Bipartisan Senate duo crafts censure resolution that seeks to bar Trump from office

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Many feeling that the  second impeachment trial will end without a conviction by Senate Republicans, so 2 Senators crafting censure legislation.  I'm of the opinion  that if the House has organized video coverage from various sources presented clearly showing that Trump  incited riot,  organized militias planned invasions with inside info on where to hunt down  Pence and top Congressional staff  etc with FOX/OAN/Newsmax broadcasting unedited trial along with broadcast and cable channels, public will see whole picture. They will  then contact legislators demanding conviction.  Karen

 

ABC News  1/27/21

Bipartisan Senate duo crafts censure resolution that seeks to bar Trump from office

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...Sens. Tim Kaine, D-VA., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, are crafting a resolution to censure Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 riot that left five dead, including a Capitol police officer. But it is not just any censure resolution. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told reporters Tuesday that what Kaine and Collins are looking to do is “include the elements of the 14th Amendment that lead to disqualification from future office."...

 

[Beerman, BSN]

2 hours ago, NRSKarenRN said:

I'm of the opinion  that if the House has organized video coverage from various sources presented clearly showing that Trump  incited riot,  organized militias planned invasions with inside info on where to hunt down  Pence and top Congressional staff  etc with FOX/OAN/Newsmax broadcasting unedited trial along with broadcast and cable channels, public will see whole picture. T

If only those things had happened.

[TheMoonisMyLantern, LPN, RN]

I think this is the best course of action, the most important thing is to make sure he can't run again. It would also allow the senate to focus on more pressing matters. 

[Beerman, BSN]

Maybe Waters should be thrown out too...LOL.

"Democrat politicians in New York erupted in outrage on Thursday evening over a fake quote from Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) that attacked Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo."

https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-erupt-in-anger-at-fake-maxine-waters-quote-on-andrew-cuomo-waters-said-it-about-trump?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

 

 

[toomuchbaloney]

On 1/28/2021 at 6:02 AM, TheMoonisMyLantern said:

I think this is the best course of action, the most important thing is to make sure he can't run again. It would also allow the senate to focus on more pressing matters. 

The Senate is consumed with the lies and deception of Trump. 

Opinion - RubinRubin

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 Republicans, after attempting to fulfill the wishes of the mob they cultivated to overthrow the election, are now coddling white supremacists and want to “move on” from the murder of a law enforcement officer. Their conduct is indefensible; their language suggests they have abandoned their oaths and their fidelity to democratic, peaceful governance. Republican officials, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — who went to Mar-a-Lago on Thursday to kiss the ring of the disgraced former president — have spread insane conspiracy theories and rationalized racism and even violence. The mob applauds and demands more.
The notion that we should seek to “understand” the MAGA crowd and avoid “divisive” rhetoric was misguided from the start. Let’s keep several unpleasant realities in mind.

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First, the number of “normal” Republicans willing to live in the real world and embrace their responsibilities is frightfully small. Poll after poll shows a high percentage of Republicans still clinging to the nonsensical MAGA lies. Expecting a sliver of the party to reform from within is a bad bet, no matter how honorable Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) might be.
Second, since it seems a large portion of the Republican Party will remain unhinged for the foreseeable future, the urgency of preserving a national front coalition (far left through center right) to defend democracy should not be minimized. Never Trumper Mona Charen persuasively defends her vote for President Biden despite serious policy disagreements: “I have never been happier with a vote. . . . It’s because we just came within a whisker of losing our democracy, and this presidency is a chance to rebuild it.” She added: “Matters like the Keystone pipeline and even the Mexico City policy are trifles by comparison.”
Third, we need to pay attention to what Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams did to flip her state. She didn’t disconnect Georgia from right-wing media. She did not persuade Newt Gingrich to stop lying about a stolen election. She changed the electorate with painstaking, on-the-ground organizing of voters (African Americans, the rural poor, suburbanites, Asian Americans, etc.) whose interests are served by a functional government. Her approach is delightfully simple: Out-organize and out-vote the opposition. Democrats must duplicate that work throughout the country.

The Trump crazy isn't going away soon.  Despots don't concede and they don't retire quietly to the seaside.  The GOP isn't looking to expand their voting base, they are looking to use this Trump base to seize power using lies and intimidation and even violence. 

[TheMoonisMyLantern, LPN, RN]

You are absolutely right, they are just as dangerous now if not more so.