I dunno. He's already played the "let's throw Trump under a bus" card. It looks like he thinks they have to purge Trump from the party one way or another. Impeachment and a guilty verdict may be the best opportunity to do it with the least amount of damage to the GOP.
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The Chosen One (01-23-2021)
Yup. There's also the fact that it is extremely windy that high up, sucking oxygen directly into the building and there was also plenty of flammable things inside the building, all of which helped to fuel the fire from the jet fuel. It's very likely the temperatures were much hotter than what jet fuel burns at.
I sure hope Biden doesnt breath life into the Democrats like Donald did for Republicans. First President to lose re-election, the House, and the Senate since....1932. If anything he breathed life into the Democrats. By popular vote Trumps deficit doubled despite picking up 11 million new voters. There is virtually no chance for Republicans to win the popular vote going forward. Trump understands the power of setting the narrative and Democrats dont. Thats the only reason any of this exists.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
Little Thethe Nov 19, 2020.
Trump energized some voters that had been sitting out and attracted some that had been voting Democrat. He also alienated a ton of moderates. Without Trump some would likely fall back into not voting but the moderate vote would be in play again. I think there's a very good chance Biden (or Harris) lose a bunch of moderates in four years. They seem to be positioning themselves for a very liberal presidency. It might go farther left than a lot of people in the middle are ready for.
The scenario you sketched out is certainly a possibility. It is the standard outcome for the party in power to push things too far in a direction that those in the middle are uncomfortable with.
I do think we are in a fairly unusual situation, which might make for a non-standard outcome (in particular with respect to the mid-terms). We saw a somewhat non-standard outcome in the 2002 mid-term (which I think was due to a rally around the president effect after 9-11). My guess is that January 6 will have a somewhat longer tail than 9-11 in terms of effects on how people vote in this country.
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"I am your retribution."
Dominion suing Rudy and gonna make the case that he knew he was lying about the election being stolen by Dominion because he never accused them of it under oath even though he so did constantly in front of crowds. Circumstantial evidence for the Impeachment trial that Trump knew it too. All of Congress knows this, and that includes the ones who have sold their souls.
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For the mid-terms and how January 6 affects them will depend on what happens in the interim. What direction does the Republican party take? Does Biden unite them as a common enemy? Does Qanon fade from prominence? What does Trump do? What other major events occur? How does redistricting from the census pan out?
It's hard to say right now. If Biden does the standard pull to the left then it's hard to imagine a lot of positive outcomes in the mid-terms, especially with redistricting occurring and so many state houses controlled by Republicans.
Reminder that the following Republicans, who just voted to dismiss Trump's trial for incitement of insurrection at the Capitol, voted to impeach or convict Bill Clinton for lying about a blowjob:
Blunt
Burr
Crapo
Graham
Grassley
Inhofe
McConnell
Moran
Portman
Shelby
Thune
Wicker
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
Claire McCaskill
@clairecmc
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They refused to hear witnesses. “Let the people decide in the election”.
They did. Trump tried to overturn their decision and caused death
and destruction. Now all but 5 say never mind.
Unbelievable.
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
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Brian Tyler Cohen
@briantylercohen
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6h
45 Republican Senators just voted to drop the case
against a guy who sent a mob to kill them.
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is to make sure he doesn’t get a gun.
Still waiting on Rudy's incontrovertible evidence that the election was stolen. I hope he didn't put it on Hunter Biden's laptop that disappeared.
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