Opinion: If Trump is acquitted, then we may as well strike the impeachment provision from the Constitution
4 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: If Trump is acquitted, then we may as well strike the impeachment provision from the Constitution

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Editor’s Note: Doug Jones, a CNN political commentator, is a former Democratic US senator from Alabama. The managers presented evidence of the former President’s support for the “fine people” whose conduct resulted in the tragedy in Charlottesville and subsequent occasions when he condoned violent behavior. They also showed that the seeds of this insurrection were planted last spring when Trump’s supporters twice stormed the Michigan State Capitol to protest the state’s stay-at-home order – designed to help combat Covid-19 pandemic – and plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Then-President Trump never condemned the actions of those who showed up at the state’s Capitol, but rather praised the group, telling Whitmer that they were “very good people” and she should negotiate a deal. Join us on Twitter and Facebook The House managers connected all of these dots to the video of Trump finally telling insurrectionists to leave but also that they were “special,” that he loved them and that they should “remember this day forever.” Trump’s 6:01 p.m. tweet made the picture, and his intent that day, crystal clear, “These are the things and events that happen …” I never dreamed I would see what happened in this country on January 6.

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