Liz Cheney at Jan. 6 hearing: Trump is 'a 76-year-old man,' not 'an impressionable child'

[Scott]

Liz Cheney at Jan. 6 hearing: Trump is 'a 76-year-old man,' not 'an impressionable child'

The House select committee’s series of public hearings resumed Tuesday with panel Vice Chair Liz Cheney telling those watching that the idea that then-President Donald Trump was “incapable of telling right from wrong” while perpetuating the election falsehoods that fueled the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is “nonsense.”

 

“President Trump is a 76-year-old man,” the Republican congresswoman from Wyoming said in her opening remarks. “He is not an impressionable child. Just like everyone else in our country, he is responsible for his own actions and his own choices.”

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jan-6-hearing-liz-cheney-trump-76-year-old-man-not-impressionable-young-child-180728321.html

 

 

[Jingthing]

But he's gotten this far in life without facing consequences for his life of grifting so the jury is still out on whether that will finally change.

[Credo]

8 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

But he's gotten this far in life without facing consequences for his life of grifting so the jury is still out on whether that will finally change.

By and large, the powerful and wealthy get by with much more than most of us do but in this case the Jan 6 is also very powerful.   

 

The two witnesses were good.  Not very dynamic, but it was good to hear from people actually on the ground.  It makes it more real and less abstract.

[Scott]

Trump incited Jan. 6 attack after 'unhinged' White House meeting, panel told

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of inciting a mob of followers to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to remain in power as Congress was formally certifying the then-president's election loss.

In video testimony shown by the House of Representatives committee investigating the riot, witnesses described a loud late-night six-hour meeting on Dec. 18, 2020, where Trump disregarded White House staffers who urged him to concede the November 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden.

Instead, Trump sided with outside advisers who urged him to keep pressing his baseless claims of election fraud. Committee members said Trump ultimately was responsible for the chaos that followed.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-capitol-riot-probe-turns-focus-trump-allies-extremist-groups-2022-07-12/

[bendejo]

Let's not ignore the cherry-bomb at the finale

Liz Cheney: Committee informed DOJ that Trump attempted to contact a witness not yet seen in the hearings

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“That person declined to answer or respond to President Trump’s call, and instead alerted their lawyer to the call. Their lawyer alerted us,” Cheney said. “And this committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice.”

Oh wait, the DOJ.  Nevermind.  

 

 

[2baht]

8 hours ago, Scott said:

Trump is 'a 76-year-old man,' not 'an impressionable child'

Some would argue that he is a spoilt, impressionable child!

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, 2baht said:

Some would argue that he is a spoilt, impressionable child!

Emotionally yes. Legally no.

[Bkk Brian]

New, damning allegations about the final days of Donald Trump's presidency have emerged during the latest hearing about the Capitol riots.

 

One committee member said the latest revelations made Watergate - one of the biggest scandals in US political history - look like "a cub scout meeting".

 

https://news.sky.com/story/capitol-riot-hearing-white-house-brawl-a-call-to-arms-twitter-workers-fears-about-trump-tweet-12650989

[Chomper Higgot]

No loyal defenders yet?

 

 

[Phoenix Rising]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

No loyal defenders yet?

 

 

Maybe they're fatigued as well.

 

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[klauskunkel]

10 hours ago, Scott said:

He is not an impressionable child.

His voters are, though.

Personally, I think he is a cult leader.

[animalmagic]

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

Some would argue that he is a spoilt, impressionable child!

Most would agree that he is a spoilt, impressionable child!

Corrected your typos.  No need to thank me ????

[vandeventer]

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

Some would argue that he is a spoilt, impressionable child!

This is not a Jan.6 hearing it's a Trump hearing a Kangaroo hearing and dirty Liz is more of a Democrat than most Democrats. 

[2baht]

1 minute ago, vandeventer said:

Liz is more of a Democrat than most Democrats. 

Thankfully, one republican has some common sense!

[vandeventer]

1 minute ago, 2baht said:

Thankfully, one republican has some common sense!

It's not common sense, it's no sense!

[Pattaya Spotter]

Liz...if you get enough Democrats to vote for you, you might actually win your REPUBLICAN primary race ????????????????

[2baht]

3 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

It's not common sense, it's no sense!

I gather you support the insurrectionist.

[Jingthing]

8 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Liz...if you get enough Democrats to vote for you, you might actually win your REPUBLICAN primary race ????????????????

Democrats in Wyoming?

 

Mooo. (Bay Area In Joke )

 

I was in Wyoming as a kid. Will never forget their Son of a Gun Stew.

Edited July 13, 2022 by Jingthing

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, 2baht said:

I gather you support the insurrectionist.

Well gathered.

[Pattaya Spotter]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

Democrats in Wyoming?

Liz Cheney Encourages Wyoming Democrats to Change Parties to Vote for Her https://nyti.ms/3xMbsFv ????

[bendejo]

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

No loyal defenders yet?

Waiting for Fox to tell them what to think.  Or give them "whatabouts."

The might have to parry with the worn tropes, like cow farts and pizza parlor basements.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

19 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Liz...if you get enough Democrats to vote for you, you might actually win your REPUBLICAN primary race ????????????????

She’s putting Country and Constitution (the things every elected representative takes an oath to defend) before her personal political career.

 

The GOP has gone so far off into rightwing extremism that Liz Cheney is being applauded by patriots for doing what until 2016 was regarded as expected solemn duty.

 

It’s well past time to turn the investigation onto the enablers of Trump’s crimes in the GOP.

 

 

Edited July 13, 2022 by Chomper Higgot

[Phoenix Rising]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

She’s putting Country and Constitution (the things every elected representative takes an oath to defend) before her personal political career.

 

 

Absolutely. She and Kinzinger are among a very short list of GOP'ers not acting like cowardly spineless maggots willing to do just about anything (including supporting a former traitor president) to cling to power.

[vandeventer]

25 minutes ago, 2baht said:

I gather you support the insurrectionist.

There was none, it's all in your mind just like the Russia, Russia, Russia,

[2baht]

5 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

There was none, it's all in your mind just like the Russia, Russia, Russia,

But I saw it live, as it happened!

[candide]

31 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Waiting for Fox to tell them what to think.  Or give them "whatabouts."

The might have to parry with the worn tropes, like cow farts and pizza parlor basements.

 

 

I just had a look at Fox News website. It doesn't report about the hearings, so they may not have any idea about what has been said during hearings.

[Chomper Higgot]

21 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

There was none, it's all in your mind just like the Russia, Russia, Russia,

Tell that to the insurrectionists locked up in prison.

[vandeventer]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Tell that to the insurrectionists locked up in prison.

Most don't even know why they are in jail, and again this was not a insurrection

[candide]

1 hour ago, animalmagic said:

Most would agree that he is a spoilt, impressionable child!

Corrected your typos.  No need to thank me ????

On top of being a loser, a liar and a cheat! ????

[ozimoron]

29 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

There was none, it's all in your mind just like the Russia, Russia, Russia,

Did those proud boys who pled guilty to seditious conspiracy dream their crime?