“So far only a handful of Republican senators have expressed openness to punishing Trump or getting him out of office; only one (Ben Sasse of Nebraska) has actually said he’d be open to impeachment.
“But the New York Times reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said privately he's pleased Democrats are moving forward with impeachment; he's that mad at Trump for everything.
“If he wanted to, he could bring a number of Senate Republicans along with him and convict Trump. That still might not happen before he's out of office, though.”
Beto’s group is urging Americans to demand their senators to expel Cruz and Hawley. Sample script below.
“Call your Senators today at 202-224-3121 and ask them to vote to expel Cruz and Hawley from the U.S. Senate.
“Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, who led the charge with their hatred and fear mongering, should be expelled from the Senate. As Beto said yesterday, to allow their attempt at sedition to go unpunished is to become complicit in it.
“So far, only 7 Senators have said they will vote to expel Cruz and Hawley. We are grateful for their commitment to protecting our democracy, but now we need to put pressure on the others to make sure violence-inducing traitors are not sitting Senators.
“Most of the Republicans in the U.S. House voted to reject Joe Biden's election victory last week, even after the insurrectionist riot. Among them were 13 members of the House Armed Services Committee, who ostensibly focus on the nation's defenses.
“It led Jason Schmid, a senior Republican staffer on the House Armed Services Committee, to resign in disgust. Politico reported on what Schmid had to say on his way out the door.
“ ‘Anyone who watched those horrible hours unfold should have been galvanized to rebuke these insurrectionists in the strongest terms,’ Schmid wrote in a letter addressed to the committee's top Republican.
It’s simple: trump’s base believes white people should control.
“The Capitol Rioters Weren’t ‘Low Class’: The business owners, real-estate brokers, and service members who rioted acted not out of economic desperation, but out of their belief in their inviolable right to rule.”
“The mob that breached the Capitol last week at President Donald Trump’s exhortation, hoping to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, was full of what you might call ‘respectable people.’
trump is a two - time loser (at least). Impeached again. This Republican Congressman nails the need to impeach. nytimes.com/article/republ…
“Representative John Katko of New York was the first Republican to publicly announce that he would back the impeachment proceedings.
“A former federal prosecutor, Mr. Katko said he looked at the facts of the siege, which began as lawmakers were working to certify the presidential election results.
“The Trump Presidency has left America a domestic radicalization problem that is going to take years to address. But the role of post-Trump Republicans in this de-radicalization effort is going to be vital, essential.
“A first step will be to declare the election legitimate, and ask Trump’s supporters to stand down and go home. Our disputes in America are decided by debate and elections not bullets and violence.
“ ‘Examiners aren’t that good at catching people. The auditors have a knack for missing it. The whistleblowers are the last line of defense,’ Thomas said. ‘And now they’re disincentivizing their most valuable players from coming forward.’
“Over the past two decades, financial industry whistleblowing has gone from being a rogue act of moral rectitude to a formalized industry, …
“incentivizing insiders with the prospect of partaking in the financial penalties that an enforcement action might generate using their information.”