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plimsoll

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30. I'm going to object to our not knowing history.

Sun Jan 31, 2021, 09:44 AM

Jan 2021

The parliamentarians executed Charles I after the civil war, but they held a trial so it would look legal. Charles, despite all his flaws did a good job leaving the proceedings in knots. Yes, trump can't do that from a logical perspective, and this is a legally constituted proceeding, but Trump thrives on spectacle. Having a venue and the cameras rolling is what he lives for.

The responses to your comment show how much trump and trumpism is driven by peoples desire to look at the freak show. Even Howard Stern recognized trump as the master manipulator of the freak show. Legally trump couldn't be stopped from doing this, but the proceedings will have to be controlled so he doesn't turn it into a nationally televised rally style event for insurrection.

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