“It’s a little too quiet” - US Politics February 2021

was he just holding up the mao little red book?

wasn't Schoen in Journey?

Trumpers have Constitution toilet paper and then they blather on about the "constitutionality" of the things where "constitutionality" means "whether I like or dislike it personally"

ok, waving Mao's book is pushing this way into comic territory. oh by the way, that speech you are giving is happening as part of a constitutional process.

Lol

schoen's still talking.

the thing that we don't realize, see, is that democrats moved forward with impeaching trump less than 48 HOURS after the events of 1/6/21. they did it immediately afterward, basically! can you believe that? those democrats have a lot of nerve

also WTF is he doing when he holds his skull with his hand every time he drinks water? he's done it at least four separate times now. is he trying to keep something on the back of his head from falling off?

his medulla

it's just a sexy little pose

Everything Trump does or directs others to do is targeted at the same people who loved The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, except its tuned to an angrier, meaner pitch.

i mean, to move forward with impeaching so quickly, that would have to take a very BAD and VERY OBVIOUS event that left no doubt in anyone's mind. now, the events of 1/6/21 were a terrible, horrible thing. we all agree with that. lives were lost. and we all remember it vividly and will never forget. but to move forward with impeaching so quickly afterward, that is just extreme, and kowtowing to the interests of the democratic party's base, hold on

*drinks water and keeps brain from spilling out*

as i was saying

apparently the water thing has to do with him being an Orthodox Jew and not wearing a Yarmulke

oh, gotcha.

I watched 30 seconds of the trial just now, lol @ one of Trump’s lawyers rocking back and forth as he speaks like a guy who’s about to get slaughtered in a horror movie

He seemed to be arguing that there was simultaneously a rush to judgement mixed with outrageous delay tactics.

schoen is now arguing that if the impeachment trial is allowed to continue, it could lead to jimmy carter being impeached for his actions during the hostage crisis

I’m sure his employer is very happy with how this is going

man, eric holder getting impeached for fast and furious, then jimmy carter getting tried for the hostage crisis

the future is going to be wild if they move forward with impeaching trump

I talked to Ken Starr and he agrees, impeachment is only for blowjobs, that is what the founding fathers intended.

I’m sure his employer is very happy with how this is going

― We’re Up All Night To Get Lochte (Raymond Cummings)

yep, he's their primary audience. but also, i'm sure OAN and newsmax and fox are just looking for 20 seconds worth of a comprehensible argument from trump's lawyers, so they can focus only on that that and have a couple people on to discuss how they also agree that it totally exonerates trump

(to the extent that they cover this at all)

This argument is at least coherent. The other one was weird.

More weirdness plz.

if by coherent you mean it's an attempt to make a constitutional argument based on pure bullshit, then yes, I agree

i wanna see a live feed of senator john neely kennedy watching this. i imagine him to be captivated by the textual argument, just spellbound by schoen's mastery

He seemed to be arguing that there was simultaneously a rush to judgement mixed with outrageous delay tactics.

Yeah, I came here to post exactly this. I don't understand much of his circuitous reasoning, other than that, according to the Constitution, we obviously cannot impeach Trump. But as he tries to explain just why that is my head explodes.

Can’t believe anyone is watching this.

well there you have it Professor Bobbitt. Case closed!

Can’t believe anyone is watching this.

US Politics thread bingo!

Also, I thought it was McConnell who ensured that the impeachment would happen after Biden was inaugurated--didn't he say right away that the Senate wasn't going to reconvene until after the 20th no matter what? If the House did hold onto the articles, so what--it had already been made clear that a trial would not begin until after Trump left.

https://cdn.talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-2nd-Trump-Impeachment-Trial-04_26_54-PM.jpg

so sad that Chinese communists get to dictate the impeachment process

stand with someone when they do right, part with them when they do wrong. so there should be an impeachment trial?

I can do without the hoarse poetry braw

I have a copy of this--is that what he's holding up?

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31gJEDfmDgL._SY298_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

dang he really did it what a madman

Raskin clearly understood that everyone is already bored out of their skulls

btw guys, CNBC is reporting that Washington State's proposed wealth tax is cripplingly inadequate

Jeff Bezos would owe Jeff Bezos would owe $2 billion a year in state taxes if Washington passes wealth tax billion a year in state taxes if Washington passes wealth tax

It's not one of those little bathroom books of jokes?

Well, six GOP senators voted "aye" to have the trial.

sic with the hyperlink remix

About that argument that impeaching, trying, and convicting Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection, demanding the death of his Vice President for the purpose of overturning a legitimate election could be used as a precedent to impeach, try and convict Jimmy Carter for his conduct during the Iran hostage crisis. Um, yeah, I suppose that could happen, if for some utterly crazy reason the House decided to impeach Carter and the Senate, upon hearing the evidence voted to convict him.

Yup, sure could and I agree it would be legal and constitutional and yet the prospect of that happening doesn't bother me one bit. The prospect of Trump NOT being tried for his months long incitement to insurrection, leading to the storming of the US Capitol and near hostage-taking of the Congress - now THAT bothers the living wits out of me.

Let’s all just forgive and forget, move on

Just watching the video of jan 6 now. Harrowing

Mitch McConnell just voted that it's unconstitutional to try a former president after he blocked a trial of Trump while he was president.

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 9, 2021

Fp'd Mitch for that

Fuck Mitch. But this is exactly why I can't watch this shit, it's entirely predictable and we know nothing will happen.

that's the shit that drives me insane. they spent all his last impeachment trial saying "we can't impeach him, the voters picked him", and now it's "we can't impeach him, the voters picked someone else"

<wondering if the gap btw posting in/reading a U.S. politics thread and watching/listening to a presidential impeachment hearing is really so great that it merits essentially putting down ppl who are doing that)

I don't disparage anyone for watching, just noting the absolute predictability of the outcome and actions of the GOP senators that keep me from doing so. Godspeed to any of you all that can sit through this.

Trump team adviser candid on messy opening day for former president's impeachment team. Adviser said Trump could be in serious jeopardy if he finds himself charged in criminal court: “Trump is f*cked if anyone ever charges him. No one wants to work with him.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 9, 2021

Well, six GOP senators voted "aye"

They're just getting into that dumb sea shanty fad