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26 Jan, 7 tweets, 2 min read
Simple Question: Do you think Democrats would still be impeaching Donald Trump had there been no violence in the Capitol on January 6?
They are impeaching him for "inciting insurrection" with these precise words on January 6, around 1:00pm.

Donald Trump: "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically get your voices heard."

That is some incitement!
That's not say that Trump did not commit an impeachable offense. In my eyes, he did. But "inciting insurrection" or "inciting violence" was not it. He did not do that. If he was still in office, he should have been impeached for "dereliction of duty" after the violence broke out.
You know why Democrats insist on impeaching Trump for the wrong offense? It is not because they are dumb. They know exactly what they are doing. Impeaching Trump for "dereliction of duty" would make the impeachment and the offense Trump-specific, which it was.
Democrats' real target is not Trump. It is all Republicans. It is the right-wing media. And it is every future voice that they can smear with "inciting insurrection" or "inciting violence" wherever and whenever. Hence the trumped up and spurious charge levied against Trump.
*not to say
See what I wrote above.

And four hours later, right on cue, here comes a hit piece based on a CNN "investigation" that comprised of CNN apparently going through her social media and sleuthing out the posts of others that Marjorie Taylor Greene "liked."
thehill.com/homenews/house…

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When Was DC Attacked the Last Time?

Oh, it was only last summer. BLM/Antifa burned down a church opposite the White House, and attacked the White House too. Just as Congress had to be moved to a secure place on Jan 6, the President had to be moved to a secure place back then.
So spare us your newfound concern over the 'seat of the government' being attacked. The White House is just as much the seat of our government as the Capitol, and all the Democrats and MSM could muster up last summer was derision for the President being moved to a secure place.
That is not to say that condemnation for what happened on Jan 6 is not justified. It absolutely is. But violence last summer should have been condemned just as vehemently. And if it had been, Jan 6 may never have happened, saving innocent lives.
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1. Who Is To Blame for Jan 6?

Let us get this straight. Trump supporters across the nation are predominantly decent, honorable patriots. They are not to blame for the tragedies of Jan 6. The most any of the decent folks can be accused of is being deceived by misleading rhetoric.
2. Being gullible is not a crime. And no group on the right, left, or center is immune to gullibility. Our whole godforsaken news media capitalizes on the surplus supply of the gullible of all political persuasions.
3. And our politicians prey upon the gullible. No, there are only three distinct parties who are responsible for each and every tragedy that happened on January 6.
a) Donald J. Trump
b) Grifters like Lin Wood and Sidney Powell
c) Terrorists in the crowd that invaded the Capitol
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