After the first day of “defense” of individual 1 in his SECOND IMPEACHMENT “trial,” where everyone who watched January 6th, 2021 KNOWS our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president is GUILTY as sin and his lawyers seemed flummoxed by what they were trying to get across, all the while, KNOWING they’ve got over 40 “sure” votes for acquittal as they volunteer for the dark pages of the history books right next to individual 1 and Benedict Arnold. I believe the lawyers will be right there with individual 1 and the Senators who vote to set the most outrageous “precedent” maybe in American history.
As I’ve said over the course of the days following January 6th, 2021 the evidence will continue to be coming out – drip, drip, drip. Tonight, after the proceedings were finished with, apparently final remarks tomorrow, it was reported in “Politico” that (spineless) Kevin McCarthy called individual 1 during the INSURRECTION and asked him to call off the INSURRECTIONISTS as they were banging on the doors holding members of Congress and their staff members – many calling loved ones to reassure them they loved them thinking they might die. So, how did individual 1 respond to McCarthy? Well, according to “Politico” individual 1 responded, “Apparently they’re more upset with the election results than you are.”
Add to that one, “sources” close to Mike Pense assured anyone interested that individual 1 ABSOLUTELY knew where Pense was and the danger he was in. Maybe his “lawyers” just forgot to ask our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president that question among several others. They couldn’t answer the question when did individual 1 know the Capitol had been breached and what did he do to stop it? Instead, they chose to attack the House managers for not investigating enough. Of course, they “invited” individual 1 to come testify under oath and his lawyers quickly kyboshed that, but, apparently, they didn’t even ask the basic questions any good legal team would have asked so they could exonerate him – if that would be possible. Or, maybe they asked him and didn’t like the answer so they feigned ignorance.
I have to add here something I found really interesting as I was FORCING myself to listen to individual 1’s lawyers: They seemed to be saying “you can’t convict him, but he absolutely could be charged criminally because he’s out of office. He’s a private citizen and can be indicted for crimes committed while in office kind of suggesting that’s the proper solution to this situation. Hmmm? Well, there’s one thing I could agree with individual 1’s lawyers. If INCITING an INSURRECTION really is ILLEGAL, then his lawyers are correct, he should be indicted. My suggestion to him if that actually happens, get new lawyers!
As I thought about that, I wondered if individual 1 might be liable for civil suits coming from, for example, the family of Officer Brian Sicknick? What about the two Officers who took their own lives? There’s never been any details about why they chose to do so within days of being attacked by this mob. Were they part of the group who was accused of being sympathetic to the INSRURRECTIONISTS? I did see one Officer taking “selfies” with the very people he SHOULD have been trying to get out of that building. There’s no way those of us watching on TV could put ourselves in the place of those Capitol Police Officers.
I have an acquaintance who doesn’t like my direct responses to his attempts to defend individual 1 on this site and has accused me of “having disdain for conservative and ‘Christian’ influence in government” (my quotes on the word ‘Christian’) and I couldn’t help but think of that comment when I learned tonight about individual 1’s DEPLORABLE comment to Kevin McCarthy (who soiled himself just a couple weeks later by heading to Mar a Lago to, as people have said, “kiss individual 1’s…………… [fill in the blank]) which I wasn’t sure of it’s reliability.
However, now I’m sure. It was my representative, Jaimie Herrera Beutler (R Wash) who heard that comment directly from McCarthy and actually wrote it down. She shared this in a “phone Town Hall” – which, by the way, I was invited to but chose not to attend – just the other day. It’s the reason she chose to vote for individual 1’s IMPEACHMENT. And, that’s the reason why I called her office to share with her I’ll be voting for her in 2022. My first vote for a republican since Bush/Cheney LIED “we the people” into the Iraq fiasco.
The other thing I thought about while thinking of my acquaintance suggesting my disdain for “Christian influence in government” (which, by the way, couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m a Christian and I’ve been questioning how any Christian could be supporting someone as “deplorable” as individual 1 for over four years now) is how individual 1 showed what a “Christian” he is by the way he treated Mike Pense. I’m not the only American who has referred to Pense as individual 1’s lapdog – someone who’s shown unquestioned loyalty to our former mob boss of a TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president – and, reportedly continues to do so ????? – but, we’ve now CLEARLY seen how individual 1 returns that loyalty – by attempting to “sick” his bloodthirsty MOB on his Vice President so they could “stop the steal.”
I waited all day for the House managers to ask this question when the lawyers for individual 1 were denying whether he could be held accountable for the actions of the MOB which breached the Capitol Building, what could individual 1 possibly have meant by “stop the steal?” Does it make a bit of sense to suggest the INSURRECTIONISTS did this on their own? Does anyone actually believe individual 1 didn’t want the INSURRECTIONISTS to do exactly what they did – in fact that he wanted them to do more? That he WANTED them to actually get Mike Pense? Individual 1 KNEW ahead of time what Pense was going to do on January 6th, 2021 and was he thinking if the MOB could get Pense the certification COULDN’T happen without him? Or, maybe they might have got their bloodthirsty hands on Nancy Pelosi?
Of course, NONE of this will cause republican Senators to vote to Convict individual 1. They, clearly, are more interested in re-election than what’s best for our country. As has been said multiple times today and in the past month, the WHOLE world is watching and America is slowly forfeiting her place as the “shining city on a hill” in the words of Ronald Reagan and these republican Senators could care less. Multiple reports have them laughing during the presentation today (although, I have to admit, I found myself laughing, but I was LAUGHING at the absurd comments of individual 1’s lawyers. They really were AWEFUL.) Most believe individual 1 will NEVER pay them. More of his “Christian values.” (BTW I checked to see how many times individual 1 has attended church and EVERY answer suggested almost NEVER – just sayin….)
I feel bad I have friends who are grown adults who can’t see this. I keep attempting to give them books to read and, in every instance, I get refusals. Despite the books I would give them are FACT based non fiction books they suggest they MUST be written by “liberal” authors. Of course, my response is always, read the book and then give me FACTS which refutes what is in the books. Most of these people read only the Bible and they have based their political whims on the abortion issue. For the past four years – well, more like the past two plus years, I suppose – I’ve been calling this a “deal with the devil” for all these “Christians.” I could go on and on why individual 1 doesn’t come across as a “Christian leader” to me, but all you’d have to do is check the archives. The list is long!
Finally, individual 1’s lawyers had something really important in common with their client. And, of course, that is LYING! Their LYING was basic and everyone in the room who was paying attention knows it – of course, that would exclude republicans. Individual 1’s lawyer said, NO, to a question about whether individual 1 knew about the whereabouts of Pense and the danger he was in. By all accounts, that was a BLATANT LIE. Plus, MOST of their answers in the “question and answer” session were, well, laughable. Maybe that is why Senate republicans were seen laughing during the session. Most reports are suggesting they were laughing because they’re disinterested in the entire proceeding because they don’t have the GUTS to vote to convict because they believe that will cost them their seat. I truly hope this cowardice costs them just that!
It’s Saturday morning and the Senate is now voting on witnesses. It appears what has been reported about Jaimie Herrera Beutler has caught the attention of the House Managers. Jamie Raskin, the lead House Manager, said the managers want to depose Ms. Beutler by “Zoom” and to subpoena her contemporaneous notes which she wrote down when McCarthy was venting about his phone call with individual 1. Personally, I believe McCarthy and everyone else who heard what he said should be subpoenaed. Ms. Beutler has challenged other “patriots” who heard McCarthy’s reference to the phone call to come forward. I also believe they might call either Mike Pense or Secret Service members who know the TRUTH about what happened with him – including Tommy Tuberville’s referenced to his phone call with the former TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president where he informed individual 1 Pense was being taken from the House Chamber which happened just minutes before individual 1 “tweeted” to his INSURRECTIONISTS that “Mike Pense has let us down.” Yikes!!
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the one foopah of individual 1’s lawyers which caught my eye – there were several. But when he was referring to the phone call individual 1 made to “Ben Roffensberger” in Georgia I was like, “what did he just say?” Fortunately, I have a “go back” button on my computer and, sure enough, he referred to Brad Raffensperger as ?Ben Roethlisberger? The only thing which was clear to me was individual 1’s lawyers have no idea what they’re doing. The fortunate thing for them is they have an audience who’ve already made up their minds. To me, the worst part is potential future clients are watching them in action and, would you want them defending you? Plus, will they get paid?