US election 2020 thread

[littlebabyjesus]

Accordimg to talking heads and ecperts on newsnight and thr guardian feed, if mitch McConnell, republican senate leader, votes to impeach, than it could see enought other republicans follow suit. And he has let it be known he is leaning that way.
Thinh is trump is now becoming a pariah and the dissaray of all but the most whack job of his supporters makes it easier for the gop to chuck him under the bud.
He and the extremists he courted are now on the shit list of corporate america, the political establishment and the national security apparatus.
I think many in the gop may well see this as a golden opportunity to rid themselves of the rabid right and condem them to the fringes.

And the likes of Ted "The Beard" Cruz find themselves in a very difficult spot.

McConnell is the ultimate political operator, isn't he. May have timed his anti-Trump conversion just right.

 

[Wilf]

I was gutted too.

Fake news. SAD!

 

[Idris2002]

Sadly, killer b debunked this yesterday and took a little joy out of the world. Very sad.

Why do the facts hate America?

 

[Sprocket.]

Why do the facts hate America?

Because they got fed up of being ignored?

 

[Wilf]

And the likes of Ted "The Beard" Cruz find themselves in a very difficult spot.

McConnell is the ultimate political operator, isn't he. May have timed his anti-Trump conversion just right.

Okay, I'll go all Godwins: at least his timing's better than von Stauffenberg's.

 

[bimble]

Which one of the two do you mean?

Ah which author? This bloke sorry:

Marc-Andre Argentino

www.concordia.ca

 

[Wilf]

By the by, the House has just voted 221-205 on a procedural thing. It's not the substantive impeachment vote, but looks like there's still a significant Dem v GOP split there.

 

[Wilf]

By the by, the House has just voted 221-205 on a procedural thing. It's not the substantive impeachment vote, but looks like there's still a significant Dem v GOP split there.

.. and Lindsey Graham still opposing impeachment
Trump impeachment: House debates charge of 'incitement of insurrection' – live | US news | The Guardian

Edit: so I'm guessing the GOP is largely at the 'I just fucking hope this goes away' stage, rather and the 'quick, catch that bandwagon before it's too late' stage. It's that fine line between looking like a cunt or a cunt.

 

[Dystopiary]

Ah which author? This bloke sorry:

Marc-Andre Argentino

www.concordia.ca

Ta

 

[bimble]

Lindsey Graham’s tweet just now was basically if you impeach him then his people will be cross and there might be more violence you don’t want more violence do you.

 

[pinkmonkey]

The second image, immediately just makes me think "Starbucks".

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RIP Pumpkin Spice, she was the most revolutionary of the Spice Girls.

 

[petee]

I think Trump is as relevant as David Duke now. Utterly toxic to anyone apart from fringers. You would have to be nuts to support him after the 20th with all this baggage, irrespective of the outcome of the impeachment process.

they're not fringers when there are tens of millions of them.

 

[Sprocket.]

Lindsey Graham’s tweet just now was basically if you impeach him then his people will be cross and there might be more violence you don’t want more violence do you.

Intimidation and bullying. All they can spout like the losers and outright liars they are.

 

[teqniq]

Fair play, nail pretty much on the head here:

 

[brogdale]

I wanted to see which bits specifically of Trump's speech are seen as inciting violence. Thought I'd read a transcript. Found one -

Trump’s speech that ‘incited’ Capitol riot: Here’s what he said

Trump is accused of ‘incitement of insurrection’ after giving a speech before his supporters stormed the Capitol.

www.aljazeera.com

And then saw how long it is. I've kind of skim-read it. I don't see bits where he is clearly inciting violence. Which bits are they?

Filled under the bin Laden couldn't fly an airliner category.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Anyone watching the debate? Some batshit fuckery g'wanning....

https://twitter.com/i/events/1347651175236079616?timeline=top-commentary

 

[Treacle Toes]

 

[brogdale]

Anyone watching the debate? Some batshit fuckery g'wanning....

https://twitter.com/i/events/1347651175236079616?timeline=top-commentary

Key defence against the accusation of inciting insurrection is that he has just 7 days left in office.

 

[ska invita]

This is a thread that spells out what happened when, that day. Before trump had finished speaking a big lot of his crowd had already marched to the capitol and clashes with police were ongoing, but they didn’t actually get into the building until later.

this is what ive been wondering about - how close did the crowd get to the lawmakers - from that it seems very very close! Though the NYT time line stops just at the crucial moment of when was the chamber cleared

 

[Treacle Toes]

Key defence against the accusation of inciting insurrection is that he has just 7 days left in office.

Innit! Doesn't make sense because 7 days left...aha...fucks sake.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Some more photos of the apparently absolute shit-ton of National Guard in the Capitol right now (in thread form).

 

[agricola]

Key defence against the accusation of inciting insurrection is that he has just 7 days left in office.

Its absurd when they say it, but I think there is a lot of sense in not rushing this through now. Get Biden in the White House, find out what he's done, compel all the witnesses to attend this time and nail him properly.

 

[Sprocket.]

I thought it may be better to leave Trump to the Judiciary rather than the Legislature.
More chance of negating Trump with his base than what will appear to half of those who voted as purely political vengeance. But seven days is plenty of time to for Trump cause mischief at home and overseas.
The two sides are too far apart to attempt compromise and consensus, too much resentful baggage.

 

[belboid]

Some more photos of the apparently absolute shit-ton of National Guard in the Capitol right now (in thread form).

This one (from Brendan Smialowski) is also ‘impressive’

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Anyone watching the debate? Some batshit fuckery g'wanning....

https://twitter.com/i/events/1347651175236079616?timeline=top-commentary

Yep. Its like some of them are living in alternate universes.

Did that one guy seriously say "we haven't called a single witness"? FFS, there's hundreds of witnesses in the hall.

 

[Raheem]

Pelosi: Have we got soldiers?
Security chief: A shit ton.
Pelosi: Excellent. Are they awake?

 

[hitmouse]

A lot of that stuff everyone was saying the other day about what he’d lose from impeachment isn’t true, apparently. It came from some wishful thinking viral tweet.

But is it still true that if they vote to impeach then he has to taze himself in the balls until he dies?

 

[MickiQ]

Meanwhile on twitter in the alternative Trumper Universe

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

But is it still true that if they vote to impeach then he has to taze himself in the balls until he dies?

According to the Constitution, yes. It's what the founding fathers would have wanted.

 

[teqniq]

Meanwhile on twitter in the alternative Trumper Universe

Eric is clearly derranged or possibly even actually from a parallel universe.