U.S. Senate blocks constitutional challenge to Trump impeachment trial

[J Town]

7 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

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Time for the GOP to get it's act together.  Renounce QAnon.  Tell the truth.  Stop telling lies.

 

Now the GOP IS QAnon.

[johnnybangkok]

9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

After Biden was sworn in some TVF posters expressed optimism that Trump was gone and forgotten, banned by social media and out of Washington.

However, Trump continues to be the main topic of conversation on TVF, and on CNN etc, BECAUSE the Democrats CHOOSE to prolong his exposure in the public eye. He doesn't need social media when every main news channel is reporting on him every day for hours. I hope he is going to be in the senate to defend himself, and every word he says will be broadcast around the world. I expect him to make much of the opportunity to rally his base and lambast the Democrats.

I suspect the Democrats will be doing everything they can to deny him the opportunity, however I think they will discover that they have started something they will come to regret in future days.

Well i think they should drop the whole incitement to insurrection and attempted coup because obviously those charges pail in comparison to 'prolonging his exposure in the public eye'.

And why would he be 'lambasting the democrats'? It wasn't their supporters who stormed The Capitol.

[kiteman9]

Lets go back and impeach Nixon

 

[johnnybangkok]

1 hour ago, kiteman9 said:

Lets go back and impeach Nixon

 

Nixon resigned before he was impeached. He also wasn't accused of instigating an insurrection/coup. 
If you're going to use historical anologies, perhaps learn them?

 

[candide]

12 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

After Biden was sworn in some TVF posters expressed optimism that Trump was gone and forgotten, banned by social media and out of Washington.

However, Trump continues to be the main topic of conversation on TVF, and on CNN etc, BECAUSE the Democrats CHOOSE to prolong his exposure in the public eye. He doesn't need social media when every main news channel is reporting on him every day for hours. I hope he is going to be in the senate to defend himself, and every word he says will be broadcast around the world. I expect him to make much of the opportunity to rally his base and lambast the Democrats.

I suspect the Democrats will be doing everything they can to deny him the opportunity, however I think they will discover that they have started something they will come to regret in future days.

It looks like his legal team doesn't agree with the line of defence he wants to present (election fraud). Well, he can still have a try with Powel! ????

 

Donald Trump's entire legal team quits week before impeachment trial: Sources

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/donald-trumps-entire-legal-team-041610892.html

[Sujo]

3 hours ago, kiteman9 said:

Lets go back and impeach Nixon

 

Nixon was pardoned

[Lacessit]

40 minutes ago, candide said:

It looks like his legal team doesn't agree with the line of defence he wants to present (election fraud). Well, he can still have a try with Powel! ????

 

Donald Trump's entire legal team quits week before impeachment trial: Sources

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/donald-trumps-entire-legal-team-041610892.html

Reported in Australian news as well.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-31/donald-trump-parts-impeachment-lawyers-week-before-trial/13107138

I'm just wondering if it has nothing to do with the line of defence, and everything to do with being paid up front to represent him. With his record, only a fool of a lawyer would expect to get payment afterwards.

[candide]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

Reported in Australian news as well.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-31/donald-trump-parts-impeachment-lawyers-week-before-trial/13107138

I'm just wondering if it has nothing to do with the line of defence, and everything to do with being paid up front to represent him. With his record, only a fool of a lawyer would expect to get payment afterwards.

Good point. It could also be for both reasons.

[J Town]

4 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

Well i think they should drop the whole incitement to insurrection and attempted coup because obviously those charges pail in comparison to 'prolonging his exposure in the public eye'.

And why would he be 'lambasting the democrats'? It wasn't their supporters who stormed The Capitol.

OK, one more time . . .

 

I moved out of the family home of three generations a week ago.

Right before I left, I pushed grandma down the stairs, killing her.

My parents want to have charges brought against me. I tell them that will NOT help family unity. Why not just move on? I most likely will do it again, but that's beside the point.

 

Why is this such a hard concept to grab? 45 INCITED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE US! He set the stage for months (FRAUD! FRAUD!) then attempted to have the election confirmation interrupted, resulting in the deaths of five INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER performing his duty defending the capitol building. The terrorists are recorded multiple times shouting "Death to Pence! Death to Pelosi!"

 

This beggars belief! How can so many be so blind?

[J Town]

4 hours ago, kiteman9 said:

Lets go back and impeach Nixon

 

 

At least he left with a LITTLE bit of honor. ????

[Lacessit]

19 minutes ago, J Town said:

 

At least he left with a LITTLE bit of honor. ????

AND didn't kill as many Americans through inaction.

[Lacessit]

22 minutes ago, J Town said:

 

This beggars belief! How can so many be so blind?

The correct adjective is dumb. Moron if you want a noun.

[Jeffr2]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Reported in Australian news as well.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-31/donald-trump-parts-impeachment-lawyers-week-before-trial/13107138

I'm just wondering if it has nothing to do with the line of defence, and everything to do with being paid up front to represent him. With his record, only a fool of a lawyer would expect to get payment afterwards.

Seems the issue is Trump wants to focus on election fraud and the lawyers want to focus on the constitutionality.  The lawyers are right.  And Trump's in LaLa land.  As most of us have known for years.

[Rimmer]

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[billd766]

2 hours ago, J Town said:

OK, one more time . . .

 

I moved out of the family home of three generations a week ago.

Right before I left, I pushed grandma down the stairs, killing her.

My parents want to have charges brought against me. I tell them that will NOT help family unity. Why not just move on? I most likely will do it again, but that's beside the point.

 

Why is this such a hard concept to grab? 45 INCITED VIOLENCE AGAINST THE US! He set the stage for months (FRAUD! FRAUD!) then attempted to have the election confirmation interrupted, resulting in the deaths of five INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER performing his duty defending the capitol building. The terrorists are recorded multiple times shouting "Death to Pence! Death to Pelosi!"

 

This beggars belief! How can so many be so blind?

IMHO they are not so much blind as unable to face reality. Many of them are now realising that they have been conned by Trump and are unwilling to admit it for whatever reason. They have nailed their colours to the mast and simply cannot accept that they are wrong, and refuse to admit it.

[PattayaJames]

2 hours ago, J Town said:

OK, one more time . . .

I moved out of the family home of three generations a week ago.

Right before I left, I pushed grandma down the stairs, killing her.

My parents want to have charges brought against me. I tell them that will NOT help family unity. Why not just move on? I most likely will do it again, but that's beside the point.

 

Except, Trump did not push Grandma down the stairs, he only asked her to go downstairs and make a nice cup of tea, and use the stair lift Grandma.

 

Grandma does not use the stairlift and falls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sujo]

1 hour ago, PattayaJames said:

 

Except, Trump did not push Grandma down the stairs, he only asked her to go downstairs and make a nice cup of tea, and use the stair lift Grandma.

 

Grandma does not use the stairlift and falls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Werent you going with her?

[Sujo]

Qanon shaman and others want to testify against trump.

 

so even trump supporters say they were following his orders. Or, you can say trump supporters are just dumb.

 

Both ways is correct.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/qanon-shaman-capitol-riots-testify-trump-b1794522.html

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, PattayaJames said:

 

Except, Trump did not push Grandma down the stairs, he only asked her to go downstairs and make a nice cup of tea, and use the stair lift Grandma.

 

Grandma does not use the stairlift and falls.

Actually Trump screamed "election fraud" and "fight like hell!" and then asked Grandma to go downstairs to fix it.

[heybruce]

15 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Qanon shaman and others want to testify against trump.

 

so even trump supporters say they were following his orders. Or, you can say trump supporters are just dumb.

 

Both ways is correct.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/qanon-shaman-capitol-riots-testify-trump-b1794522.html

Unfortunately the testimony of the "look at me, I'm wearing horns" buffoon won't go far in court.  However it does illustrate the kind of attention obsessed idiots that are promoting the Trump lies about the election.

[thaibeachlovers]

23 hours ago, heybruce said:

Impeachment of the President for sedition was bound to be a major news story.  In spite of that I've seen much less of Trump in the news since Biden's inauguration than before. 

I guess you don't watch CNN then.

[Credo]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I guess you don't watch CNN then.

You seem to be on silly, off-topic crusade.  I just finished watching three different news channels in the past couple of hours.  Coverage of Trump was not nil on 2 of them.  Not a word, not a mention of his name.  The other one devoted less than 30 seconds to him.   Did you have a point?

 

[Jeffr2]

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I guess you don't watch CNN then.

I watch CNN and Fox every day.  WAY less mention of Trump than a month ago.  LUCKILY!

[Scott]

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6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I guess you don't watch CNN then.

Are you claiming that you do?

[heybruce]

9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I guess you don't watch CNN then.

As I've stated before, I get my news by reading, not watching television.  More people should try this.

[onthedarkside]

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U.S. Senate blocks constitutional challenge to Trump impeachment trial

 

 

[katana]

On 1/26/2021 at 9:51 PM, webfact said:

Trump is the only president to have been impeached by the House of Representatives twice

Slightly misleading since he was acquitted  both times...

[Salerno]

7 minutes ago, katana said:

Slightly misleading since he was acquitted  both times...

 

Not misleading at all, an acquittal doesn't change the fact he was impeached.

[J Town]

Just now, Salerno said:

7 minutes ago, katana said:

Slightly misleading since he was acquitted  both times...

 

Not misleading at all, an acquittal doesn't change the fact he was impeached.

Even McConnell admits the former president is guilty of the crimes, but voted for acquittal on a technicality.