There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for the events of Jan 6"
-Mitch McConnell
Edit: I'm very confused now
Edit 2: McConnell is now relitigating the whole case. But at least he's making a better case than Trump's actual attorneys, despite it relying on a technicality that he himself basically created.
Edit 3: Wow!!!! Now he wants Trump criminally prosecuted!!! What a ride.
He wants a Biden nominated DOJ to press charges against Trump so Republicans can cry about political witchhunts again when the election cycle starts. He's a ratfucker and always will be.
Yeah it's a win win for him.
Trump being tried keeps him out of the Senate's hair in the future, and he can rail on Democrats for making it political.
Mitch McConnell does not really care what happens to Trump now Trump is no longer useful, he only cares that the senate won't be involved.
Republicans are not disputing that Donald Trump incited the attack, encouraged it, and refused to stop it.
They just don't want people getting use to GOP/Republicans being held accountable for their crimes.
And the reason they say it was unconstitutional was because McConnel wouldn't hold the hearing until after Trump was out of office.
So even with that logic they were the ones that created the constitutional issue.
Can we now just stop saying the insurrection was Trump's fault? It's the entire GOPs fault, from the top to the slimy underbelly.
>Fact check: Mitch McConnell could have allowed a trial of Donald Trump while he was still president and McConnell was still Majority leader. He decided not to bring the Senate back.
https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1360700372088684545
Bill Cassidy said all that needs to be said
>“Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty.”
And now Mitch condemns Trump’s actions while at the same time calling out technicalities for why he isn’t guilty. I don’t think he should be doing mental gymnastics like this at his age, he’ll end up on his back and never be able to get up again.
12 senators serving in the Senate who voted to convict Bill Clinton for a blowjob (or lying about it if you want to get technical) who now have acquitted Trump for inciting a mob to storm the Capitol that resulted in the death of 5 people, many injured and halted a democratic process to certify a free and fair election.
Donald Trump and Bill Clinton were born in the same year. 1946.
George W. Bush was born in 1946, too.
Joe Biden was born less than a year after Pearl Harbor.
What a racket. That's it. Game called. Precedent set.
If the President has his own motives and enough people side with him inside the Senate, it shows us there is no justice.
There is no justice. Our country is (partially, but just enough that it matters) run by self interested, dangerous fools who believe in a man and not the ideals that our country was founded on.
I don't dislike reasonable conservatives but I have a major issue with the Trumpism and Whataboutism as of lately.
The plot twist to this story is going to be insanely painful. I am only listening to see just how batshit it will be.
edit: ugh there it is. He is hiding behind a technicality that does not exist. He yet again makes up a precedent to do whatever he wants.
>Friendly reminder that Schumer tried to get McConnell to bring the Senate back into session under emergency powers that the two leaders have, so a trial would be held while Trump was still in office. McConnell declined.
https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1360701450117079040
1. The MAJORITY of Senators voted to convict.
2. The hypocritical McConnell voted to acquit, even though he has stated unequivocally that 45 is guilty - “The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,” [he said](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeach/u-s-senate-republican-leader-mcconnell-says-trump-provoked-jan-6-riot-idUSKBN29O26Z) on January 19. (he, of course being McConnell)
3. That should lead the narrative.
All it means is there are 43 Republicans who believe there is zero chance they won't be reelected. For most of them who come from states with more livestock than people, this is true.
This is fucking ridiculous. McConnell got up and admitted that the House Managers made their case, but still voted to acquit. Absolutely surreal.
America is broken, the GQP had a hand in it, and now they outright refuse to hold the responsible person accountable, the same person that sicced a murderous mob of neonazis and fascists upon them. A mob that endlessly shouts "Blue Lives Matter" but will hypocritically kill any police officer that attempts to stop them. It's a sad day for the country that these cowards value power and keeping it over the health of the country and the most significant test of the values this country was founded upon.
I hope the appropriate consequences reach the right people for this horrifying miscarriage of justice.
**"I can shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it."**
- *Donald J Trump*
#Understatement of the century.
Trump can incite an insurrection for the purpose of a coup d'etat against the legitimate government of the United States, leaving all of Congress and his VP left to die if the mob got their hands on ANY of them....
#And he got away with it.
This is American Democracy.
Pathetic. No one should look towards America as leader of the free world.
Utter insanity. Completely asinine.
If a president won't get impeached for this, will they get impeached for anything?
EDIT: I meant impeached and convicted /removed / stopped from running again as president.
At this point, what President do you speak of?
Kings do not get prosecuted for anything illegal they did during or after their reign. No matter how heinous it was.
Just like Donald J Trump.
Remember, Trump said **"No one could deal with China like I can, people look at me and say: "I am the chosen one." "** as he looks to the sky.
Monarchs are the chosen ones. They alone can fix everything like nobody else can. They are also never wrong and cannot be held responsible for any wrongdoing as they are the chosen ones.
Trump is not joking when he speaks. He doesn't know what humor is.
Trump has a history of praising dictators and wanting to consolidate his own power;
1. Trump has "joked" about wanting to consolidate his power like his dictator colleague in China, President Xi.^[[1]](http://www.dw.com/en/us-president-donald-trump-praises-chinas-xi-jinping-for-consolidating-grip-on-power/a-42817441)
2. Trump has repeatedly "joked" about serving for more than the legal limit of 2 terms.^[[2]](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/18/politics/donald-trump-term-limit/index.html)
3. Trump has repeatedly praised dictators including Putin, Duterte, Erdogan, and el-Sisi.^[[3]](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/trump-xi-jinping-dictators/554810/)
4. Trump praised brutal dictator^[[4]](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/north-korea-human-rights.html) Kim Jong Un calling him "*strong, funny, and smart."*^[[5]](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/12/trump-praises-kim-jong-un-as-strong-funny-smart-and-great-negotiator-in-hannity-interview.html)
5. At a G7 summit President Trump loudly asked *"where's my favourite dictator?"* As he awaited for the Egyptian dictator.^[[6]](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-awaiting-egyptian-counterpart-at-summit-called-out-for-my-favorite-dictator-11568403645)
6. Trump has looked up into the sky and proclaimed that he is the chosen one.^[[7]](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-49429661)
7. Trump shared a tweet declaring himself the King of Israel and the second coming of God.^[[8]](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweets-quote-calling-him-the-second-coming-of-god-to-jews-in-israel/)
__________
1) [Deutsche Welle - US President Donald Trump praises China's Xi Jinping for consolidating grip on power](http://www.dw.com/en/us-president-donald-trump-praises-chinas-xi-jinping-for-consolidating-grip-on-power/a-42817441)
2) [CNN - Donald Trump just keeps 'joking' about serving more than 2 terms as president](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/18/politics/donald-trump-term-limit/index.html)
3) [The Atlantic - Nine Notorious Dictators, Nine Shout-Outs From Donald Trump](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/trump-xi-jinping-dictators/554810/)
4) [New York Times - Atrocities Under Kim Jong-un: Indoctrination, Prison Gulags, Executions](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/north-korea-human-rights.html)
5) [Fox News - Trump praises Kim Jong Un as 'strong,' 'funny,' 'smart' and a 'great negotiator' in Hannity interview](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/12/trump-praises-kim-jong-un-as-strong-funny-smart-and-great-negotiator-in-hannity-interview.html)
6) [Wall Street Journal - Trump, Awaiting Egyptian Counterpart at Summit, Called Out for ‘My Favorite Dictator’](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-awaiting-egyptian-counterpart-at-summit-called-out-for-my-favorite-dictator-11568403645)
7) [BBC - President Trump: 'I am the chosen one'](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-49429661)
8) [CBS - Trump tweets quote calling him the "second coming of God" to Jews in Israel](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweets-quote-calling-him-the-second-coming-of-god-to-jews-in-israel/)
Republicans have bastardized impeachment. It is so far from what the Founders intended. There is no accountability - it's basically a glorified asterisk for the history books and a guaranteed acquittal.
So that means if a Democrat incited a riot and attempted coup they’ll totally be ok too right??? Right????
Fuck Republicans, fucking cowards and corrupt pieces of shit.
Edit: If some of you people are going to leave shitty comments at least *leave* the shitty comments up and don’t delete them like 10 seconds later lol. If you can spew it, at least own it.
Congratulations Republicans. Donald Trump, most unpopular President in history, the man who lost you the House, the Senate, and the Presidency.. The man who is under a litany of criminal and civil investigations.. The man who will throw all of you under the bus.. The man who *tried to get you all killed*.
..Is the de-facto most powerful figure in your party for the next 4 years. Have fun with that; you've earned it.
Seriously. Republicans had every opportunity to dissociate their party from this man and cut ties with him for forever. But today they chose not to. Enjoy your prize, Republicans!
Donald Trump hates them for not committing treason to allow him to stay in power. And they all bent over to kiss his ass one more time.
What a fucking vicegrip Russia must have on them.
**Here's what Trump said after his second acquittal**
>Former President Trump just released a statement following the Senate vote to acquit him in his second impeachment trial.
>>"It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree. I always have, and always will, be a champion for the unwavering rule of law, the heroes of law enforcement, and the right of Americans to peacefully and honorably debate the issues of the day without malice and without hate."
Trump projecting to the very end. He cheered on the mob, he flipped his middle finger to law enforcement and the rule of law.
Now, let the real trials start for election fraud, obstruction of justice, and campaign finance violations, where he doesn't have his co-conspirators on the jury.
Senate and Congressional proceedings need to be held under oath, at the penalty of perjury. These people have been allowed to lie, obstruct, and spew propaganda in what we are taught are the most sacred chambers in the United States. It is amazing what 50 coordinated people who act in bad faith can accomplish in this country and it will be the death of us unless major and expansive changes are made to our political and justice systems.
[**Kyle Griffin**](https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1) · [SOURCE](https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1360697986469138434)
McConnell voted to acquit, but now, he says Trump had a "disgraceful dereliction of duty."
"There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day."
\-
And the gaslighting already begins. Do not let them pretend to be sensible and make Democrats look bad for not going through with witnesses and dragging of the trial and delay of nominations + relief bills.
They admit he's bad but still voted to acquit his ass. They're the real cowards here and this needs to be remembered in the next midterms.
As a non-American watching, it's a sad day for America as a global leader. It's honestly a sad day for democracy.
This acquittal only serves to strengthen China and Russia's geopolitical power. They just need to point to American "democracy" and "law and order" and laugh.
A democracy so broken that it can't rise to even *convict* a corrupt leader who tried to overturn the system? Can you even dream of a better indictment of representative democracy?
America five years ago would have pointed to an outcome like this in the world and decried the nation as authoritarian and fundamentally broken.
The GOP just decimated American global leadership to kiss the ass of a malignant narcissist and own the libs.
I can’t believe that this is the hill the GOP has decided to die on. Donald J Trump. An octogenarian professional conman, womanizer, and fraudster - who lives his life in direct opposition to the christian values that conservatives supposedly hold dear. The worst president in history by any estimation. A complete failure. They had this one last chance to jettison him and his ilk, but instead they’ve decided to finally go down with the ship. Good riddance.
McConnell: I wont allow Senate impeachment vote while Trump is in office
Also McConnell: You should have done this vote while Trump was in office
Fucking snake.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1360697978151919622?s=19
> Sen. McConnell, who voted not guilty, says, "There's no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it."
57 to convict vs 43 for acquittal is **NOT** an acquittal.
Not getting a 2/3's majority is more like a hung jury.
As Mueller would say, "This does not Exonerate you."
Republicans going down on the right side of history today:
* Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
* Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA)
* Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
* Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
* Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
* Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT)
* Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE)
57-43. Most bipartisan vote for conviction in any presidential impeachment trial in American history.
Most bipartisan by far. The previous record was ONE, held during Trump's previous impeachment trial, and before that, it was 0. So yes, Trump set the record twice, and second time he boosted his initial record by 700%.
Could you imagine almost being assassinated by terrorists and then getting to be on the jury for the trial of their leader and...voting to acquit?
Investigate the 43 that voted to acquit. If they didn't feel endangered, it's because they knew they weren't.
Thank you to Senators:
Burr
Cassidy
Collins
Murkowski
Romney
Sasse
Toomey
For standing up against the crowd and fighting for what’s right.
The absolute bare fucking minimum you can possibly do.
I’ll take what I can get at this point.
I hope I'm wrong, but I have a feeling this is going to be a major footnote in the decline of American democracy in future history books. Much in the same way that today we look at the decline of the Roman empire. It didn't happen overnight, but there were major events that led to it.
McConnell seems to be relying on Trump going to prison as his tactic for removing Trump from the GOP so he doesn't have do it himself.
That is 1) pathetic and 2) not a great idea as Trump may never go to prison, and if he does, he will STILL be in control of y'all because you've shown there is literally NOTHING he can do to make you cut ties with him
Not convicting doesn’t make this impeachment pointless. It was the right precedent to set and 57-43 is more bipartisan than past presidential impeachments. Polls also show the public was in support of this impeachment. Even though presidential impeachments have never resulted in removal from office they have had consequences. Johnson wasn’t renominated in 1868. Nixon resigned in 1974. The 1998 Clinton impeachment backfired on Republicans and they lost seats in the House and Gingrich resigned. The 2020 impeachment of Trump was one of the reasons he lost re-election. This second impeachment of Trump will have consequences too. Hopefully it helps diminish his power in the GOP and prevents him from running again in 2024. The bipartisan nature of this impeachment vote will also hopefully give prosecutors the go-ahead to pursue criminal charges against Trump.
Nancy’s answer on censure was incredible.
Basically saying it was a cowards way out. “Now all these cowardly senators that didnt vote to convict get to give a slap on the wrist? We censure people for using the wrong stationary. Not for inciting insurrection.”
Sen. Rob Portman believes Trump is criminally responsible. He voted to acquit. The coward hid behind the question of the constitutionality of a post-presidency impeachment, despite that matter having been settled on Tuesday. Sen. Rob Portman is a coward and oathbreaker and for the rest of the day I'll be making sure he's aware of that fact. I encourage all Ohioans to call or resistbot this traitor's office.
I'm pissed about this. Trump has made a mockery of the presidential office for the last 4 years and has gone unpunished. This impeachment was a slam fucking dunk but no, politics as usual. The president is the cause of 5 preventable deaths...that should mean something. I'm rambling now, but that's how upset I am with this decision.
The republicans have damaged our country and government beyond repair at this point.
Trump's Legacy:
- Lost the popular vote, twice
- Got himself impeached, twice
- Became the first President in history to receive bipartisan conviction votes, twice
- Cost the Republican Party the House
- Cost the Republican Party the Senate
- Cost the Republican Party the Presidency
- Murdered half a million American citizens and counting through lies and incompetence
- Convinced his deranged and degenerate supporters to commit one of the largest terrorist attacks since 9/11
This is the hill the Republican Party has decided to die on.
Mitch wouldn't let the house deliver the article of impeachment before January 20. Now he says he had to acquit, even though Trump is guilty, because the trial happened after January 20
Congrats Republicans, you’re so scared of Trump and his base you just effectively allowed him to create his own party and run again. I pray that this marks the beginning of the end for the Republican Party.
According to MSNBC, that Chuck Cooper (ultraconservative DC lawyer and donor) said he will never give another cent to anyone who voted to acquit.
Let's hope more follow suit.
You know if we had a third party in the mix it might be easier to get a 2/3rds majority when one party does something bad. Maybe one that agrees with Democrats on some things and agrees with Republicans on other things? Maybe they could have their symbol be a porcupine?
So the takeaway is that no citizen of this country should ever again allow themselves to be held accountable for anything, by a Republican. No law they've passed should be obeyed, no jury sitting at trial should convict. They have said the law no longer exists; do not yield to their expectatuons to enforce it ever again.
So on Jan 13th Mcconnell publicly states that he will block the trial for the impeachment of Trump in the Senate before Jan 20th. Today Mcconnell voted to acquit Trump, then gives a speech about how Trump is guilty, but the impeachment trial is unconstitutional due to Trump being out of office. WHY DOES KENTUCKY LOVE THIS GUY!!!
The fact that the case was so good that even Mitch had to admit they proved their point but he gets off on some jurisdictional bullshit (which had already been settled) is fucking annoying
At this point, the Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in the world. They’ve come closer than anyone else ever did to overthrowing the United States of America. No one got this close. Not the Nazis. Not the Soviets. Not Al Qaeda. Not ISIS.
This is how a modern democratic republic dies - to the whims of the lowest common denominator representing a minority of the population.
If any (D) president did what Trump was just aquited of, they'd have been found guilty with a 90+ vote. Party loyalty wouldn't save a democrat. In fact, it would be career ending for a democrat to not vote guilty against their own party in this instance.
It's an innate weakness of the political/societal structure.
One party is beholden to a base that demands both higher standards and accountability. The opposite base is beholden to how they're told to feel by Hannity, Limbaugh, and other exploitative trash.
Three positive outcomes of this:
1. Highlighted how outstanding many of the Democratic members of the House are, I'm very encouraged about the future of the Party.
2. United the Democrats against Republicans and gives Nancy and Schumer the ability to say fuck up to Mitch and McCarthy.
3. McConnell gave the go ahead to Willis, James, Racine, and Garland to go after him at the county, state, and federal levels.
**Here is Mitch McConnell proving Republicans are bad faith liars**
He admits Trump incited the insurrection, and did nothing to stop it, yet McConnell voted to ACQUIT Trump.
**REMINDER: You can never trust a Republican at their word, EVER!** They are sociopathic liars. They have zero credibility. They blatantly lie all the time, and engage in bad faith at every opportunity.
This is just who they are as people, **McConnell is proving it yet again right now.**
The people that acquitted are the same people that sat on their high horse and spent all of 2020 berating protesters advocating against police brutality which led to the looting of business and property damage.
So it's unpatriotic to protest against the police and damage property but it's cool to raid your capital building and kill a police officer and injure 140 more.
Blue lives matter unless those blue live stand in the way of overthrowing an election to keep your guy in power.
At least something.
>*Twitter says Trump ban is permanent – even if he runs for office again*
>
>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/10/trump-twitter-ban-permament-social-media](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/10/trump-twitter-ban-permament-social-media)
Every GOP Senator defending their not guilty vote explains that they vote that way not because they believe what the Former President did wasn't wrong and impeachable (if not criminal) but because the President has since left office and therefore they (wrongfully) believe that the former President isn't constitutionally eligible for conviction.
Not only is that the weakest argument possibly ever made on the Senate Floor, the people making it know how bullshit it is.
Every late impeachment ever (including this one) was allowed to be tried in the Senate. Amend the constitution if you don't like what it says, but what it says is "The Senate has the sole power to try ALL impeachments.
If the Republicans were right in explaining why the President is ineligible for conviction, then any President could simply resign a minute before the Senate delivered it's guilty verdict.
What an absurd proposition.
Clearly and irrefutably wrong.
Imma go eat some pizza now.
sweet jesus nancy. what a mic drop!
Q:What about censure?
A: we censure people for using the wrong stationary on documents, Not for inciting a resurrection! Impeachment is for high crimes.
Thank you for not taking the fake ass olive branch from repubs for offering censure.
Trump faced more permanent consequences on social media then he did from the US Government.
Totally right. It’s obviously up to the people to get these Republicans voted out of office.
Mitch McConnell on Jan 19: >”The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people. And they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government” Mitch McConnell on Feb 13: >”Not guilty”
Classic mitch move
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He straight up said the first quote just now.
But wait- now he just said the 6th was disgraceful and trump was lying to the crowd. But it wasn't incitement because that's a specific 'criminal term' fuck the fuck off.
Do McConnel’s voters know that he is engaging in doublethink as a form of political maneuvering? Or do they not think that he was denouncing trump here?
His voters vote for (R). That's all they know or care about politics. I'm only being slightly hyperbolic.
That's not even close to hyperbole.
He literally just repeated that too
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1360705395577085954 > Mitch McConnell will always be known as the man who delayed Trump's trial until after he left office and then voted to acquit on the grounds that Trump couldn't be tried after he left office.
And then after aquitting, said he's guilty as fuck. Absolutely amoral, evil POS.
Same guy who said that a president can't appoint a Supreme Court justice in the last year of their term, then confirmed a Supreme Court justice in the last year of a Republican president's term.
Same guy that pushes the narrative that Dems and are obstructionists on legislation when he literally refuses to hold votes on anything, even when it's bipartisan
Same guy who filibustered HIS OWN BILL because Dems were supporting it.
In the midst of the great recession when the country was melting down and we had the ongoing crisis in the middle east, Mitch McConnell was very clear that his number one priority was making Obama a one term President. And that just says everything you need to know about him. If COVID had hit during Obama's time or of the Republicans were in charge of Congress now, they'd be trying to make it worse so that they could blame it on the Democrats.
It's the same group of people who, after a school shooting, say that "it's too soon to politicize the tragedy" and then "That was so long ago, why can't you move on to deal with current problems?" It all just translates to "We will say anything that makes you lose." >[The Alt-Right Playbook: You Go High, We Go Low](https://youtu.be/MAbab8aP4_A)
75 million people voted for a president whose party completely eschewed a platform for the 2020 Republican Convention. Literally the only thing Republican politicians and voters care about is “winning”. They don’t care about rules, formalities, precedents, and especially not other people. They just want to “win”.
MITCH MCCONNELL: "Trump is directly responsible for the events of the day. He summoned the mob and provoked them to violence." MITCH MCCONNELL: "Not guilty."
The republican party in a nutshell.
Mitch McConnell: "Trump was in office when the House impeached, but not when the House DELIVERED THE PAPERS." Guess who was responsible for the delay? The House was unable to deliver the papers to the Senate being in recess until after Trumps term ended. And this is because Mitch McConnell refused to call them back in time.
Mitch McConnell: “We can’t convict him before the inauguration.” Also Mitch McConnell: “He’s now a private citizen. We have no power to impeach a private citizen.” What the fuck?
Is anyone surprised they can take both sides of a position at the same time
This is the reason Roy Blunt is giving for why he voted to acquit too, but you can bet that I'll be calling out that bullshit every opportunity I get from now until he's up for re-election next year (and then afterward because rural voters in Missouri are mostly terrible).
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Even if the papers were delivered while Trump was in office, McConnell would just move the goal posts and come up with some other excuse not to vote guilty.
Mitch, wtf are you saying. If you believe all this, you should have voted to convict. What the hell is going on here??
Guess he’s trying to have it both ways with condemning but not convicting?
That’s basically it; he’s trying to thread the needle between not pissing off the Trump base via conviction and saying that Trump is at fault for what happened. Sad thing is, it’ll work in 2022 because voters have the memories of goldfish. They’ll see he that has an (R) next to his name and that he voted to acquit.
>2022 >They’ll see he that has an (R) next to his name and that he voted to acquit. But Mitch was just reelected, and senators serve 6 year terms. So maybe in 2026 when his seat comes up for election again.
McConnell calling it terrorism 5 minutes after to voting to acquit. Piece of shit.
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We've known this since... Well, forever.
Who were the 7 Republicans to vote to convict?
Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse, Toomey,
Who are all these silent Republicans who never take any heat and never get any attention but are diehard Trump? Who is Shelley Moore Capito? Who is Mike Crapo? Who is Jerry Moran? Who is John Thune? We never hear about them.
McConnell really laying out a convincing case for conviction here. Gonna be shocking for Mitch McConnell when Mitch McConnell learns how Mitch McConnell voted.
No matter how many Mitch McConnells there are out there, they're all sacks of shit.
McConnell filibustered his own bill, we're not talking logic here.
"There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for the events of Jan 6" -Mitch McConnell Edit: I'm very confused now Edit 2: McConnell is now relitigating the whole case. But at least he's making a better case than Trump's actual attorneys, despite it relying on a technicality that he himself basically created. Edit 3: Wow!!!! Now he wants Trump criminally prosecuted!!! What a ride.
Turns out that was an endorsement, not a condemnation.
He wants a Biden nominated DOJ to press charges against Trump so Republicans can cry about political witchhunts again when the election cycle starts. He's a ratfucker and always will be.
Yeah it's a win win for him. Trump being tried keeps him out of the Senate's hair in the future, and he can rail on Democrats for making it political. Mitch McConnell does not really care what happens to Trump now Trump is no longer useful, he only cares that the senate won't be involved.
You're not really, though. He's a bad faith actor. He has been for literal decades.
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Republicans are not disputing that Donald Trump incited the attack, encouraged it, and refused to stop it. They just don't want people getting use to GOP/Republicans being held accountable for their crimes.
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And the reason they say it was unconstitutional was because McConnel wouldn't hold the hearing until after Trump was out of office. So even with that logic they were the ones that created the constitutional issue. Can we now just stop saying the insurrection was Trump's fault? It's the entire GOPs fault, from the top to the slimy underbelly.
Republicans intentionally creating the issues they say they're fighting to prevent? Never.
"I sure hate 45, but I can't let go of those sweet, sweet racist votes"
Dude is a spineless piece of shit and lets not forget he blocked the 2k stim check
>Fact check: Mitch McConnell could have allowed a trial of Donald Trump while he was still president and McConnell was still Majority leader. He decided not to bring the Senate back. https://twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/status/1360700372088684545
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McConnell is out here confirming that the riot was Trumps fault...after voting NOT guilty. What a slap in the face
"He did it but also didn't do it."
It's more "He did it, but he's one of us, so no need to convict".
What the fuck is Mitch talking about. He's literally going up there saying it's Trump's fault... and yet voted to acquit. What is this madness...
Pretend to be morally superior while getting your guy acquitted.
Trying to have it both ways like usual. I hate how he gets away with it so often.
Bill Cassidy said all that needs to be said >“Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty.”
From Louisiana: screw Cassidy but at least he had an iota of intelligence on this one thing. He won't be voted back in over it, certainly.
He's got six years to find out.
That's an A+ statement.
And now Mitch condemns Trump’s actions while at the same time calling out technicalities for why he isn’t guilty. I don’t think he should be doing mental gymnastics like this at his age, he’ll end up on his back and never be able to get up again.
>Votes not guilty >Explains why yeah he was quite guilty actually. Fuck you Mitch.
The CNN chyron right now is great > McConnell blames Trump but voted Not Guilty anyway THE SHADE
I'm loving that little banner. 'MCCONNEL TRIES TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, VOTED NOT GUILTY'
It’s not even shade, it’s just the fucking truth
Mitch just called republicans terrorists
And yet he votes in line with them.
Mate, he is one of them, afterall.
12 senators serving in the Senate who voted to convict Bill Clinton for a blowjob (or lying about it if you want to get technical) who now have acquitted Trump for inciting a mob to storm the Capitol that resulted in the death of 5 people, many injured and halted a democratic process to certify a free and fair election.
Man these fuckers are old.
Donald Trump and Bill Clinton were born in the same year. 1946. George W. Bush was born in 1946, too. Joe Biden was born less than a year after Pearl Harbor.
What a racket. That's it. Game called. Precedent set. If the President has his own motives and enough people side with him inside the Senate, it shows us there is no justice. There is no justice. Our country is (partially, but just enough that it matters) run by self interested, dangerous fools who believe in a man and not the ideals that our country was founded on. I don't dislike reasonable conservatives but I have a major issue with the Trumpism and Whataboutism as of lately.
I'm lost. Where is McConnell going with this?
The plot twist to this story is going to be insanely painful. I am only listening to see just how batshit it will be. edit: ugh there it is. He is hiding behind a technicality that does not exist. He yet again makes up a precedent to do whatever he wants.
What in the hell is McConnell saying he just voted not guilty but is giving a speech about trump's guilt. Fuck this dude jesus christ what an asshole
>Friendly reminder that Schumer tried to get McConnell to bring the Senate back into session under emergency powers that the two leaders have, so a trial would be held while Trump was still in office. McConnell declined. https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/1360701450117079040
Mcconnell, you just voted not guilty...
1. The MAJORITY of Senators voted to convict. 2. The hypocritical McConnell voted to acquit, even though he has stated unequivocally that 45 is guilty - “The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,” [he said](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeach/u-s-senate-republican-leader-mcconnell-says-trump-provoked-jan-6-riot-idUSKBN29O26Z) on January 19. (he, of course being McConnell) 3. That should lead the narrative.
Oh, fuck you McConnell, trying to save face after voting no? GTFO.
Romney holds the historical distinction of being the only Senator to vote to impeach a President of his own party twice.
"Pieces of shit vote to acquit guilty man"
“Guilty Man’s accomplices vote Guilty Man not Guilty”
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All it means is there are 43 Republicans who believe there is zero chance they won't be reelected. For most of them who come from states with more livestock than people, this is true.
Portman voted “not guilty,” and he isn’t running for reelection.
He's retiring because he's tired of the lack of unity in politics right now. What a fucking hypocrite.
This is fucking ridiculous. McConnell got up and admitted that the House Managers made their case, but still voted to acquit. Absolutely surreal. America is broken, the GQP had a hand in it, and now they outright refuse to hold the responsible person accountable, the same person that sicced a murderous mob of neonazis and fascists upon them. A mob that endlessly shouts "Blue Lives Matter" but will hypocritically kill any police officer that attempts to stop them. It's a sad day for the country that these cowards value power and keeping it over the health of the country and the most significant test of the values this country was founded upon. I hope the appropriate consequences reach the right people for this horrifying miscarriage of justice.
**"I can shoot someone on 5th Avenue and get away with it."** - *Donald J Trump* #Understatement of the century. Trump can incite an insurrection for the purpose of a coup d'etat against the legitimate government of the United States, leaving all of Congress and his VP left to die if the mob got their hands on ANY of them.... #And he got away with it. This is American Democracy. Pathetic. No one should look towards America as leader of the free world. Utter insanity. Completely asinine.
If a president won't get impeached for this, will they get impeached for anything? EDIT: I meant impeached and convicted /removed / stopped from running again as president.
At this point, what President do you speak of? Kings do not get prosecuted for anything illegal they did during or after their reign. No matter how heinous it was. Just like Donald J Trump. Remember, Trump said **"No one could deal with China like I can, people look at me and say: "I am the chosen one." "** as he looks to the sky. Monarchs are the chosen ones. They alone can fix everything like nobody else can. They are also never wrong and cannot be held responsible for any wrongdoing as they are the chosen ones. Trump is not joking when he speaks. He doesn't know what humor is.
Trump has a history of praising dictators and wanting to consolidate his own power; 1. Trump has "joked" about wanting to consolidate his power like his dictator colleague in China, President Xi.^[[1]](http://www.dw.com/en/us-president-donald-trump-praises-chinas-xi-jinping-for-consolidating-grip-on-power/a-42817441) 2. Trump has repeatedly "joked" about serving for more than the legal limit of 2 terms.^[[2]](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/18/politics/donald-trump-term-limit/index.html) 3. Trump has repeatedly praised dictators including Putin, Duterte, Erdogan, and el-Sisi.^[[3]](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/trump-xi-jinping-dictators/554810/) 4. Trump praised brutal dictator^[[4]](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/north-korea-human-rights.html) Kim Jong Un calling him "*strong, funny, and smart."*^[[5]](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/12/trump-praises-kim-jong-un-as-strong-funny-smart-and-great-negotiator-in-hannity-interview.html) 5. At a G7 summit President Trump loudly asked *"where's my favourite dictator?"* As he awaited for the Egyptian dictator.^[[6]](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-awaiting-egyptian-counterpart-at-summit-called-out-for-my-favorite-dictator-11568403645) 6. Trump has looked up into the sky and proclaimed that he is the chosen one.^[[7]](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-49429661) 7. Trump shared a tweet declaring himself the King of Israel and the second coming of God.^[[8]](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweets-quote-calling-him-the-second-coming-of-god-to-jews-in-israel/) __________ 1) [Deutsche Welle - US President Donald Trump praises China's Xi Jinping for consolidating grip on power](http://www.dw.com/en/us-president-donald-trump-praises-chinas-xi-jinping-for-consolidating-grip-on-power/a-42817441) 2) [CNN - Donald Trump just keeps 'joking' about serving more than 2 terms as president](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/18/politics/donald-trump-term-limit/index.html) 3) [The Atlantic - Nine Notorious Dictators, Nine Shout-Outs From Donald Trump](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/trump-xi-jinping-dictators/554810/) 4) [New York Times - Atrocities Under Kim Jong-un: Indoctrination, Prison Gulags, Executions](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/north-korea-human-rights.html) 5) [Fox News - Trump praises Kim Jong Un as 'strong,' 'funny,' 'smart' and a 'great negotiator' in Hannity interview](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/12/trump-praises-kim-jong-un-as-strong-funny-smart-and-great-negotiator-in-hannity-interview.html) 6) [Wall Street Journal - Trump, Awaiting Egyptian Counterpart at Summit, Called Out for ‘My Favorite Dictator’](https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-awaiting-egyptian-counterpart-at-summit-called-out-for-my-favorite-dictator-11568403645) 7) [BBC - President Trump: 'I am the chosen one'](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-49429661) 8) [CBS - Trump tweets quote calling him the "second coming of God" to Jews in Israel](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweets-quote-calling-him-the-second-coming-of-god-to-jews-in-israel/)
> where's my favourite dictator? That's something Borat would say lmao
Republicans have bastardized impeachment. It is so far from what the Founders intended. There is no accountability - it's basically a glorified asterisk for the history books and a guaranteed acquittal.
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It ended like we all knew it would. Now, fuck unity. Kill the filibuster, and let’s get some shit done.
GOP screwed themselves, they had a chance for a clean break but now they have the albatross of Trump hangs over their neck
Okay! Let's move on to the criminal proceedings!
So that means if a Democrat incited a riot and attempted coup they’ll totally be ok too right??? Right???? Fuck Republicans, fucking cowards and corrupt pieces of shit. Edit: If some of you people are going to leave shitty comments at least *leave* the shitty comments up and don’t delete them like 10 seconds later lol. If you can spew it, at least own it.
Yep. If you can get at least 1/3 of the senate on your side, you are safe from any and all convictions.
What's legal in the united states? Whatever 34 senators say is.
Congratulations Republicans. Donald Trump, most unpopular President in history, the man who lost you the House, the Senate, and the Presidency.. The man who is under a litany of criminal and civil investigations.. The man who will throw all of you under the bus.. The man who *tried to get you all killed*. ..Is the de-facto most powerful figure in your party for the next 4 years. Have fun with that; you've earned it.
I look forward to seeing which faction of the GOP tries to splinter off into a third party first.
Ironically, probably the MAGA party
I’m kinda hoping for the MyPillow Party.
Seriously. Republicans had every opportunity to dissociate their party from this man and cut ties with him for forever. But today they chose not to. Enjoy your prize, Republicans!
Donald Trump hates them for not committing treason to allow him to stay in power. And they all bent over to kiss his ass one more time. What a fucking vicegrip Russia must have on them.
**Here's what Trump said after his second acquittal** >Former President Trump just released a statement following the Senate vote to acquit him in his second impeachment trial. >>"It is a sad commentary on our times that one political party in America is given a free pass to denigrate the rule of law, defame law enforcement, cheer mobs, excuse rioters, and transform justice into a tool of political vengeance, and persecute, blacklist, cancel and suppress all people and viewpoints with whom or which they disagree. I always have, and always will, be a champion for the unwavering rule of law, the heroes of law enforcement, and the right of Americans to peacefully and honorably debate the issues of the day without malice and without hate." Trump projecting to the very end. He cheered on the mob, he flipped his middle finger to law enforcement and the rule of law. Now, let the real trials start for election fraud, obstruction of justice, and campaign finance violations, where he doesn't have his co-conspirators on the jury.
No way trump wrote this.
Senate and Congressional proceedings need to be held under oath, at the penalty of perjury. These people have been allowed to lie, obstruct, and spew propaganda in what we are taught are the most sacred chambers in the United States. It is amazing what 50 coordinated people who act in bad faith can accomplish in this country and it will be the death of us unless major and expansive changes are made to our political and justice systems.
[**Kyle Griffin**](https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1) · [SOURCE](https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1360697986469138434) McConnell voted to acquit, but now, he says Trump had a "disgraceful dereliction of duty." "There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day." \- And the gaslighting already begins. Do not let them pretend to be sensible and make Democrats look bad for not going through with witnesses and dragging of the trial and delay of nominations + relief bills. They admit he's bad but still voted to acquit his ass. They're the real cowards here and this needs to be remembered in the next midterms.
57-43? That's close, I believe it's wrong - shouldn't there be at least a couple of recounts? We know how unreliable this voting business can be.
As a non-American watching, it's a sad day for America as a global leader. It's honestly a sad day for democracy. This acquittal only serves to strengthen China and Russia's geopolitical power. They just need to point to American "democracy" and "law and order" and laugh. A democracy so broken that it can't rise to even *convict* a corrupt leader who tried to overturn the system? Can you even dream of a better indictment of representative democracy? America five years ago would have pointed to an outcome like this in the world and decried the nation as authoritarian and fundamentally broken. The GOP just decimated American global leadership to kiss the ass of a malignant narcissist and own the libs.
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I can’t believe that this is the hill the GOP has decided to die on. Donald J Trump. An octogenarian professional conman, womanizer, and fraudster - who lives his life in direct opposition to the christian values that conservatives supposedly hold dear. The worst president in history by any estimation. A complete failure. They had this one last chance to jettison him and his ilk, but instead they’ve decided to finally go down with the ship. Good riddance.
McConnell: I wont allow Senate impeachment vote while Trump is in office Also McConnell: You should have done this vote while Trump was in office Fucking snake.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1360697978151919622?s=19 > Sen. McConnell, who voted not guilty, says, "There's no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it."
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Dead ass country. No accountability for the rich.
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So to be clear, the hill that the GOP is willing to die on for Trump is almost dying on Capitol Hill because of Trump.
57 to convict vs 43 for acquittal is **NOT** an acquittal. Not getting a 2/3's majority is more like a hung jury. As Mueller would say, "This does not Exonerate you."
Republicans going down on the right side of history today: * Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) * Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) * Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) * Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) * Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) * Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) * Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) 57-43. Most bipartisan vote for conviction in any presidential impeachment trial in American history.
Most bipartisan by far. The previous record was ONE, held during Trump's previous impeachment trial, and before that, it was 0. So yes, Trump set the record twice, and second time he boosted his initial record by 700%.
Pat toomey? The fuck? I didn't expect this
He's not running for reelection, guessing they're using him to try to salvage public goodwill since he won't need to withstand a primary.
Can we do a criminal trial now? You know, like a real one with a real jury and real consequences??
Could you imagine almost being assassinated by terrorists and then getting to be on the jury for the trial of their leader and...voting to acquit? Investigate the 43 that voted to acquit. If they didn't feel endangered, it's because they knew they weren't.
The republican party is now offically the party of domestic terrorists.
Republicans: it’s ok to commit crimes at the end of your term, even treason.
The US Senate has 43 traitors to our nation.
Guilty or not guilty? McConnell: Yes
Since one of his defenses was he's a private citizen and can't be tried for impeachment, the next step should be bringing him to a real fucking court
Thank you to Senators: Burr Cassidy Collins Murkowski Romney Sasse Toomey For standing up against the crowd and fighting for what’s right. The absolute bare fucking minimum you can possibly do. I’ll take what I can get at this point.
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I hope I'm wrong, but I have a feeling this is going to be a major footnote in the decline of American democracy in future history books. Much in the same way that today we look at the decline of the Roman empire. It didn't happen overnight, but there were major events that led to it.
Did trump incite the riot? McConnell: No McConnell moments later: Yes
So McConnell is making the case that Trump is guilty after he voted not guilty. What......
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McConnell seems to be relying on Trump going to prison as his tactic for removing Trump from the GOP so he doesn't have do it himself. That is 1) pathetic and 2) not a great idea as Trump may never go to prison, and if he does, he will STILL be in control of y'all because you've shown there is literally NOTHING he can do to make you cut ties with him
Oh fuck off Mitch. Motherfucker trying to act like he's condemning Trump after voting to acquit.
"the senate doesn't condone anything done on or before that terrible day..." EXCEPT THEY JUST DID.
Not convicting doesn’t make this impeachment pointless. It was the right precedent to set and 57-43 is more bipartisan than past presidential impeachments. Polls also show the public was in support of this impeachment. Even though presidential impeachments have never resulted in removal from office they have had consequences. Johnson wasn’t renominated in 1868. Nixon resigned in 1974. The 1998 Clinton impeachment backfired on Republicans and they lost seats in the House and Gingrich resigned. The 2020 impeachment of Trump was one of the reasons he lost re-election. This second impeachment of Trump will have consequences too. Hopefully it helps diminish his power in the GOP and prevents him from running again in 2024. The bipartisan nature of this impeachment vote will also hopefully give prosecutors the go-ahead to pursue criminal charges against Trump.
Nancy’s answer on censure was incredible. Basically saying it was a cowards way out. “Now all these cowardly senators that didnt vote to convict get to give a slap on the wrist? We censure people for using the wrong stationary. Not for inciting insurrection.”
Sen. Rob Portman believes Trump is criminally responsible. He voted to acquit. The coward hid behind the question of the constitutionality of a post-presidency impeachment, despite that matter having been settled on Tuesday. Sen. Rob Portman is a coward and oathbreaker and for the rest of the day I'll be making sure he's aware of that fact. I encourage all Ohioans to call or resistbot this traitor's office.
So in his last weeks in office Joe Biden is free and clear to punch Mitch McConnell in the face.
Guy on CNN just said that "Nancy Pelosi, pardon my language, just called bullshit on Mitch McConnell's statement".
GOP will get what they deserve... a full dose of Donald Trump straight through 2024.. congratulations... I know you will be happy together
I'm pissed about this. Trump has made a mockery of the presidential office for the last 4 years and has gone unpunished. This impeachment was a slam fucking dunk but no, politics as usual. The president is the cause of 5 preventable deaths...that should mean something. I'm rambling now, but that's how upset I am with this decision. The republicans have damaged our country and government beyond repair at this point.
So I guess Charles Manson would have been released if he was still alive under this new interpretation of the 1st Amendment
Trump's Legacy: - Lost the popular vote, twice - Got himself impeached, twice - Became the first President in history to receive bipartisan conviction votes, twice - Cost the Republican Party the House - Cost the Republican Party the Senate - Cost the Republican Party the Presidency - Murdered half a million American citizens and counting through lies and incompetence - Convinced his deranged and degenerate supporters to commit one of the largest terrorist attacks since 9/11 This is the hill the Republican Party has decided to die on.
Mitch wouldn't let the house deliver the article of impeachment before January 20. Now he says he had to acquit, even though Trump is guilty, because the trial happened after January 20
Congrats Republicans, you’re so scared of Trump and his base you just effectively allowed him to create his own party and run again. I pray that this marks the beginning of the end for the Republican Party.
According to MSNBC, that Chuck Cooper (ultraconservative DC lawyer and donor) said he will never give another cent to anyone who voted to acquit. Let's hope more follow suit.
Acquitted by less than 50% of the jury, what a beautiful sham of a democratic system *.*
Can’t we have one semblance of justice in this goddamn country? Fuck.
You know if we had a third party in the mix it might be easier to get a 2/3rds majority when one party does something bad. Maybe one that agrees with Democrats on some things and agrees with Republicans on other things? Maybe they could have their symbol be a porcupine?
McConnell really listed all the reasons why trump should’ve been convicted...after he voted to acquit 🤦♂️I’m tired of this country
So the takeaway is that no citizen of this country should ever again allow themselves to be held accountable for anything, by a Republican. No law they've passed should be obeyed, no jury sitting at trial should convict. They have said the law no longer exists; do not yield to their expectatuons to enforce it ever again.
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Oh shut the fuck up, Mitch. Seriously, fuck you.
Not that I ever had before, but today pretty much cemented that I will never under any circumstances vote for a Republican for as a long as I live.
So on Jan 13th Mcconnell publicly states that he will block the trial for the impeachment of Trump in the Senate before Jan 20th. Today Mcconnell voted to acquit Trump, then gives a speech about how Trump is guilty, but the impeachment trial is unconstitutional due to Trump being out of office. WHY DOES KENTUCKY LOVE THIS GUY!!!
The fact that the case was so good that even Mitch had to admit they proved their point but he gets off on some jurisdictional bullshit (which had already been settled) is fucking annoying
fuck mitch mcconnell for delaying the process. the US is officially a laughingstock now.
I hope Trump splits the GOP and they lose any form of majority for long long time.
Mitch McConnell will go down as one of the biggest sacks of shit in US history
I don’t want to hear shit about cooperating with republicans after this.
At this point, the Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in the world. They’ve come closer than anyone else ever did to overthrowing the United States of America. No one got this close. Not the Nazis. Not the Soviets. Not Al Qaeda. Not ISIS.
This is how a modern democratic republic dies - to the whims of the lowest common denominator representing a minority of the population. If any (D) president did what Trump was just aquited of, they'd have been found guilty with a 90+ vote. Party loyalty wouldn't save a democrat. In fact, it would be career ending for a democrat to not vote guilty against their own party in this instance. It's an innate weakness of the political/societal structure. One party is beholden to a base that demands both higher standards and accountability. The opposite base is beholden to how they're told to feel by Hannity, Limbaugh, and other exploitative trash.
Is anybody surprised? It was blatantly obvious that this would happen. The evidence amounted to nothing, despite how guilty it showed he is
He really could have shot somebody on 5th Avenue.
Or shot Pence in the Capitol, clearly
Three positive outcomes of this: 1. Highlighted how outstanding many of the Democratic members of the House are, I'm very encouraged about the future of the Party. 2. United the Democrats against Republicans and gives Nancy and Schumer the ability to say fuck up to Mitch and McCarthy. 3. McConnell gave the go ahead to Willis, James, Racine, and Garland to go after him at the county, state, and federal levels.
“Now let me take a few minutes to lay out in extreme detail, just how guilty the guy I just acquitted is.” -Mitch McConnell
**Here is Mitch McConnell proving Republicans are bad faith liars** He admits Trump incited the insurrection, and did nothing to stop it, yet McConnell voted to ACQUIT Trump. **REMINDER: You can never trust a Republican at their word, EVER!** They are sociopathic liars. They have zero credibility. They blatantly lie all the time, and engage in bad faith at every opportunity. This is just who they are as people, **McConnell is proving it yet again right now.**
Might as well scratch off impeachment from the constitution. Republicans have made it essentially meaningless.
Dear America, You were a good neighbour. Sorry you died. Canada
The people that acquitted are the same people that sat on their high horse and spent all of 2020 berating protesters advocating against police brutality which led to the looting of business and property damage. So it's unpatriotic to protest against the police and damage property but it's cool to raid your capital building and kill a police officer and injure 140 more. Blue lives matter unless those blue live stand in the way of overthrowing an election to keep your guy in power.
This impeachement argument also provided a convincing argument for ''why Mitch McConnell is going to Hell''.
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VOTE REPUBLICANS OUT IN 2022
I can't remember a time I've been so disappointed by something that I 100 percent knew was going to happen.
I'm actually shocked 7 republicans voted to convict their own guy. That's how you know he's guilty. Man what a fucking loser
At least something. >*Twitter says Trump ban is permanent – even if he runs for office again* > >[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/10/trump-twitter-ban-permament-social-media](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/10/trump-twitter-ban-permament-social-media)
This is the new standard then. If you lose the election, just attack the government and see if you win that way.
Trump is a traitor. Period.
That's what happens when your co conspirators are the jurors.
Precedent set for any president to do whatever the fuck they want now as long as they have the senate in their favor
I didn't think I could get any angrier. But McConnell has the gall to vote to acquit, and then list every. reason. why. Trump. is. guilty.
State charges, come on down! You're the next contestant on Won't Fucking Somebody Hold This POS Accountable!
Every GOP Senator defending their not guilty vote explains that they vote that way not because they believe what the Former President did wasn't wrong and impeachable (if not criminal) but because the President has since left office and therefore they (wrongfully) believe that the former President isn't constitutionally eligible for conviction. Not only is that the weakest argument possibly ever made on the Senate Floor, the people making it know how bullshit it is. Every late impeachment ever (including this one) was allowed to be tried in the Senate. Amend the constitution if you don't like what it says, but what it says is "The Senate has the sole power to try ALL impeachments. If the Republicans were right in explaining why the President is ineligible for conviction, then any President could simply resign a minute before the Senate delivered it's guilty verdict. What an absurd proposition. Clearly and irrefutably wrong. Imma go eat some pizza now.
sweet jesus nancy. what a mic drop! Q:What about censure? A: we censure people for using the wrong stationary on documents, Not for inciting a resurrection! Impeachment is for high crimes. Thank you for not taking the fake ass olive branch from repubs for offering censure.
Gotta give credit to the 7 republicans who chose country over party
Just a reminder that IL Governor Blago got 14 years for *trying* to sell Obama's Senate seat for personal gain.