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Horrific new video obtained by CNN shows a MAGA rioter (in white hat and backpack) grab a DC Metro officer and pull him down Capitol steps where he is stomped and beaten with an American flag pole.
— Bill Weir (@BillWeirCNN) January 10, 2021
At one point they sing the Star Spangled Banner pic.twitter.com/XXJMxanGXp
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| June 6, 2020 |
What I Say: Today the House of Representatives will formally ask Vice President Pence to oust Trump under the provisions of the 25th Amendment; and if Pence refuses to do so, the House will begin work on Articles of Impeachment. In this interview, Rep. Jim McGovern says some words your Head Trucker has not yet had a chance to say here in the Blue Truck about the crisis and the perpetrators of this attack on our government.
The House will seek to take up a resolution from Rep. Jamie Raskin on Monday urging Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office. If blocked, the House would consider impeachment.
— New Day (@NewDay) January 11, 2021
Rep. Jim McGovern says this may happen Wednesday or Thursday. pic.twitter.com/cR7QFLm2i1
But I will tell you one more word I am thinking of very hard: ARREST. Any other person inciting a murderous mob to attack our seat of government - the nation is looking at you, Giuliani, and you, Junior - would be cuffed and booked and thrown under the jailhouse as quick as the police could lay hands on him. I understand the concept of presidential immunity, which has its proper place in the scheme of things; but NO president can be allowed to incite insurrection from the back yard of the White House, you might say, and get away with it.
If Trump can't be arrested today, he damn well should be at 12:01 p.m. on January 20th. And the law, and if need be the Constitution, must be changed as quickly as possible to authorize the immediate arrest and removal from office of ANY president who foments sedition, rebellion, or treason, now or in future.
HE CAN'T BE ALLOWED TO JUST WALK AWAY, SNEERING AND SNICKERING AT ALL THE BLOODY CHAOS HE CAUSED.
The FBI is busting rioters all over the country even as I type; why not the mobster who sicced them on the Capitol? This gap in the law must be closed. I understand it might be a tricky thing to work out in legal terms - but we must come down HARD on the perpetrators of this vile attempt to overthrow the constitutional order, or as McConnell said the other day, our democracy will enter a death spiral. That is my considered opinion, for what it's worth.
P. S. -- Will someone please cc this highly pertinent article to McGovern and Pelosi ASAP? Thanks.
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5 comments:
George Will's prediction that "the worse is yet to come" was not a lone voice...so many were saying this for four years, and like prophets of old, were not heeded. Words, spoken or written, seem to evaporate with the next news cycle, often within hours of their utterance. At this late date there seems to be no satisfactory resolution to the crisis we are in and the utter lack of coordinated leadership in Congress.
Yeah, prophets have a lousy job. No respect, no retweets, no trendlines. I hear the pay isn't great, either.
But seems to me the Democratic leadership is zipping right along very briskly. And who knows if Pence and maybe a few turning worms on the Republican side of the Senate might not surprise us all? Especially as the public outrage grows and turns the heat up on all the Trump-suckers.
I'm praying the good Lord will keep him from doing any more damage between now and Jan. 20 - or any foreign actors. We private citizens can only wait and hope for the best, and cheer on the good-doers.
My God, what interesting times our generation has lived through, eh?
This whole nightmare has been surreal. Trump needs to be held accountable for his deeds.
You said all that needs to be said and done. ARREST
Appreciate your comments, guys.
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