Impeachment? Ha...Ha...

McConnell is cool with Donald Trump's insurrection so long as the Republicans re win the majority

My goal is, in every way possible, to have nominees representing the Republican Party who can win in November," McConnell said by telephone. "Some of them may be people the former president likes. Some of them may not be. The only thing I care about is electability."

The Kentuckian made clear that "I’m not predicting the president would support people who couldn't win. But I do think electability — not who supports who — is the critical point.”

https://twitter.com/JonLemire/status/1360946554773856259?s=20
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/14/mcconnells-next-chapter-guiding-the-post-trump-gop-469014

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Senate Vote in the Trial of Donald Trump

FEBRUARY 13, 2021 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

It was nearly two weeks ago that Jill and I paid our respects to Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who laid in honor in the Rotunda after losing his life protecting the Capitol from a riotous, violent mob on January 6, 2021.

Today, 57 Senators – including a record 7 Republicans – voted to find former President Trump guilty for inciting that deadly insurrection on our very democracy. The Senate vote followed the bipartisan vote to impeach him by the House of Representatives. While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute. Even those opposed to the conviction, like Senate Minority Leader McConnell, believe Donald Trump was guilty of a “disgraceful dereliction of duty” and “practically and morally responsible for provoking” the violence unleashed on the Capitol.

Tonight, I am thinking about those who bravely stood guard that January day. I’m thinking about all those who lost their lives, all those whose lives were threatened, and all those who are still today living with terror they lived through that day. And I’m thinking of those who demonstrated the courage to protect the integrity of our democracy – Democrats and Republicans, election officials and judges, elected representatives and poll workers – before and after the election.

This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile. That it must always be defended. That we must be ever vigilant. That violence and extremism has no place in America. And that each of us has a duty and responsibility as Americans, and especially as leaders, to defend the truth and to defeat the lies.

That is how we end this uncivil war and heal the very soul of our nation. That is the task ahead. And it’s a task we must undertake together. As the United States of America.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/13/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-senate-vote-in-the-trial-of-donald-trump/

Asshole's Fitting Legacy: Half-Built Walls & Ruined Mountains

Imagine we captured Osama Bin Laden instead of killed him...

Trump has put out a statement

....but who cares?

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1360705364421988356?s=20

Never before has the GOP stooped so low

Senate Republicans apparently threatened to use the filibuster to stop all other senate business -- including COVID19 relief for desperate American families -- if this trial were to continue and hear witnesses. Never before has the GOP stooped so low to defend Donald Trump.

https://twitter.com/RWPUSA/status/1360664445240885248?s=20

Quite the turtle chyron CNN

Trump 'Stunned' Trial Will Continue

Sources close to former President Donald Trump are “floored” by what just happened in the impeachment trial, ABC News reports.

The words being used: “Stunned,” “Stupefied” and “Digesting this.”

https://twitter.com/Santucci/status/1360619527525052419?s=20

We ALL watched it on TV. It was on Every Channel. All Day. But HE didn't know?

What's incredible here: if @burgessev didn't ask Tuberville about this on Wednesday (or had Tuberville dodged), the trial may have gone to a verdict without anyone ever knowing what Trump knew.

Imagine what other senators might know about the timeline but haven't revealed.

What’s incredible is that they are actually arguing that the only way Trump could have known that Pence or Pelosi were in danger was if he was told on a phone call? I was sitting in my family room and knew they were in danger. It was on every channel. All day. But he didn’t know?
https://twitter.com/jim96122531/status/1360547866205372416?s=20