! GOP Senator Cassidy wants to hear Defense explain why Trump didn't act for hours while the Capitol

[MelissaB]

! GOP Senator Cassidy wants to hear the Defense explain why Trump didn't act for hours while the Capitol was under attack. -Steven Dennis

There has never been any explanation of why Trump didn't call off the mob during those hours when Republican senators and others were trying to get him to do so.

Trump's hours of inaction was a key point raised by House Republicans who voted for impeachment including Liz Cheney and Herrera Beutler:

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. He's looking for answers that don't exist.

Trump's inactions were part of the Insurrection.

[soothsayer]

2. Especially since he so frequently threatened to send in troops to states that didn't want them

“We can take care of things very quickly,” it bleated.

[Walleye]

3. He never came out afterwards or during and said he didn't intend for that to happen either

[Hekate]

4. I'd like to hear that myself. nt

[Cha]

5. Rt TY!

[Mersky]

6. Wow. Is one of the best takes I've heard.

What is the defense for why tRump only lifted a finger to tweet and call senator(s) to further delay the certification while the insurrection was happening?

[world wide wally]

7. Trump just saw the whole thing as one of his rallies

[crickets]

8. Well, that was refreshing.

He refused more than once to answer how he plans to vote until he's heard both sides. He was one of the six Repubs who voted with Dems on the Constitutionality question. It will be interesting to see his final vote.