“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
Don't think anyone here was expecting the turtle to expedite the trial and get it done before inauguration. I do think he'd support or not stand in the way of conviction if he thought it'd be politically advantageous, though, which really depends on what happens between now and then.
If Trump had kept shitting the bed it would be more likely. Losing his Twitter probably saved his ass, ironically. Now the Republicans are moving on to the standard "let's unify and heal" phase of the abusive relationship though, and the press is going to indulge them like usual. So it's looking more likely now that they'll let him slide again.
I also don't think a Trump 2024 bid is feasible anyway. He's looking at major financial trouble and has lost support from major donors. His social media presence is null. Facing legal challenges that could bury him.
But we'll see.
Perhaps McConnell in his usual scheming intends to kick the can down the curb until the 20th so that the democrats will officially be "in control" of the senate so as to direct any Trumpkin ire towards the democrats should they elect to remove Trump after the fact, which will then conveniently benefit the Republicans in ensuring that Trump doesn't run again or serve as a spoiler candidate.
Or perhaps, like I've said before, they're simply trying to plead the fifth on all things Trump, essentially trying to distance themselves from any and all Trump news so that people forget they had any involvement one way or the other in it in a hopes to both appeal to moderate voters who wanted Trump gone (the GOP would claim they were out of session so couldn't vote on it) and appeal to the Trump cultists because the GOP didn't technically ever vote to remove the cultist's god-king from power.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
But he served for the same length of time that the Confederacy existed, surely he'll be happy with that.
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They don't have to remember, the right wing propaganda machine that created Trump remains in place, more determined than ever. Trump is merely a symptom, there will be more.
We're up to "Beer Hall Putsch" on the Nazi clock.
can't help it....
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
I know a lot of these Republican senators are going to claim they fear for their lives so they voted no, but every Dem and 10 repubs are also in just as much danger. So since this happened virtually straight down party lines, either the fear is bullshit, or now provably, the Republicans are the literal party of cowards.
Committee meetings still happen when the senate is not in session.
“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
IMO they should admit they fucked up and resign because, any way you look at it, they end up as wholly unfit for the job. If they were ignorant to the fact that something like this COULD actually happen as a result of their constant political message and direction, they're too stupid for the job. If they were actually hoping this would happen but they ended up losing, then they're too evil for the job.