I think McConnell is just trying to buy time. He knows far worse is going to come out. And once trump is out of office, they will have less ability to control the flow of information. Direct evidence of incitement, evidence that House members were coconspirators, other criminal activity by trump not related to the insurrection, etc.. Once Barr or whoever the fuck is acting AG this week is out, more and more evidence against trump will be out there. McConnell doesn't want his members voting against conviction, with that dam of information about to be released in the coming weeks.
I’m also wondering, and trying not to be too tin foil hat here, but if the congresspeople (who are also Greene, et. al.) who refused to wear masks when herded off into that room, did so not only because they’re raging assholes but also because they wanted to be recognized by the insurrectionists if they got through.
She's also a former navy pilot. I live just outside of her district because of the gerrymander and she is one of the few members of Congress I respect. Sherrill is professional and certainly hasn't come across to me as anything close to a conspiracy theorist or kook
Someone needs to talk me off the ledge. I think they're planning to shoot Pelosi during the impeachment vote tomorrow. It's not like the Capitol Police are going to be searching all their offices overnight. And now they just brought a bunch of weapons into the Capitol less than a week after the first part of the coup attempt.
Yeah. And fuck. Are they planning to end impeachment by shooting Pelosi? Ya know, since the opening salvo of the coup last Wednesday didn't result in the deaths of any Dems yet (although at least 3 have Covid given to them by the GOP). WTF is the goal here?
Also, the pandemic thing likely means that those of us living in reality aren't likely to be at an airport these days. I imagine planes are filled with primarily trumpkins flying.
They also gave Covid to Rep. Bonnie Coleman Watson, who is black, 75-years-old, and a cancer survivor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mob-attack-capitol-coronavirus-congresswoman/2021/01/11/edae7c5e-5438-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html
Not necessarily. You need (1) the vice president and (2) either a majority of the cabinet or "other body as Congress may by law provide." I think some of the wrangling was about passing a law to provide for that "other body," which I'm not sure if anyone knows exactly what that language means. But I think there was some thought by the congressional dems that since there essentially is no cabinet and the people who are still there are sycophants in on the insurrection, appointing the "other body" could be an out. You would only need a majority of both houses of congress to establish the "body."
That said, while maybe they should work on this also, every second trump is in power he is in danger, and I can't believe the House hasn't voted on impeachment yet.
Yeah, they should have impeached Wednesday night immediately after the EC stuff. I can sort of understand waiting a day, especially since they and their staffs had been terrorized on Wednesday. It was the wrong decision, but I can get it. But there is no excuse for impeachment not to have started last week.
His father was also business partners with Paul Manafort. There's obviously not enough information to conclude anything right now, but I hope this is being investigated by the FBI. I'm certainly not saying he orchestrated this, but he could have been one of the officers involved in letting the rioters in, taking selfies, etc.
Yes. There's video of the whole thing. I posted it yesterday. At the very beginning of the video, with a crowd of white rioters screaming at him, he shoves one of them. He then runs up some stairs, and then away from the Senate chamber, while radioing his location, so that they are met by Capitol police away from the chamber.
He deserves the Medal of Freedom. The real one.