EliteKiller wrote:LMAO wrote:Royal Gooner wrote:Rockape wrote:The impeachment standard is so low
I don't think inciting people to violent insurrection is a low standard for impeachment. The whole world has viewed those events open mouthed and now the Democrats have to pick up the pieces. Trump has been entertaining to us Brits for a while, but this latest bit of behavior is beyond incredible.
Except he didn't order people to storm the building. All he said was march down there to make their voices heard and used the term "peacefully" in his speech, a clip most media outlets omit.
Prosecutors are likely going to go all the way back to Trump's "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by" comment from his first debate with Biden.
And at the January 6 rally, Trump also said:
-"If you don’t fight like Hell, you’re not going to have a country any more."
-"When you catch somebody in a fraud, you’re allowed to go by very different rules."
-"You’ll never take back our country with weakness."
which is a little harder to defend.
All the prosecutors need is a few of the insurrectionists saying they did what they did because of Trump, but ultimately, it's up to the prosecutors to make the case.
That's not how the law works - "I did it because the voices told me to" - is neither a defence or proof that the voices are guilty - the bible tells you "And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman" but the church isn't guilty of incitement even when a religious nut-job goes postal ... there are hundreds of other examples both Democrat and Republican where followers have been called to the streets, yet zero incidents of previous impeachments ... why is that?
Whilst this may stand up as a political show trial legally it's a joke ... Trump's actions don't come even close to reaching the legal threshold of proof, the he did, or intended to, cause a riot ... it's pure politics and nothing more.
What is even more stupid than the impeachment itself is that people try and justify it as something reasonable.
It would be far better if these people would just simply admit they hate the guy so much - I can understand that in many ways - that they just want to see him punished and hurt to make themselves feel good.
The charade is probably the most ridiculous thing of all.