DC Unrest Megathread

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Arrest every single one of them.

LOCK THEM UP! LOCK THEM UP!

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Arrest every single one of them.

And charge them with terrorism.

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Trump will go down as the worst president in the history of this country. There is no salvaging any part of his legacy after today.

That was already the case. This is just the icing on the cake.

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Virginia is sending into DC their National Guard at the request of the DC Mayor.

https://twitter.com/GovernorVA/status/1346916716614451207?s=20

Thank you Ralph!

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Congressman of Leopards Eating Faces Party stunned when leopards eat his face.

https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1346912287798530048

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I'm actually really concerned about the stormings of State Capitols...if ND's gets hit and violence breaks out I'm right next door.

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MY QUEEN IS ALIVE!

https://twitter.com/RepCori/status/1346926083350794240

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Really wish people would stop dishonoring Heather Heyer's memory by comparing the terrorist who just died after being shot to her.

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https://twitter.com/GovPhilScott/status/1346950757229207556?s=19

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Remember, Susie thought that Trump had "learned his lesson".

https://twitter.com/SenatorCollins/status/1346957335328124929

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https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1346970431039934464

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https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1346970431039934464

Now what will the Krassensteins do with their time?

They have already retired.

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So on my lunch I confirmed that the ND Capitol has nothing happening and its business as usual.

Still concerned, since I really doubt these insurrections at State Capitols are going to stop after today...

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Schumer called the terrorists today "thugs"

He also made a comment about "the current President" and said "undoubtedly our worst"

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https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1346983894298595330?s=19

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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346954970910707712

My God....

Removed for violating Twitter rules. Anyone have a summary?

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https://twitter.com/GabbyGiffords/status/1346984503248474112

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Mitt Romney looks pretty pissed at Josh Hawley now.

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https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1346892992402096128

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The video is actually very good. He should have recorded this video on November 6 or 7 when it became clear that he had lost the election.

He should resign now to avoid being impeached and Pence should pardon him.

God's how in God's name can you say he deserves pardoned? Is this just a way of pardoning your own conscience for supporting this neo-Nazi?

No. It's just an embarrassment to the country to have a former President prosecuted for crimes and possibly convicted.

The biggest embarrassment to the country would be to not hold the biggest criminal who's ever held the office and was a national disgrace for four years accountable.

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https://twitter.com/pbump/status/1347979462898556929

Legal question: Is this entrapment or is entrapment defined more narrowly than that?

Re: the Milley-Pelosi call, I guess I'm glad to know for purposes of future precedent that the military is committed to remaining lawful neutral in this mess at all costs, but I'm also glad to know that the already-existing protocols for resisting illegal orders are more substantial than I had realized, and that Milley was willing to brief Pelosi on them.

Entrapment means that the police actually caused the person to commit the crime. By definition no past crimes can be entrapment, and fooling someone into a confession is neither entrapment and happens all the time (the old trope of someone getting busted, flipping, and then wearing a wire to turn over the other conspirators to save themselves is the most famous example.)

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So Senate conviction requires 17 Republicans. Is that possible?

Obvious ones:
Romney
Collins
Murkowski
Sasse
Toomey

I guess you could compile another 12 from old dinosaurs who probably won't run again...but are there enough?

McConnell
Grassley
Shelby
Inhofe
Risch
Blunt

Now we're to people younger than Chuck Schumer...and at 11. I guess Burr has said he's not running again so that's 12.

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For what is worth, if a significant amount of Republicans go for impeaching Trump, they better make sure they get him convicted

The worst scenario as an R officeholder is voting for conviction, ending up something like 55-45 and then Trump supports a  crazy primary challenger to you. That would still happen if convicted but it would with Trump found guilty the votes aren't there for you to lose your primary to the crazies on treason

If you aim for the king, you better not miss

They'll do vote counting before. If they just can't get the votes then no one is going to vote to convict then no one will vote to convict aside from the first batch, (possibly not even Sasse then.)

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I don't understand why members of the House need to be fined for refusing to walk through metal detectors.

It's the only real way to enforce such a rule, since Congress members have special privileges in regards to access to the floor of their chamber that can't be revoked, and can never be denied access to the chamber to vote. They can be denied boarding to an airplane for refusing to pass through a metal detector, but can't be denied access to the House floor. But the rules do allow them to be fined.