Trump will skate because of all of this..

[Soph0571]

Patrick McGuire - absolutely spot on. They are Trump.

[lettucebe]

1. Whether he's convicted here doesn't matter. There's so many criminal charges coming his way

He'll never get off completely. Tax investigations, fraud, murder (if you ask me, yes), etc. There's no one he hasn't cheated. Give it time.

[dickthegrouch]

2. Then, next election cycle, we need to take them all down.

Prepare the ads now. Blanket their districts with their perfidy in the month leading up to the mid-terms.
EarlG’s “Pics of moment” would be an excellent place to start with the worst offenders.

[Grokenstein]

8. This! As important as it is to make Trump pay for his crimes

it's equally important to sweep his gang out of office.

[StarfishSaver]

15. Yes!

I think we sometimes expect others to do the heavy lifting - Mueller, the House, the Senate, etc. - when WE actually have most of the power, as we showed in November and January.

[nature-lover]

13. This would be the only upside of an acquittal. My senators definitely need to go.

[BComplex]

29. Agree! We need to begin the push for new voters now. No more republicans EVER!!

This needs to be the end of elected republicans.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

3. Failure to convict on the impeachment charges does not equal skating

He's got troubles ahead. I'd even argue that the best thing that could happen for him would be to be convicted in the impeachment trial because it might head off real criminal charges that will certainly follow his "acquittal".

[Mr.Bill]

24. The issue with the most potential to do damage to him,

is the tax issues. There's a lot of grief the IRS can bring to him without a jury trial, like seizing property.

[BComplex]

31. Unfortunately, his administration managed to get Cy Vance in charge of that one.

Cy Vance won't EVER convict trump of anything serious.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. He won't skate for long- Fani Willis has other plans. Nt

[leftieNanner]

11. Yes! She was excellent last night on Rachel.

She is going after him!

[gab13by13]

5. Shit, some are still promoting the Big Lie.

[BobTheSubgenius]

6. A new conspiracy theory:

The orange hue this lunatic emits is neither spray-on tan, or the work of a tanning bed. It's ground Teflon impregnating his skin.

[CaptainTruth]

7. And a third of Republicans say they would leave the GOP & join a Trump party...

...if he started one.

They know if they vote to convict Trump, & Trump turns against them, they could lose 1/3 (or more?) of their voter base & thus (likely) lose their Senate seat.

[SayItLoud]

9. Above the Law ?

A perfect criminal case was presented by the managers. NOW, will some jurisdiction take up that crime? Even if only to smoke out the "secret pardons" tRUMP has no doubt bestowed on himself. (and the crime syndicate).

[StarfishSaver]

10. He won't "skate"

He may not be convicted in the Senate, but the only difference between conviction and acquittal is a disqualification from holding federal office. And a disqualification by the Senate is not the only way to make that happen.

On the other hand, the impeachment managers have done a beautiful job of etching this into the historical record for all to see. He's not getting away with this. He will forever be tarnished and ruined.

And he is facing years of criminal charges and civil lawsuits - he will spend the rest of his life running from the law.

[leftieNanner]

12. "He will spend the rest of his life running from the law"

And at some point, he will run out of lawyers who will work for free.

[Grammy23]

17. He will be hounded right to the gates of hell.

And with any luck at all, those of us who have been frustrated and upset by the lack of accountability for that monster, will get to see a whole bunch of justice bring his free run to a stop. For good.

[leftieNanner]

18. Ahhh. Sounds good to me!

His sue and delay tactics will only take him so far.

[wiggs]

14. Spot on quotes, thanks. nt

[SlogginThroughIt]

16. Trump will skate for one reason alone...

Trump will skate for one reason alone... Republicans.

They were never going to convict him. Never. I have no idea why anyone evr has thought that they will do the right thing. There may have been a time. That time is LONG GONE.

[NoMoreRepugs]

19. The party of law and order and religious fervor are master propagandists who have convinced

the Deplorable rubes thru Faux and HateRadio that they are the only path to true freedom.

[Vinca]

20. He was going to skate as of day 1. But his brilliant lawyer made a valid point: that's what the

Justice Department is for. Lock his orange ass up.

[Politicub]

21. History demands this moment. Even if the GOP is too spineless to convict, the

actions will go on record for posterity.

The impeachment trial is a construction of a primary source for our time.

Linguists and historians will look back on this trial and will clearly see that the GOP is conflating rhetoric with incitement.

It may not seem that way now, but anyone who has written a research paper knows how to go about sourcing contemporaneous accounts of something.

The GOP senators who are showing their asses (in my mother's words) stand in sharp relief to the people who take Trump's actions seriously.

[Roc2020]

22. Republicans are convicting their party

not convicting Trump. It's either the punishment will come now with conviction or later without conviction. But the punishment will come.

[jalan48]

23. He may skate with the impeachment conviction. We will see what comes of the state cases over

the next few months (years?). I remember the jubilation when Mueller was appointed and many were convinced that would be the end of Trump.

[Cosmo Blues]

25. The only hope with the trail in the Senate

Is if about 20 senators don't show up for the vote, then we only need 54. At any given time about a third of them weren't there for the presentation of the evidence

[RestoreAmerica2020]

26. Hierbas mala nunca muere! [Bad, evil people never die]

Hierba mala nunca .. used to mean that bad people last longer, the opposite idea of "only the good die young".

[calimary]

27. Cowards ALL. And that's all I've got.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

28. Hierbas mala nunca muere! [Bad, evil people never die]

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Hierba mala nunca .. used to mean that bad people last longer, the opposite idea of "only the good die young".


Awhile back..watched Chris Rock's comedy special..his bit on trump and on generally bad people --that sometimes never get their due; just desserts and karma never ones aroound to punsh them for bad, evil, corrupt, greedy behavior; of course I'm paraphrasing ... yet with Rock's comediic voice was hilarious.

[Blue Owl]

30. Sadly true

[colsohlibgal]

32. Skate All The Way To Prison Maybe

Regardless of what happens here he is in serious legal jeopardy in two States now. May he rot in prison which is where he’s belonged for some time.

[Progressive dog]

33. Trump wil;l spend the rest of his life

fighting multiple lawsuits and criminal indictments. He's earned it.