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Opinion: Don’t Let Trump’s Second Trial Change the First Amendment
delta1 Offline
#51 Posted:
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as for specific words that incited them, you'll have to ask the people who attended his rally, then went to the Capitol and broke in, killed and injured cops and ransacked the joint...


I listened to the speech, read the transcripts and didn't feel motivated to kill anyone...but I'm not his base


I don't buy any of his BS...unlike his base
MACS Offline
#52 Posted:
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It's all blah, blah, blah... NONE of that was Trump telling anyone to go rogue. None of it was him telling anyone to be violent or storm the capitol building.

None of it. Nothing he said. Point out exactly what it was that he said. Because in reading all that tripe... I can't find it.
delta1 Offline
#53 Posted:
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so you don't believe there was any cause and effect...

immediately after his speech to his thousands of pizzed off supporters who wanted him to remain in office and travelled from all over the US at his urging, many armed, to hear his rally...

where he repeated his lies about the election that was stolen from them, urged the crowd to go to the Congress to fight and take back the country, I'll be walking with you, show them how to be strong...

they immediately stormed the Capitol, less than a mile away...


no cause and effect?
Gene363 Offline
#54 Posted:
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The answers to Mac's question remind me of the Soviet secret police interrogating a political dissident.

Comrade you know you have committed anti revolutionary acts.

But I'm innocent.

You are guilty, just admit your crimes, all will be better if you just confess.
Gene363 Offline
#55 Posted:
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It's going to be an interesting trial, it seams the actives were planned ahead of time and the FBI knew it ahead of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzMNHQv5YuI

Hold your assumptions and listen, it's bad for both sides.
DrafterX Offline
#56 Posted:
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The pandemic and last minute voting rules changes won the election for Biden... next election will be the same.. 11 million pardoned illegal immigrants will be allowed to vote... they've already been promised free health care and drivers licenses according to Biden... Mellow
teedubbya Offline
#57 Posted:
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And stuff!
frankj1 Offline
#58 Posted:
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MACS wrote:
Can you point out exactly what he said that incited violence, Frank? That actually may have been the impetus to make people storm the capitol? I 100% believe we were f--ked. I 100% believe the vote was not fair, and it was stolen. Nothing Trump could ever say would make me commit a crime against my country.

if you still believe the election was manipulated by thousands of people across the country, soooo many of them lifelong Republicans too, despite the 90 judges that say the plaintiffs brought no proof, just vague claims, feelings, and incendiary but unsubstantiated claims, then I probably can't get you to see what happened because it totally upsets what you so strongly wanted to happen.
I'm sorry. And sorry that his loss causes you such pain.

But you also have seen people that also believe that something must be wrong, even without being able to point to much more than Trump's allegations for years prior to the election (!), willing to do what you would never do...
and the guy each of you support said- that's enough, time to go home , we love you!!!

Shawn, after the election he won, he claimed it was rigged because he lost the popular vote! Come on. Wanna love the candidate? Cool. But come on, man.

Feeling like I should start a thread asking about the first tours of the building since March the day before the attack on Democracy...there's your conspiracy with complicit Congressmen/women.
This was planned, not every participant was in on it, but folks came with road maps in their heads, zip ties, gallows...

sometimes the side we like has been compromised by people waaay beyond what we liked in the first place.

I was pretty far left in my late teens and early 20's. But SDS and the Weathermen corrupted what I loved.
The same just happened to you.
DrafterX Offline
#59 Posted:
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Ya..!! Free Stuff..!! Mad
frankj1 Offline
#60 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
The pandemic and last minute voting rules changes won the election for Biden... next election will be the same.. 11 million pardoned illegal immigrants will be allowed to vote... they've already been promised free health care and drivers licenses according to Biden... Mellow

you're not helping with that!
DrafterX Offline
#61 Posted:
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I don't condone the violence... unless they prove Pelosi was actually holding CROS... Mellow
frankj1 Offline
#62 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
I don't condone the violence... unless they prove Pelosi was actually holding CROS... Mellow

on that we agree
HockeyDad Offline
#63 Posted:
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I don’t care if CROS is a political prisoner. He brought that on himself.
DrafterX Offline
#64 Posted:
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OhMyGod
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#65 Posted:
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If I properly understand what I read, Pelosi does not have to send the articles of impeachment to the senate. If that is correct it creates a unique dichotomy. The Republican party probably wants Trump convicted so he can no longer hold office. The Democrats benefit by Trump continuing to fracture the Republican party. From a strategic point of view the Pelosi should not send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Send it during the next Republican presidential primary or remind the nation it could be sent, every day during the Republican presidential primary. So, that is as dirty as it gets, it is politics.
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#66 Posted:
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Robert, if you read 65, would you please comment on if Pelosi could do that or not.
HockeyDad Offline
#67 Posted:
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If the Republicans take the House and Senate in two years they can send over the Trump impeachment and reject it and then impeach Biden and then Harris and convict for both of those.
Smooth light Offline
#68 Posted:
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Peach cobbler sure sounds good to me, with creamy lee.

Send over some, I'm hungry for sum peaches 🍑.
Gene363 Offline
#69 Posted:
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HockeyDad wrote:
If the Republicans take the House and Senate in two years they can send over the Trump impeachment and reject it and then impeach Biden and then Harris and convict for both of those.


Rimshot!
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#70 Posted:
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Speyside wrote:
If I properly understand what I read, Pelosi does not have to send the articles of impeachment to the senate. If that is correct it creates a unique dichotomy. The Republican party probably wants Trump convicted so he can no longer hold office. The Democrats benefit by Trump continuing to fracture the Republican party. From a strategic point of view the Pelosi should not send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Send it during the next Republican presidential primary or remind the nation it could be sent, every day during the Republican presidential primary. So, that is as dirty as it gets, it is politics.

or she waits just long enough to allow Biden to get some 100 days stuff moving, vaccinations rolling etc., and to allow enough time for maybe all of the facts to emerge about Jan. 6, uncover any evidence of Trump's administration and/or tour-guide Congressmen's roles in the attack on the Capitol (if any roles at all), and to give Schumer time to add to the 10 GOP he has now to get enough support for a conviction.

without more GOP crossing with the original 10, impeachment will be more damaging than not.

DrafterX Offline
#71 Posted:
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I think he needs 17 Republicans... prolly not gonna happen... Mellow
frankj1 Offline
#72 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
I think he needs 17 Republicans... prolly not gonna happen... Mellow

I think you're right.
Though there would be a better shot after some distance and fear of Trump's reprisal.
DrafterX Offline
#73 Posted:
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it'll be an exchange for a yes vote vs. a Pelosi/Schumer investigation of family, friends and finances..... Mellow
HockeyDad Offline
#74 Posted:
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frankj1 wrote:
or she waits just long enough to allow Biden to get some 100 days stuff moving, vaccinations rolling etc., and to allow enough time for maybe all of the facts to emerge about Jan. 6, uncover any evidence of Trump's administration and/or tour-guide Congressmen's roles in the attack on the Capitol (if any roles at all), and to give Schumer time to add to the 10 GOP he has now to get enough support for a conviction.

without more GOP crossing with the original 10, impeachment will be more damaging than not.



However they push forward the impeachment the key will be to maximize damage to the USA and eliminate any possibility of healing.
DrafterX Offline
#75 Posted:
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pretty sure Obama made sure there will be no healing.... Thanks Obama...Not talking
HockeyDad Offline
#76 Posted:
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Biden needs to prove that his stimulus package is bigger than Obama’s stimulus package.
teedubbya Offline
#77 Posted:
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*rolling eyes* like that is possible
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#78 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
pretty sure Obama made sure there will be no healing.... Thanks Obama...Not talking

never should have had that beer summit thing
DrafterX Offline
#79 Posted:
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he was acting stupidly.... Mellow
delta1 Offline
#80 Posted:
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some of same peeps who were outraged when Obama said, "cops acted stupidly"


approved of a POTUS who organized a massive protest that resulted in a mob of people who intentionally killed one cop, injured 50 more, and sought to kill that POTUS's Vice President while ransacking the House of Congress...


those who say that we can't prove that was Trump's intent will not excuse the miscreant who says "I'm innocent" after letting loose a dozen rattle snakes in their house after one bites and kills a family member...
delta1 Offline
#81 Posted:
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that being said, I agree with one value of the old GOP...we are a nation of laws and order...

so, given the current state of incitement cases in the US, Trump likely wouldn't be convicted of inciting an insurrection, at least in criminal court...so MACS, in effect, is right...

there are many who may have civil complaints where that issue could be tried, and he'd likely lose there due to the lower burden of proof...so, in civil court, MACS could be wrong, too
Speyside Offline
#82 Posted:
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Trump did not commit criminal incitement. That is clear. The senate should not convict him, they need to vote based on the legal definition. No matter how loathsome I find him, Pandoras box should not be opened.
teedubbya Offline
#83 Posted:
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I really struggle with that one Spey. Not sure where I land yet. Still thinking.

Glad he’s about gone though.
HockeyDad Offline
#84 Posted:
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Speyside wrote:
Trump did not commit criminal incitement. That is clear. The senate should not convict him, they need to vote based on the legal definition. No matter how loathsome I find him, Pandoras box should not be opened.


This is why I like you.
Gene363 Offline
#85 Posted:
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teedubbya wrote:
I really struggle with that one Spey. Not sure where I land yet. Still thinking.

Glad he’s about gone though.


Like someone keeps saying to me, you can't just pick on one side, just saying.
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#86 Posted:
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Speyside wrote:
Trump did not commit criminal incitement. That is clear. The senate should not convict him, they need to vote based on the legal definition. No matter how loathsome I find him, Pandoras box should not be opened.


True.
delta1 Offline
#87 Posted:
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I think he did incite the insurrection, but in criminal court, where the burden is beyond a reasonable doubt, proving his intent...that's a tough one...plus getting a jury of independent objective peeps???


if an objective person was trying to decide, a look at his behavior before the speech and then after the riots started can clarify his intent...if he didn't intend to incite them, why did he wait four hours after the speech and after the crowd immediately stormed the Capitol and did all that damage and killed and injured cops...why didn't he tell them to stop and go home at the start, or earlier?


The impeachment trial in the Senate is not a criminal proceeding, and the Senate can set their own standards...like they did in the first case, where they decided Trump's actions were wrong, but not wrong enough to convict and throw him out of office...this could be easier for 17 GOP Senators...McConnell still has plenty of juice, and it looks like he's thinking hard, and has told people close to him that the GOP needs to cut ties with Trump...I'm thinking the Senate will convict Trump and bar him from holding office in the future.
teedubbya Offline
#88 Posted:
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Gene363 wrote:
Like someone keeps saying to me, you can't just pick on one side, just saying.



I’m not. I clearly said I’m still thinking about it. You are the one with the answer before the question is asked based on if it’s your guy or not. It’s strange you can’t comprehend that.
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#89 Posted:
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The articles of impeachment are pretty damning and more info is coming out every day. It’s possible criminal charges could be considered for several on that plat form up to and including the President.

I just don’t know if any would stick or not.

Until recently I’ve been adamantly against impeachment and lock them up crap in either direction including Trump. Since the election he’s made me more willing to consider it. But I’m still thinking about it. I’m torn between the damage he has done, the damage it could do and the lack of consequences he relies on. I’m leaning towards there must be consequences but still open to what that is. More info will get me there. Patience.

What he did was despicable and he is despicable. Good riddance.
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#90 Posted:
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Then all the Dems who promoted violence will be charged as well right.. ?? Huh
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TW, there is always a struggle for me between wanting and truth when they have different answers. My first step toward enlightenment is acknowledging my ignorance. Often what I want is ignorant. I refuse to knowingly allow my ignorance win. Truth is absolute. The parliament of whores cannot be allowed to win here. The constitution is sacrosanct.
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#92 Posted:
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I appreciate that Spey but I’m still waiting for more info before I decide where I land.
teedubbya Offline
#93 Posted:
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DrafterX wrote:
Then all the Dems who promoted violence will be charged as well right.. ?? Huh


I’m for charging every dem that did so on that stage right before add as they stormed the capital. So yes.
Smooth light Offline
#94 Posted:
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Another option is, just pardon everyone.

Then watch them all say"what the f*ck", can he really do that?

WE ARE ALL INNOCENT 😇
COME ON MAN...
Speyside Offline
#95 Posted:
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He can really do that. The irony is that if he pardons himself the pardon will probably be overturned in court.
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Also there is the question of can you be pardoned for something you have not been convicted of. There really is no precedent. Nixon was, but that was never contested to set a precedent.
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#97 Posted:
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Someone posted a list of Hyprocricrats statements earlier that were calling for violence.. I'm all for charging Trump if they can prove his statements lead to breaching the Capitol... not likely... but if so then go back and prosecute the Hyprocricrats that said there should be more violence.. Mellow
teedubbya Offline
#98 Posted:
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Sigh
DrafterX Offline
#99 Posted:
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Equal punishment for equal crimes... but it's not gonna happen... which is sad... Mellow
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#100 Posted:
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TW still on a fence post!
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