And Sleepy Joe Will Get The Credit: US Politics January 2021

i think they know worse stuff is coming from the investigation

i can see why mitch would want to try this, but it again suggests they think they can control the monster. the GOP disavowing trump won't make the MAGAs any less racist or crazy

While taking cover under the seats of the gallery, we were instructed to take off our mask in order to put on a gas mask. Why did we need a gas mask in the House?

Because Trump and his Republicans had incited insurrectionists to launch a deadly attack on the Capitol. That's why. https://t.co/wXMasUmA8u

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 12, 2021

He was a phony Republican anyway: In 1999, Trump changed his party affiliation to the Independence Party of New York. In August 2001, Trump changed his party affiliation to Democratic. In September 2009, Trump changed his party affiliation back to the Republican Party. In December 2011, Trump changed to "no party affiliation" (independent).

Purge him!!

A RINO!

I only voted for him because I was forced to, because of her emails!

WHich I also heard around Festivus, or thereabouts

no doubt mitch is less interested in holding cruz or hawley to account

i can see why mitch would want to try this, but it again suggests they think they can control the monster. the GOP disavowing trump won't make the MAGAs any less racist or crazy

― mookieproof, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 5:06 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's not a great option but it's probably the best option they've got, and if they additionally support the vote to bar him from running again it becomes an even better option.

you laugh but

Laugh, Orange Clown, Laugh

While taking cover under the seats of the gallery, we were instructed to take off our mask in order to put on a gas mask. Why did we need a gas mask in the House?

Because Trump and his Republicans had incited insurrectionists to launch a deadly attack on the Capitol. That's why. https://t.co/wXMasUmA8u
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 12, 2021

― shivers me timber (sic), Tuesday, January 12, 2021 2:06 PM (two minutes ago)

should note that the FBI confirmed today that tear gas was being fired INTO the capitol.

But her she-mails! #FestivusForTheRestOfUs

once Trump is removed, he's going to somehow get on television, look straight into the camera, and say

"Ok, everybody. You know what time it is. RELEASE...THE TURDUCKEN!"

and before he realizes his mistake, the video feed cuts away

I remember every election I've ever lived through except the one that happened a month after I was born (1984).

In some parallel universe, Dan Quayle is finishing being president right now and the people are wondering what could have been worse.

who were the presidents in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2013 in this universe?

jfc the story behind that about the gas mask makes that bullshit screen grab "gotcha" even more infuriating than it already was.

McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict

Does this mean that the Trumplings will leave the GOP in droves? And maybe try to start some kook third party? Because that would be ideal, really.

what is mconnell up to here with this crazy twist ??

it's not a great option but it's probably the best option they've got, and if they additionally support the vote to bar him from running again it becomes an even better option.

I guess he realizes that can't move forward 'til they wipe the shit off their shoes

what is mconnell up to here with this crazy twist ??

― lag∞n,

Getting ready to start the Amnesia Twist, whereby the GOP will pretend Trump never existed.

but their feet are made of shit

xp

lol <3

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErkNT_oXEAQVq8x?format=png&name=small

live on CNN - Dana Bash reporting Liz Cheney will vote for impeachment

House Republican Conference chair Liz Cheney makes it official: "I will vote to impeach the President." pic.twitter.com/0MlW9RygZO

— Daniel Strauss (@DanielStrauss4) January 12, 2021

"Also everyone in my party, including me, should be in prison."

not that her vote means much in the house

but it's definitely part of this seeming to gain steam or at least the possibility that GOP members might vote for it, given the mcconnell news

What a world where we need Dick and Liz Cheney to save us from the BAD Republicans.

Like if you had told me that in 2006 I might have just moved to Scotland then.

Just think, you could be in Brexbojoland as we speak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nufb3JysCgY

Literally just rewatched Local Hero two nights ago! Love that movie.

Dick liz nuts

Republicans mused for years what a nightmare it would be if Bernie Sanders chaired budget committee, jamming socialist policies through the Senate.

Now the post is his.

"They should be worried," @SenSanders says of his GOP colleagues.

w/ @jimtankersleyhttps://t.co/ybsQZGXdYY

— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) January 12, 2021

YAS QUEEN

heroically resisting the urge to post a video of Dead Moon's "Running Scared"

As much as I wanted impeachment to happen last Friday, the waiting has allowed these defections to happen, thanks to the drip-drip of steadily more horrifying revelations.

Kinzinger's in, unsurprisingly:

pic.twitter.com/DwKqkxhZw4

— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) January 12, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g96RjcyTtMU
/pvmic

throw these fuckers down the well

DETROIT (AP) — The AP has learned ex-Michigan Gov. Snyder and others have been told they’re being charged in Flint water scandal.

— Mike Balsamo (@MikeBalsamo1) January 12, 2021

A Senate Republican aide tells me he thinks there were about 20, give or take, Republicans who were *open* to a conviction

Before our story on McConnell

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 12, 2021

the lead well xp

Drew Griffin @CNN reporting Capitol insurrection Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander said he was getting help from three members of Congress (Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks).

— Alexa O'Brien (@alexadobrien) January 12, 2021

they were simply trying to... take out the trash

The mom of the man nicknamed the “zip-tie guy” says she and her son did not have violent intentions when they stormed the U.S. Capitol https://t.co/UpBbUzuDRz

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 12, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK-hypKtHiM

xp I mean the best case scenario if that's true is that someone else brought zip ties so ...

Why are they going through this pointless motion of getting Pence to invoke the 25th? He said he wouldn't, he said he wouldn't days ago. He didn't do it when Pelosi asked. Skip to the end, just impeach him.

https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/congressman-mo-brooks-rebuts-vicious-scurrilous-fake-news-media-and

lol I didn't read that shit but Mo done fucked up for sure

Drew Griffin @CNN reporting Capitol insurrection Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander said he was getting help from three members of Congress (Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks).

These people will be snitching on each other the minute they're interrogated.

I don't know anything about Ali Alexander but he is about to be the heart of a million conspiracy theories.