In reality there was no way that you were ever gonna get an impeachment vote done quick enough to avoid that.
The further away we get from the events of January 6th, the longer the right wing media spin machine has to try to erase the history of what we saw and felt during that fucking Insurrection. The time to hold people accountable is now.
Thanks McConnell.
While I don’t disagree, does it matter what the spin machine does?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gone on record praising the storming of the Capitol as an "impressive show of democracy in action" -- the 2011 invasion of the Madison, Wis., state capitol, that is.
Pelosi's previous comment's resurfaced following the disturbing assault on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month at the hands of a right wing-mob who stormed the halls of Congress hoping to prevent the certification of the U.S. presidential election.
The assault drew forceful condemnations from both sides of the political aisle -- including Pelosi -- who wasted little time introducing former President Trump's second impeachment in the House for "inciting" the violence.
GROWING NUMBER OF GOP SENATORS OPPOSE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT
Ten years earlier, unionists stormed the Wisconsin State Capitol in an attempt to block a vote on collective bargaining reform. Thousands of demonstrators managed to enter the building by violently breaking down doors and shattering windows -- but the attack garnered much praise from Pelosi and other prominent Democrats at the time.
The occupiers were praised publically by Pelosi for their "impressive show of democracy in action." The House Speaker took to Twitter to express her "solidarity" with the activists as they attacked the Capitol, and sent senators into hiding until police managed to remove them from the building.
Fox News contributor Mark Thiessen highlighted Pelosi's previous remarks in a column for the Washington Post earlier this month, oberving that "in other words, Democrats were for occupying capitols before they were against it."
Yes. Yes it absolutely does. Republican Senators get cover and can avoid holding Trump responsible if the spin machine has sufficiently downplayed the events of January 6th.
I think what you will see, regardless of the spin on the actual facts is something along the following: (1) it is unconstitutional to convict a former president; (2) he's a former president so what is the point - why should we bar him from running - that is up to the people; (3) the house process was sloppy without evidence or witnesses; and/or (4) this will only further divide the country.
That seems like a much better path to both stave off a primary challenge without getting yourself slaughtered in a general for defending what Trump did. I just don't see the political incentive to convict this guy from GOP Senators. Sad that they're not going to put the country and justice ahead of their own careers, but here we are.
Republicans aren't going to convict Trump for inciting a violent white mob because Republicans need Trump to incite violent white mobs to vote for them.
Sure, you'll see the arguments in your 1st paragraph. But I get back to what impeachment is all about is the balancing act of Pubs weighing how little they want to piss off Trimpites v. how scared they are that he may be viable in 2024. If they see him as potentially viable, you'll get at least 18 to vote to convict. If they think he's done, then they won't want to anger his loyal following. And that isn't so easy to predict. From a financial and legal perspective, Trump is in terrible shape moving forward. But from a political perspective, he still holds 75-80% of the party. There was a maybe 5-10% erosion from 1/6/21, but that's all.
Let's step back from our hatred of what the Pub party has become for a minute. McConnell is facing an existential dilemma. Look at what the AZ Pubs just did. McConnell isn't so delusional that he can't do a basic cost/benefit analysis. He may be a total prick, but he's smart at the same time. He knows he can't permit the real possibility that Trump could be elected president again. But if he does what he has to do to prevent that possibility, he runs the real risk of a party schism, which would destroy the party's near future. The only thing that would relieve him of this dilemma would be for Trump either to die or become incapacitated. And he probably prays for such an event on a daily basis. Whichever path he chooses, we still have the real problem that 40% of the country resides in an alternative reality created by right wing and social media, and we're in for a rocky next few years.
An alternative "reality" enabled by McConnell.
Poor guy.