Impeachment Offers Republicans Grace. They Don't Want It.

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House managers are treating Trump’s enablers as his victims.

By Michelle Goldberg

During her impeachment presentation on Wednesday, Stacey Plaskett, who represents the Virgin Islands in the House, explained how Donald Trump winked at violence from his base in the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. She showed a video of Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist, bellowing through a bullhorn at the second so-called Million MAGA March in December.

“At the first Million MAGA March, we promised that if the G.O.P. would not do everything in their power to keep Trump in office that we would destroy the G.O.P.!” Fuentes shouted. “Destroy the G.O.P.! Destroy the G.O.P.!” chanted the belligerent crowd in response. Said Plaskett: “Those words, that was Trump’s message: Destroy anyone who won’t listen.” She quoted the former Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson speaking at the same rally: “We knew that both Republicans and Democrats were against we the people.”

Over and over, impeachment managers emphasized this message: Trump victimized Republican officials, and is fundamentally different from others in his party. The managers ladled praise on former Vice President Mike Pence and showed a mob baying for his execution. Ted Lieu of California highlighted tweets in which Trump’s “threats grew even more heated and specific towards Republicans that he considered to be part of that surrender caucus.”

The president, said Lieu, “wasn’t just coming for one or two people, or Democrats like me. He was coming for you, for Democratic and Republican senators.” The managers’ presentations showed just how close the mob came to getting to Senator Mitt Romney.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/trump-impeachment-trial-republicans.html

[PatrickforO]

1. The are Americans in name only. Traitors to the republic.

They have become spineless, ruled by fear.

[Thekaspervote]

2. True...JMHO this is going to bite them in the butt!!

Voters dropping their association with the gqp by the tens of thousands
Further angering the Dems and independent voters..7+ million more of us than them keeps us engaged, contributing money, time and voting like our life depends on it
Many of the deposed idiot king’s cult were first time voters or uninvolved occasional voters that will not be drawn back in..they are gone!
Corporate America says no more money for you..yes, they may be raising money from the small donor, but that won’t be enough

Plus Biden’s popularity! A whopping 62%... it speaks volumes. Americans want decency, dependability, THE TRUTH

Dotard’s popularity is down 20 pts since December...he will not recover from that

[PatrickforO]

3. Yeah they do! Decency and dependability. Americans absolutely want that.

You know, I did a presentation to a group yesterday on labor force supply and demand in our area, and we ended up talking about how, when the chips are down, people - no matter what side of the proverbial aisle they are on - have a visceral expectation that their government will step forward and help them.

Government at all levels is like a thermostat. If it is not working well, it is either too hot or cold, and you notice. If it is working right, you don't notice it as much.

Did you see that 2 million people got the vaccine yesterday? Biden has doubled his goal of a million a day. He's just a good guy. People like him and trust him. I do.