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Nevilledog

(51,094 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:55 PM Feb 2021

For those of you who thought Cassidy could possibly do the right thing.....



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Jabin Botsford
@jabinbotsford
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., notes on the 4th day of the Impeachment trials for President Trump on Capitol Hill today. “The House Managers did not connect the dots to show President Trump knew that the attack on the Capitol was going to be violent and result in the loss of life.”
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For those of you who thought Cassidy could possibly do the right thing..... (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP
News flash: Sen Cassidy unable to connect dots from NoMoreRepugs Feb 2021 #1
I am glad he found his soul RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2021 #2
Could be a handout from the defense team and not his personal notes. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #3
Yeah ... bullshit Bill. mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #4
I knew it... czarjak Feb 2021 #5
This sounds a lot different from what he said a couple of days ago. crickets Feb 2021 #6
Looks like it. Lisa M is changing her tune as well. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #8
Ask Cassidy Pantagruel Feb 2021 #7
I gave up on repubs 'doing the right thing' years ago... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #9
Angry. He didn't have to KNOW it would happen. Only that it COULD happen and that makes wiggs Feb 2021 #10
That's ... STILL... damning for Trump and now they want to ignore what happened AFTER it started uponit7771 Feb 2021 #11

NoMoreRepugs

(9,418 posts)
1. News flash: Sen Cassidy unable to connect dots from
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:58 PM
Feb 2021

hitting his finger with a hammer and saying “ouch”.

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,672 posts)
2. I am glad he found his soul
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:59 PM
Feb 2021

he must have lost his compass the other day.

Yeah Trumps lawyers made all those great videos today

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
3. Could be a handout from the defense team and not his personal notes.
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:59 PM
Feb 2021

I wasn't putting much faith in him voting to convict anyway.

Or, he could be writing his justification for acquittal before the trial is even over.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. Yeah ... bullshit Bill.
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:00 PM
Feb 2021

Anything short of Mango Mussolini on tape screaming 'Go to The Capitol and Kill Everyone There So I Can Stay Your President!' was always going to be a 'failure to connect the dots' to these fucks.

crickets

(25,969 posts)
6. This sounds a lot different from what he said a couple of days ago.
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:08 PM
Feb 2021

Mitch may not be whipping votes, but apparently somebody is. (Lindsey? Ted?)

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
7. Ask Cassidy
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:09 PM
Feb 2021

If that wasn't a POTUS inciting to riot, please describe what would be.
Must we wait for a POTUS leading the charge up the Capitol steps wielding a pitchfork?

Wounded Bear

(58,649 posts)
9. I gave up on repubs 'doing the right thing' years ago...
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:27 PM
Feb 2021

on rare occasions I get surprised, but very rarely.

wiggs

(7,812 posts)
10. Angry. He didn't have to KNOW it would happen. Only that it COULD happen and that makes
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:29 PM
Feb 2021

his remarks MASSIVELY irresponsible and reckless to the point of impeachment

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
11. That's ... STILL... damning for Trump and now they want to ignore what happened AFTER it started
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:40 PM
Feb 2021

... and say the impeachment managers didn't investigate it therefore they don't know.

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