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

oooh guys

Josh Hawley has a question.

This dude is on some caveman lawyer shit

he's kinda Lothar of the Hill People at this stage

Openly crying that they didn't have enough time to prepare

"I'm not from here, I don't know your fancy way of doing things..." Very Jefferson Smith.

bullying is Bad, but then i see this chump and i'm like "nope he didn't get shoved into nearly enough lockers"

If the tweet don't fit, you must acquit.

OMIGOD

"Several of my best friends are Jewish. How can I be anti-Semitic?"

here comes Sanders

good rope-a-dope question from Sanders, basically trolling the Trump lawyers, by asking them to go on the record as to whether Trump lost the election or not

loooool, he's too scared of Trump yelling at him and refuses to answer

woof, watching this for a minute or two is fucking painful

Speaking of Simpsons, this guy giving off Simpsons default lawyer guy vibes.
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my god, these bumbling fucks are our government

watched two minutes had to tap out

jiminy crickets
holy cow

this is deeply rage inducing

it's happy hour

peace out!

my god, these bumbling fucks are our government

i remember as a kid thinking that these were all super smart thoughtful people or something smh

they're literal personal injury lawyers iiuc

they're literal personal injury lawyers iiuc

Of course they are; there's no way Trump's gonna hire a lawyer unless he hears them say the words "You don't pay a dime unless we win!" on his TV.

They should ask the lawyers if the riots were foreseeable was it a wise move to give a firey speech

Controversial opinion? I don't believe Trump intended for the riot to happen. Does anyone really believe that? I hate the jackass and he recklessly got them all fired up but I 100% believed that he intended for there to be a big exciting movement. He wanted the movement to slide out into the street, he wanted it to be absolutely steaming and irritable and urgent, but he didn't foresee it getting THAT messy. But as that shit went down and unraveled in real time I think he was hoping it would be this cool Boston tea party historical uprising given his limp attempts to tell them not to hurt cops etc, I just don't subscribe to the idea that he planned it to go that far. Not that he wasn't so very charmed by the whole thing.

imagine agreeing to do literally anything at all for Trump and not demanding to get paid up front

The fact is that a good slice of Congress has always consisted of people who knew how to get elected with considerable help from in-state kingmakers, but who are just bumbling fucks. It's history. You can look it up. But, as demonstrated by the competence of the House impeachment managers, another slice of Congress have always been a cut above the level of 'bumbling fucks'.

This dipshit keeps talking about 'the law' like this is a criminal or civil trial.. and it's not.

xxxp remember this is the guy behind family separation and "who cares if people in blue states die of Covid". also the whole thing about finding out Pence was in danger and then immediately tweeted about how he "didn't have the courage". still, you might be right

ascribing any form of long-term thinking to trump seems like a mistake to me

Evan: I went into this with more or less the same view, that Trump--who hadn't shut up for two minutes in four years--was doing what he did, just saying stupid stuff without envisioning what ultimately happened. The Democrats' presentation on Wednesday and Thursday actually changed my mind on that.

Think he was just rolling with the punches but wasn't expecting much more than a really fired up protest. There's always been this element of making his supporters feel like they were part of something bigger than themselves and telling them to "keep fighting" and all that hot air just to keep the fire burning so he could leave the presidency with his supporters and himself believing that he could never lose and he didn't really lose cause it is so obviously impossible never lose never ever no it's impossible no no... but when things actually got out of hand he was like "oh, cool, nice, well hold on just a moment let's just see where this all leads shall we?".

xp

I didn't catch all of the presentations, just bits here and there.

"I dispute the premise of your facts"

Trump's understanding of other people seems to be quite rudimentary, but he understands rudimentary people very well.

kneecapping the national guard before the attack kinda undercuts that argument

also important to keep in mind what got him impeached the first time

BUsboys and poets has an interview with Congresswoman Norton of DC on in 20 minutes. JUst in case you wanted some more different politics.

Ranking getting heated, I like it

*Raskin

Congresswoman Norton

Delegate. Not Congresswoman.

Sore point, and I h8 it, but let us be precise.

I also like how Plaskett noted how Trump has turned on Republicans who didn't follow his commands.

as a former Republican, she should know!

congressional gold medal for officer goodman

Thanks for saving us from the murderous mob incited by the guy we're about to acquit. Here, have a medal.

Anybody hearing what CNN's reporting? Seems big, but how many times have you heard that before?

What’re they reporting?

Some expletive-heavy call between Trump and McCarthy after the attack started--McCarthy begging him to call them off, Trump declining.

The source is supposedly Republican house members.

Is there a recording?

Not yet--it's somebody "familiar with the call." But recordings tend to find their way out.

If not, it will be written off just like the Tuberville call