Hundreds of Congressional Aides Beg Senators to Convict Trump Over Attack on Their Workplace

[babylonsister]

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Hundreds of Congressional Aides Beg Senators to Convict Trump Over Attack on Their Workplace

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Jamie Ross
Reporter
Published Feb. 03, 2021 7:01AM ET
Reuters/Stephanie Keith

Some 370 Democratic aides in Congress have banded together to issue a rare public statement urging senators to convict Donald Trump for his part in the attack on their place of work last month. In the letter, which was shared with The New York Times, the aides write: “As congressional employees, we don’t have a vote on whether to convict Donald J. Trump for his role in inciting the violent attack at the Capitol, but our senators do... And for our sake, and the sake of the country, we ask that they vote to convict the former president and bar him from ever holding office again.” It’s unusual for aides to express their own opinions publicly, but they spoke up as they say they feel they were personally in put in harm’s way. The letter describes how some had to hide under desks or barricade themselves in offices as the pro-Trump riots took place. They directly blame Trump and his “monthslong effort to reject votes lawfully cast by the American people.” No Republicans aides signed the letter, according to the Times.

[Oldem]

1. I want to know three things.

One of them I now know. The Cato Institute says there are 10,000 congressional staffers. That means that the letter was signed by .037 of them. Not as impressive when you look at it that way. I'd also like to know what percentage of this small number are on the staff of repug congresscritters. Finally, I'd like to know how many of them are willing to quit if dump is acquitted. Given the salaries provided by the Cato article, I'd guess not many of them. Their earnings are significant. And if most of them serve Dem congress men or women, what good would quitting do? Now, if a host of repug staffers said, "Convict or we quit." I'd be more impressed.
[link:https://www.cato.org/blog/number-congressional-staff-real-problem|

[babylonsister]

2. Who cares how impressive the number is, to anyone? Their

lives were threatened and they wanted to let us know how they felt about that.

[Oldem]

3. Point taken.