Here we go. Tag 4 des Impeachments. Trumps Verteidigung.
Michael van der Veen begins Trump's defense: "The article of impeachment now before the Senate is an unjust and blatantly unconstitutional act of political vengeance" pic.twitter.com/xRaZHEPIaC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 12, 2021
WATCH: Trump's defense plays nearly 10 minutes of clips showing Democrats using the word "fight," to defend Trump using the word "fight" about 20 times in his speech to supporters before the Capitol riot began https://t.co/YUg7sgxuDX pic.twitter.com/3eMNp7E2S2
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 12, 2021
So close.
We are now getting some "very fine people" trutherism pic.twitter.com/rbaYMAHhkN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 12, 2021
Es ist so unerträglich https://t.co/WvIAvhPNXY
watch this clip while reminding yourself that Trump's entire defense so far has been about whataboutism pic.twitter.com/39e6q1D1EE
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 12, 2021
Almost every leader calling for impeachment in Trump lawyers\u2019 video is Black, Jewish, Latinx or female.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) February 12, 2021
Of course Trump's impeachment team is still trying to white wash his Charlottesville comments, even after half of his own administration denounced what he said. These battles will never be over. They will never stop trying to rewrite history.
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) February 12, 2021
Raskin prebutted this Trump defense: "As a matter of law, as a matter of logic, President Trump's brazen attempt to invoke the First Amendment now won't hold up in any way."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 12, 2021
Um ... why are we talking about "Negro block voting...?"
— Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid \U0001f637) (@JoyAnnReid) February 12, 2021
Trump lawyer Michael T. van der Veen, speaking right now, once sued Trump, citing "an environment subject to repeated claims by President Donald J. Trump that voting by mail is ripe with fraud, despite having no evidence in support of these claims" https://t.co/2m9Nmb4TCn
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 12, 2021
Trump attorney van der Veen calls impeachment "constitutional cancel culture."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 12, 2021
CLAIM: Trump lawyer Michael T. van der Veen said a member of Antifa was among the first to be arrested following the Capitol riot.
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) February 12, 2021
FACT: None of the criminal complaints yet filed accuse anyone with being with a follower of Antifa.
(via @PeteWilliamsNBC)
Well I can't say I saw this argument coming.
— Jack Jenkins (@jackmjenkins) February 12, 2021
Note: Invoking Christianity/God was absolutely NOT synonymous w/peaceful behavior on Jan 6. On the contrary, SO MANY insurrectionists invoked faith while attacking the Capitol.
Even the Proud Boys prayed \u2014> https://t.co/5OUBkBPpCI pic.twitter.com/cymGJPcLSJ
Blessed be the religion scholars for they are about to spontaneously combust.
— Peter Manseau (@plmanseau) February 12, 2021
Daher habe es keine Insurrection stattgefunden.
Tolles Schlussargument
Daraus folgt nach Castor: Insurrection nie strafbar. Cool.
Trump sei heimlich aufgenommen worden und deswegen hätte er im Raffensperger Anruf nicht zu Gewalt aufrufen können am 6. Januar.
Nein, ich bin nicht betrunken, das hat Castor wirklich so gesagt. Mit Absicht.
Lindsey Graham submits a question for Trump's defense just minutes after meeting with Trump's defense team in their conference room.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 12, 2021
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We'll start with the complaint in a minute.
But first, I want to give you a quick explanation for why I'm going to keep talking about these cases even after the inauguration.
They're part of an ongoing effort - one that's not well-coordinated but is widespread - to discredit our fundamental system of government.
It's a direct descendent, in more ways than one, of birtherism. And here's the thing about birtherism. It might have been a joke to a lot of people, but it was extremely pernicious. It obviously validated the racist "not good enough to be President" crowd. But that wasn't all.
Don't get me wrong, that was bad enough. Validating racism helped put the kind of shitbird who would tweet this from an official government account into power. But it didn't stop
Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms \u2014 they're not who America is. They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker. pic.twitter.com/Mu97xCgxfS
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 19, 2021
(Also, if you agree with Pompeo about multiculturalism - the legendary melting pot - not being what this country is all about, you need to stop following me now. And maybe go somewhere and think about your life choices and what made you such a tool.)
To me, the most important aspect of the 2018 midterms wasn't even about partisan control, but about democracy and voting rights. That's the real battle.
2/The good news: It's now an issue that everyone's talking about, and that everyone cares about.
3/More good news: Florida's proposition to give felons voting rights won. But it didn't just win - it won with substantial support from Republican voters.
That suggests there is still SOME grassroots support for democracy that transcends
4/Yet more good news: Michigan made it easier to vote. Again, by plebiscite, showing broad support for voting rights as an
5/OK, now the bad news.
We seem to have accepted electoral dysfunction in Florida as a permanent thing. The 2000 election has never really
Bad ballot design led to a lot of undervotes for Bill Nelson in Broward Co., possibly even enough to cost him his Senate seat. They do appear to be real undervotes, though, instead of tabulation errors. He doesn't really seem to have a path to victory. https://t.co/utUhY2KTaR
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 16, 2018
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Syed Robbie Javid a.k.a. Sayed Robbie Javid or Robbie Javid of Alexandria,
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— Garfield but Anti-Fascist (@AntifaGarfield) August 31, 2020
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