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    01-30-2021, 06:25 PM #21
    Retrumplicans have sold their souls to Donald Trump and remain blindly loyal members of his cult no matter what he says or does. They are quick to condemn anyone in their party who refuses to worship Trump as much as he worships himself. They don't care about the Constitution, the rule of law or our democracy. All they care about is Trump and their party. How sad.

    South Carolina GOP censures Representative Tom Rice after his vote to impeach Trump

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/polit...ure/index.html

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    01-30-2021, 11:37 PM #22
    Trump's attorneys know they can't defend his lies about election fraud, his lies about winning the election, his lies about his victory being "stolen" and his incitement to insurrection. Instead, they will claim the impeachment is unconstitutional. Many legal experts from both parties say it is not. Of course Trump may not even be able to find any attorneys willing to represent him. He had five – and they all quit.

    Five of Trump's impeachment defense attorneys leave team less than two weeks before trial

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/30/polit...eam/index.html

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    01-31-2021, 07:09 PM #23
    The lawyers quit because Trump insisted they agree with him that there was widespread voter fraud. We know there was none.

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    02-01-2021, 08:10 PM #24
    Democrats' strategy will be to show that Trump incited the insurrection with the goal of overturning the 2020 election.

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    02-01-2021, 11:11 PM #25
    No matter what the Democrats prove and how well they prove it, they will never be able to get at least 17 Retrumplicans to vote to convict Trump. By refusing to hold Trump accountable for spewing baseless accusations of voter fraud and inciting an insurrection that left five people dead, Congressional Retrumplicans are causing the party to fracture – and they don't seem to care.

    Dozens of former Bush officials leave Republican Party, calling it 'Trump cult'
    Reuters, Feb 1 2021 3:!5 AM

    Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush’s administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims of election fraud sparked a deadly storming of the Capitol last month. These officials, some who served in the highest echelons of the Bush administration, said they had hoped that a Trump defeat would lead party leaders to move on from the former President and denounce his baseless claims that the November Presidential election was stolen. But with most Republican lawmakers sticking to Trump, these officials say they no longer recognize the party they served. Some have ended their membership, others are letting it lapse and a few are newly registered as independents..

    “The Republican Party as I knew it no longer exists. I’d call it the cult of Trump,” said Jimmy Gurulé, who was an Undersecretary of the Treasury in the Bush administration. Kristopher Purcell, who worked in the Bush White House’s communications office for six years, said roughly 60 to 70 former Bush officials have decided to leave the party or are cutting ties with it.. “The number is growing every day,” Purcell said.

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN2A1275

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    02-02-2021, 12:50 AM #26
    Trump called Cruz "Lyin' Ted"– and Cruz continued to worship Trump. Trump called Cruz's wife a "dog"– and Cruz continued to worship Trump. Trump accused Cruz's father of having something to do with the assassination of President Kennedy – and Cruz continued to worship Trump. Trump spewed baseless accusations of widespread voter fraud – and Cruz agreed with him. Trump incited an insurrection that left five people dead – and Cruz is opposed to Trump's impeachment. He continues to worship Trump. How sad.

    Ted Cruz slammed for saying Trump impeachment is ‘vindictive'
    HuffPost, Feb 1 2021 8:10 PM ET

    Senator Ted Cruz tried to have it both ways today, only to end up mocked by Twitter users.On one hand, the Texas Republican finally admitted on his podcast that Donald Trump’s election fraud lies – which Cruz, incidentally, helped promote – went way too far. “I think it was both reckless and irresponsible because he said repeatedly he won by a landslide, there was massive fraud, it was all stolen everywhere,” Cruz said. Although Cruz was widely criticized for echoing Trump’s baseless claim that the Presidential election was stolen, the Senator now admits the former President did not provide evidence that could have satisfied the necessary burden of proof.

    But that didn’t mean Cruz had suddenly become reasonable. Instead, he suggested on Twitter on that Trump’s second impeachment was just Democrats’ “vindictive” way of “advancing their political agenda” instead of working on legislation that “would put our nation on the path towards recovery.” Twitter users slammed the tweet. One wrote,“Prosecuting a crime is justice. Your tweet is vindictive.” Another suggested that Cruz "was apparently reading Green Eggs & Ham (or hiding under his desk) when Trump provoked an attack on our Capitol."

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-c...b6aa4bad36c04d

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    02-02-2021, 03:30 PM #27
    An oft-quoted saying is that the First Amendment does not give anyone the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Not all speech is protected. Inciting a riot is definitely not protected speech – but that is what Trump's sleazy lawyers are claiming.

    Trump's legal team argues Senate can't convict him, his speech protected by 1st Amendment

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/polit...ing/index.html

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    02-02-2021, 05:17 PM #28
    Trump kept insisting he won the 2020 election "in a landslide." Trump did not win at all. He lost. But his sleazy lawyers seem to be basing their defense on a declaration uttered by Seinfeld character George Costanza: "It's not a lie if you believe it."

    Trump’s impeachment defense keeps pushing dangerous election claims
    Former President Donald Trump still denies that he lied when he riled up supporters by claiming the election was stolen.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump...b6bde2f5c37488

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    02-04-2021, 06:10 PM #29
    Donald Trump is a vain, pompous narcissist with a galaxy-sized ego. He never apologizes for anything because he never thinks he does anything wrong. He will likely not testify.

    Key Democrat asks Trump to testify under oath for impeachment trial
    Yahoo News, Feb 4 2021 11:36 AM

    Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, sent a letter today to former President Donald Trump, inviting him to provide testimony under oath in regard to the impeachment trial that will begin in the US Senate next week. Raskin, the Democrats' lead impeachment manager, said he was requesting Trump's testimony in light of the response issued by the former President's lawyers to the impeachment charge of "incitement of insurrection" for his role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

    "Two days ago, you filed an Answer in which you denied many factual allegations set forth in the article of impeachment," Raskin wrote to Trump. "You have thus attempted to put critical facts at issue notwithstanding the clear and overwhelming evidence of your Constitutional offense. In light of you disputing these factual allegations, I write to invite you to provide testimony under oath, either before or during the Senate impeachment trial, concerning your conduct on January 6, 2021."

    https://www.aol.com/news/key-democra...193646117.html

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    02-04-2021, 08:32 PM #30
    Well, Donald Trump refuses to testify. Is anyone surprised? His sleazy lawyers said today the impeachment is "unconstitutional" and the request for Trump to testify is a "game" and a "public relations stunt." Wow.

    Trump quickly rejects impeachment managers' request for testimony at impeachment trial

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/polit...ify/index.html

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