One of the major headlines from Thursday night’s Congressional Jan. 6 Committee hearing was Vice Chair Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) statement that Trump followed a “sophisticated seven-point plan” to steal the election.
As an interested observer, I would recommend a firing squad for each of the 7 crimes against the republic.
IANAL, but this is my proposal.
There was always one thing or person standing in the way of Trump being able to steal the election, the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. That is even if everything else had worked, Pelosi still had the ability as Speaker of the House to prevent the election from being stolen.
Which is why I always believed the 1/6/2021 was part of a larger plan with the mob being aimed at taking out Pelosi.
It is also why Speaker McCarthy could mean the end of democracy. So long as Republicans control the Courts and State legislatures, American democracy will be in danger.
“… committee’s version, from a source on the panel.”
Hmm. Guesses?
Trump knew from his rallies before, during and after his presidency the mob would storm the Capitol. He groomed them
Trump’s Seven-Part Plan:
So, Trump’s a traitor? Who knew?
Who wants tacos for lunch?
In all the talk about security failures one aspect never seems to get emphasized. The J6 attack occurred DURING Trump’s term. The Capitol is a Federal building, on Federal property. Regardless any security measures or lack thereof leading up to the riot, Trump is known to have observed it and fail to demand any sort of personnel be dispatched to quell it. Federal, city, state, military, NatGuard. No one. How the hell anyone deems to deflect his personal responsibility for that failure is maddening, yet a lot of people seem to buy into it.
Isn’t Ivanka damaged goods now? He will be pushing Melania to seeing if she is good to go for a new daughter.
7 member firing squad - one for each prong of the plan.
3 shots each.
A 21 gun salute for the loser twice impeached former guy.
Du-uh. You can’t expect him to call in law enforcement or troops to stop part of his plan to overturn the election. What kind of idiot would do that?
Those are all great allegations and I’m sure Cheney will be able to prove each and every one rather conclusively. My question is this: How many of these actions are actually illegal (in that there is a stated law specifically against them)?
One thing the Trump Presidency taught us is that many of the customs we took for granted about the Presidency were just that: customs. A President who wished to simply disregard all of the customs and norms we had for centuries taken for granted could do so without significant repercussions. This is why proving that Trump did some very bad things is one thing, proving that he actually broke an existing law (in the eyes of our current Supreme Court) will be quite another.
Maybe not a law, but his oath of office?
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
I don’t want a real firing squad, so long as they get Trump’s Jake Blues impression on tape when they put him up against the wall.
We may realize just what was happening, but there are so many people who refuse to look at evidence that doesn’t support what they already believe. One of Trump’s biggest and worst legacies is creating a world in which truth is always challenged by alternative truth, and far too many people are so misled that they can’t tell the difference.
With daily help from Faux News.
But what was his intent? Anyone? 3…2…1…
Oaths don’t count for much in a modern society. If they did, then most every married couple who got a divorce could be held liable. A good portion of Trump’s supporters loved the fact that Trump had “the guts” to piss all over the norms and customs taken for granted about the Presidency. These are people who think that, when dealing with the enemy, only a sucker is polite.
It’s not that they don’t care about all of the ways in which Trump tried to blatantly steal an election. On the contrary, they’re only mad that he didn’t go further or that too many in his cabinet (including Pence) wimped out.
