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Wounded Bear

(64,323 posts)
27. Thankfully, he's not an impeachment manager...
Mon Feb 8, 2021, 10:29 AM
Feb 2021

Dems are better at keeping their cards close to the vest.

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He was laying the ground work for months by saying that livetohike Feb 2021 #1
Yes. Replacing the Pentagon leaders for no reason was to help his terrorist gangs. Lonestarblue Feb 2021 #7
And one of those (Miller) ordering the National Guard to stand down, on Jan 4th. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #45
Exactly! TomSlick Feb 2021 #97
I hope the impeachment managers have lots of visual aids livetohike Feb 2021 #76
Yes he was! liberalla Feb 2021 #62
He even said this before the 2016 election. He always planned to cry foul if he lost lettucebe Feb 2021 #74
He cried foul when he won. alfredo Feb 2021 #98
Not known for being quick on his feet Trump still managed to respond in the debate for the Dustlawyer Feb 2021 #83
That wasn't quick on his feet. Lasher Feb 2021 #84
That was my point. Dustlawyer Feb 2021 #87
Excellent. Silver Gaia Feb 2021 #2
I actually believe the before and the after are what will take him down mucifer Feb 2021 #3
+1000 Refusing to send help will damn him. If not in Senate, in criminal court. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #46
Remind everyone DeSmet Feb 2021 #58
As long as SOMETHING does!!! calimary Feb 2021 #103
Trump could walk up and shoot someone in the face on video and they would aquit, Beachnutt Feb 2021 #4
Horrible as that sounds... ailsagirl Feb 2021 #29
They could have a video mindfulNJ Feb 2021 #5
That wouldn't be believable MiniMe Feb 2021 #39
HA! mindfulNJ Feb 2021 #42
He would use golf cart. Jetheels Feb 2021 #57
Trump said he'd join them on the way to the Capitol. It was another lie. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2021 #60
Plus, he knew it was going to be dangerous. colorado_ufo Feb 2021 #68
The case probably starts with the stand down and stand by to the proud boys. dem4decades Feb 2021 #6
It Was "Stand Back" ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #50
When it comes for the anus North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #8
Trump's own words from Dec. 2020 .... "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" Botany Feb 2021 #9
Trump and his cabal deserve full punishment for this. livetohike Feb 2021 #13
And two days before the Pro Trump riot/coup Trump's acting Defense Sec. gave a stand down order .... Botany Feb 2021 #16
yeah, that memo kinda takes the "speculation" out of it. theneworiginal Feb 2021 #51
The use of the phrase "riot control agents" 2 days before the Trump riot kind of takes ... Botany Feb 2021 #54
Why didn't they just paint targets on their backs? colorado_ufo Feb 2021 #70
The damning part should be that, while the Capitol was under attack SledDriver Feb 2021 #10
AND that tape of them in the tent celebrating while watching it on tv! fierywoman Feb 2021 #14
That is one of the damning pieces of wnylib Feb 2021 #18
Actually that was before his speech, not after. nt LittleGirl Feb 2021 #23
+1000 llmart Feb 2021 #43
The clips from in the tent were made before Trump spoke 56miSSie Feb 2021 #79
But of course he knew they were not after him. wnylib Feb 2021 #15
Oh yes, that's a good point PatSeg Feb 2021 #20
During the terrorist attack on 9/11... AllyCat Feb 2021 #31
Yes, I believe they were moved. secondwind Feb 2021 #47
Shrub was shuttled around the country on AF-1 then taken to a secure base csziggy Feb 2021 #75
K&R spanone Feb 2021 #11
The fallout from this impeachment trial bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #12
it will be the end of the political careers of those who vote to acquit. mopinko Feb 2021 #19
"For some still unexplained reason" orangecrush Feb 2021 #25
You've got THAT right. n/t Eyeball_Kid Feb 2021 #34
The Q world was created to focus anxiety and anger on specific targets. Ford_Prefect Feb 2021 #49
Oh, this is going to be must-see television! PatSeg Feb 2021 #17
I agree,,,, KarenS Feb 2021 #38
Seth Abramson has been reporting on a January 5th meeting NewJeffCT Feb 2021 #21
Yes - he's collected and curated the best reporting on this issue Ramsey Barner Feb 2021 #69
Don't want to be a Debbie Downer Soxfan58 Feb 2021 #22
The point is Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #30
Plus, it's important to get this in front of the American people. Ligyron Feb 2021 #37
They're already on record. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #44
I believe that most won't suffer politically. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #48
I agree with this comment! nt ShazzieB Feb 2021 #90
+1 n/t area51 Feb 2021 #33
Not sure there's anyone at this point who thinks he'll be convicted, but moonscape Feb 2021 #93
Watch for it to leak from Leningrad Lindsey before it's presented. NT SayItLoud Feb 2021 #24
Thankfully, he's not an impeachment manager... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #27
There is ALWAYS more than what we're seeing in the press... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #26
This trial is for us to see the whole thing... 2naSalit Feb 2021 #28
Subpoenae the orange menace nightwing1240 Feb 2021 #32
Trump and his army should be locked up! In_The_Wind Feb 2021 #35
I think they could have all the evidence in the world and blueinredohio Feb 2021 #36
I want to see My Pillow guy testify with his "absolute proof". keithbvadu2 Feb 2021 #40
The GQP has turned it into a matter of political party rather than an individual case. world wide wally Feb 2021 #41
Oct 30 and Nov 1 FOX News polls safeinOhio Feb 2021 #52
And the fact that Trump has never even topped a 50% approval rating. MoonchildCA Feb 2021 #59
It won't matter to any Repubs... Jon King Feb 2021 #53
I hope so these bastards samplegirl Feb 2021 #55
What really gets me... karin_sj Feb 2021 #56
Why are they called managers? In court they'd be prosecutors, in the Senate, idk bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #61
Love that there is new evidence...but it won't matter to most of GOP senators. They are cultists iluvtennis Feb 2021 #63
Cultists AND cowards. Elwood P Dowd Feb 2021 #72
If 10 cowards stay home to avoid MyMission Feb 2021 #81
Of course, he knew peggysue2 Feb 2021 #64
+1 MustLoveBeagles Feb 2021 #101
The House managers need to make sure to include Trump's statements concerning... LudwigPastorius Feb 2021 #65
Their trial brief makes it clear they're going to emphasize how much Trump would have known highplainsdem Feb 2021 #66
The idea of PARDONS was implanted Pantagruel Feb 2021 #67
I wonder whether it is partially related to a meeting on the 5th? triron Feb 2021 #71
I'm now on the edge of my seat, waiting to find out what this is. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #73
He planned the whole thing knowing people would die. He needs to be portrayed ooky Feb 2021 #77
Regardless of what happens in the Senate trial h2ebits Feb 2021 #78
I hope bunny planet Feb 2021 #80
He said, "Stand back and stand by," Wednesdays Feb 2021 #82
Then, he told them: "And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore" Lock him up. Feb 2021 #86
ISN'T THAT TREASON?? trueblue2007 Feb 2021 #85
In most countries it would be, soldierant Feb 2021 #91
No, it is treason even under US law. triron Feb 2021 #92
Article III, Section 3 soldierant Feb 2021 #104
Nail him! Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #88
Smoking gun as it were. Cha Feb 2021 #89
knr triron Feb 2021 #94
Got my fingers crossed this is a game changer. Nitram Feb 2021 #95
Remember Fitzmas and Mueller Poiuyt Feb 2021 #96
tRump will look SO GOOD IN AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT!!! TigressDem Feb 2021 #99
That Means Nothing DallasNE Feb 2021 #100
It will mean something if public opinion turns against the Republican Party RDANGELO Feb 2021 #102
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