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It's on. Day 2 of the Trump Impeachment Trial 2.0. February 10, 2021. We will have a dinner break at 6 p.m.1/
Manager @RepRaskin says this is about truth. This is not an accident as Trump's attorney Castor said
Importantly, Raskin is instructed the senators that this is now a trial on the facts. The question of jurisdiction is over as majority voted that the senate can hear case.
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Importantly, Raskin is instructed the senators that this is now a trial on the facts. The question of jurisdiction is over as majority voted that the senate can hear case.
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Raskin said Trump was not an "innocent bystander." Instead he incited the insurrection. He became the "inciter in chief." This was the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the United States.
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Trump saw it coming and when violence ensued he failed to stop it and protect the Congress and capitol under attack.
He inflamed his followers because he refused to accept his opponent's election victory.
He was warned that his followers were planning to attack
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He inflamed his followers because he refused to accept his opponent's election victory.
He was warned that his followers were planning to attack
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He incited the attack, he saw it coming. An organized attack on counting of electoral votes by a Joint Session of Congress. Goal was to prevent the certification of the electoral victory of Biden over Trump of 306-232. (What Trump said in 2016 was a landslide margin)
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Raskin's goal is to show how Trump overtime stirred up the violence. Beginning on December 12, 2020. Raskin showed tweets, including this one from the 19th of December.
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Mob was organized "so openly" with weapons. They said they were sent there by the President of the United States of America. And when they arrived, he whipped these angry armed people into a frenzy and pointed then to the Capitol. Told them to fight like hell.
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And told them that they had to be strong to take by the country. And when the attack on congress members and capitol was underway he was "delighted" and was confused by why others were not as excited as he was. He sympathized with violent mob who attacked and killed.
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Then hours later, still on January 6, hours later, he did NOT show support for Congress or the public, instead he consoled the mob and told them that the election was stolen. Trump spread the big lie.
Reality is Biden won by 6 million votes and the electoral college
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Reality is Biden won by 6 million votes and the electoral college
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He told them on the video "I love you."
And then on a tweet at 6:01 people he says he knew this violence would happen and told them to remember. Not remember trauma, but instead a day of celebration, a rallying cry.
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And then on a tweet at 6:01 people he says he knew this violence would happen and told them to remember. Not remember trauma, but instead a day of celebration, a rallying cry.
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Jamie said "no trial is more public and significant than an impeachment trial." The attack was violent. Warned parents and teachers to watch alongside if children are watching and they will try to give warnings of the more graphic violent scenes they will show.
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Raskin is addressing a constitutional issue lingering from yesterday. Says Trump keeps trying to change the subject. Trump says the First Amendment protects him. But Raskin, a constitutional law scholar for decades (taught most recently at American University).
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Raskin, says this has nothing to do with ideology of Trump or his crowd. Trump willfully incited an insurrectionary mob to riot at the capitol.
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Last week 150 constitutional law scholars called the First Amendment argument frivolous. No right to incite violance than sit back and watch TV as the capitol was sacked.
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This case is much worse than someone shouting fire in a crowded theater but instead the fire chief telling the crowd to set the place on fire. That's not protected by the First Amendment.
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Violated oath of office for failing to preserve and protect and defend US by inciting and supporting the insurrectionists.
"You can't ride with the cops and root for the robbers" @RepRaskin said citing the late Justice Scalia.
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"You can't ride with the cops and root for the robbers" @RepRaskin said citing the late Justice Scalia.
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As president, Trump had a unique binding duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. When he incited the insurrection he broke that oath. He has no credible constitutional defense,.
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Raskin telling story of a capitol officer who fought for hours to defend the capitol. Crowd hit cops with baseball bats and fire extinguishers and force.
Afterwords, that office broke down in the rotunda, and cried. He said "I got called the n word 15 times today,"
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Afterwords, that office broke down in the rotunda, and cried. He said "I got called the n word 15 times today,"
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Is this America? Raskin asks.
Now he hands the floor to @RepJoeNeguse of Colorado's second district. Sorry that I said Ohio yesterday.
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Now he hands the floor to @RepJoeNeguse of Colorado's second district. Sorry that I said Ohio yesterday.
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Neguse says we used to take for granted, our hallmark of our democracy, the peaceful transfer of power. The mob was summoned there and incited by the President so he could stop transfer and retain power even though he had lost the election. And, he did nothing to stop it.
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Neguse sets out what they will show to demonstrate Trump incited the insurrection. Three parts. Provocation, Attack, and Harm.
He had the power to stop it and he didn't
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He had the power to stop it and he didn't
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