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12 Feb, 3 tweets, 2 min read
2nd Question, from @LindseyGrahamSC et al.: Does a politician raising bail for rioters encourage more rioting? (Reference to @KamalaHarris). One-word answer: "Yes." #ImpeachmentTrial
@LindseyGrahamSC @KamalaHarris Question was for Trump team
@LindseyGrahamSC @KamalaHarris It was answered by Castor.

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11 Feb
A thread on the #ImpeachmentTrial thus far.

The House impeachment managers are presenting an emotional case.

They can't prove incitement, so they are trying to hold Trump broadly responsible for the riot.

Trump's team has yet to present a basic outline of his defense.

(1/4)
The House managers went too far yesterday by using faulty "evidence," and spinning a conspiracy theory that Trump *planned* the riot. They also lectured the Senate on accepting election outcome -- a bit rich, after Russia "collusion." And using @EricSwalwell was an insult.

(2/4)
The defense needs to explain its argument:

- There was no incitement
- The Democrats have used violence for years
- The trial is the wrong remedy for the riot

Since the managers insist the election was fair, Trump's lawyers can also discuss the abuses described in @TIME.

(3/4)
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Joel Pollak Profile picture
11 Feb
House impeachment managers misquote @SenMikeLee. Chair @SenatorLeahy rules that material not in the record can be quoted. Lee appeals, saying his motion was different; the managers’ claims about his statements were false and he was the only witness to them #ImpeachmentTrial (1/4)
Lee asks for vote on appeal; it starts; confusion ensues. @SenSchumer suggests absence of quorum. Staff takes attendance; chaos. Lee withdraws appeal; Schumer withdraws vote; @RepRaskin withdraws statement (which he says was accurate quote of news article) (2/4) #ImpeachmentTrial
.@RepRaskin says he’s happy to withdraw it because it’s immaterial. Lee, clearly upset, notes that Raskin’s not the one being cited as a witness. This is the problem with a snap impeachment that relies on media coverage, rather than an actual investigation #ImpeachmentTrial (3/4)
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Joel Pollak Profile picture
26 Jan
What, exactly, did @JoeBiden find "offensive" about the 1776 Commission report? Was it Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Or was it the part about the Constitution?
Wait, wait -- was the "offensive" part about Frederick Douglass?
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10 Jan
Trump's determination to find a way to win at all costs made him an extraordinarily successful president when his interests lined up with those of the country, but led him to ruin when they did not, after Nov. 3 and especially after Dec. 14 when the Electoral College voted. (1/5)
The extreme tactics and rhetoric used throughout his presidency by the Democrats, the media, the deep state, the "Resistance," and #BlackLivesMatter/Antifa not only "normalized" violence and chaos, but created a siege mentality apparently impervious to criticism and advice. (2/5)
Democrats have earned the right to govern. With that right comes the burden of responsibility. And the most urgent task is uniting the country. Reconciliation will require admitting Democrats did things over the past year and more that were out of bounds. Both sides failed. (3/5)
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3 Jan
I am not the only conservative who opposes what some Republicans plan to do in Congress Jan. 6 as protests gather in front of the White House. Here I do not speak for anyone but myself, but while I believe the election was neither free nor fair I do not support this effort. (1/5)
I have no patience for the criticisms of Democrats or the media, who not only supported similar challenges in the past, but also promoted the "Russia collusion" hoax for years in trying to undo the result of the 2016 election. Their mischief also affected the 2020 election. (2/5)
I don't think what the 11 Senate Republicans are doing is unlawful or unconstitutional. I simply think it is unwise. It has no reasonable chance of changing the election result. It is simply a protest. Sometimes protests are worth it, even when they have no hope of success. (3/5)
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16 Nov 20
The @AP fact check says that @realDonaldTrump is wrong about signature matching in the Georgia consent decree. But the AP article does not link to the consent decree. apnews.com/article/ap-fac… (Never a good sign.) So I decided to check AP's work. The AP's fact-check is wrong. (1/7)
I found that In 2019, Georgia enacted a law that relaxes the signature matching requirement. It allows an absentee voter whose signature does not match to cast a provisional ballot, then "cure" the defect within a certain period of time, with ID etc. legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20… (2/7)
I found the consent decree on the website of Perkins Coie. It's another win for attorney Marc Elias, the Democrat lawyer who was exposed as having hired Fusion GPS to compile the "Russia dossier." Having tried to influence one election, with 0 consequences, he did it again. (3/7)
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