Ten members of Congress whose lives were endangered during the deadly Capitol insurrection earlier this year joined a lawsuit filed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and the NAACP against former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani.
It’s a start. I suppose the GQP will come out with counter measures insisting that these ten are just crybabies and no one was ever in danger (kind of the RoJo defense).
Yes…it is a start…but I want to again assert that the torpor of the Legal System (which was designed to aid deliberation and reduce misapplication of injustice) will seem to make Team Trump invincible**, even though there will be ultimate success in attaining justice.
**and…of course, Trump has stooges and minions placing Trumpism on Center Stage whenever and wherever possible.
Reps. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Karen Bass (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Hank Johnson Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) joined the lawsuit.
I’m not an attorney nor do I play one on TV, but I believe that as a civil preceding the burden of proof standard is “a preponderance of the evidence”, i.e. more likely than not.
Maybe the best optics and political messaging would be best, and add to the gravity of the indictment, if more House members join over time and build to a stronger coalition. Instead of making headlines fewer times, make headlines more times.
$64 Dollar Question(s) (that dates me right there…):
WHY is the Republican Party so attached to Trump…even now? Why all the minions and stooges (including the laff-fest ones)? Why all the Trumpian assertions? Why all the racist proclamations and deeds?
Yes, there’s a much more lax standard in civil court. Also, this is of course filed in DC where they are unlikely to find many Trumpist judges or jurors.
True, and I seriously doubt she won’t join the suit. The enraged, murderous mob was literally hunting for Pelosi in order to murder her. No one in Congress has more of a stake in this than she does.
Because the current crop of elected Republicans can’t top Trump’s act. They can’t compete with him, so they’ve acquiesced to his control of the base.
That’s right. And the GOP is filled with authoritarians, who are much more fearful than they let on. “At your feet or at your throat” could well be the mantra… none of them could bear to gamble on a break from the Herd.
Finally, GOPers excel in messaging the people they wish to reach, but have not figured out a way to break from the group
OT …understand that I, and most of us here, do not have the final take on this, but this is a discussion that is necessary.