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Trump's Stupid Defense Is Another Attack--This Time on America's Intelligence
Every argument Trumps lawyers mounted was ludicrous, and any honest person knows it. Unfortunately, its Republican senators wholl be doing the deciding.Lacking any compelling defense of Donald Trump, his lawyers engaged in all sorts of trickery and misdirection and whataboutism on Friday. Its hard to blame them. They were dealt a bad hand. Trump is obviously guilty. So instead of pounding the facts or pounding the law, theyas the old legal maxim goespounded the table.
It started when Trump attorney David Schoen made a somewhat startling accusation: We have reason to believe the House managers manipulated evidence and selectively edited footage, he asserted. One such example cited was from Rep. Eric Swalwells presentation where he referenced a tweet from a Trump supporter named Jennifer Lynn Lawrence. On Wednesday, Swalwell presented her comments as if she were saying that she was bringing the cavalry. In actuality, though, Lawrence tweeted that she was bringing the Calvary.
The obvious conclusion from Swalwell (and everybody, really) was that Lawrence simply doesnt know the difference between cavalry and Calvary, but, in a blog post, Lawrence called out Swalwell, arguing that she actually meant Bringing the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ (AKA the salvation of everyone) back to Washington DC This line of argumentation was picked up by the defense on Friday: The tweeter promised to bring the Calvary, Schoen said. A public display of Christs crucifixion, a central symbol of her Christian faith with her. A symbol of faith, love, and peace.
Based on the context, it appears more likely that Lawrence simply used the wrong word. Regardless, the fact that Trump's defense began by making an issue out of this sideshow, instead of, you know, proving that he did not incite an insurrection, tells you all you need to know about the amount of evidence at the defenses disposal.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-stupid-defense-is-another-attackthis-time-on-americas-intelligence
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Trump's Stupid Defense Is Another Attack--This Time on America's Intelligence (Original Post)
Zorro
Feb 2021
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llashram
(6,265 posts)1. "faith, love and peace"
the modern day RW republikkkan Christians are so full of bullshit, it runs out their ears. They are the 21st century Pharisees.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)2. So, just curious ... did she actually do that?
Did she bring with her "A public display of Christs crucifixion" to the gathering?