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12 Feb, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Standing ovation for officer Eugene Goodman who saved the lives of people in the chamber
Schumer: awarding him highest honor. he was not alone that day. Nation seen numerous examples of heroic conduct of police that day
let us give them all the honor and recognition they so justly deserve.
standing ovation
McConnell joins him in support.
moment of unity in the chamber without many today

adjourned until tomorrow
recognition comes after the suicides of two police officers who served there jan. 6 and were totally traumatized washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…

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13 Feb
McConnell: Jan. 6 was a disgrace.
McConnell: did this because they had been fed lies, falsehoods, by the most powerful man on earth. ...There is no question that Pres. Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day
He is making a case for guilty, though he voted not guilty.
Read 11 tweets
13 Feb
Raskin cites his daughter Hannah saying she was saddened by evidence presented of a man, a Trump supporter, who had left a note for his children saying he might not come home from the Jan. 6 event, he was prepared to die fighting for Trump.
says his children are better than him
Raskin cites his late son, Tommy, “it’s hard to be human.”

repraskin.medium.com/statement-of-c… Image
Raskin says he was often a Sunday school truant, but he was struck by this teaching: “thou shall not follow a multitude to do evil.”

Tells Senators of this vote, This is almost certainly how you will be remembered by history.
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13 Feb
Neguse expressing gratitude to the Senators for their attention the last week. this team showing some deference to the Senators. maybe lesson learned from last impeachment, when some sense the House impeachment managers were rubbing some Senators the wrong way.
Rep. Neguse says of the lengthy video montage the Trump defense team showed of Democrats saying “fight”: We trust you to know the difference.
from where I sit, this seems another smart judgment call, in showing the senate jury, respect their intelligence. don’t have to bang the table
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11 Feb
Former classmates said Billy Chrestman, 47, of Olathe, “started becoming more and more extreme in the past several years....’YouTube played a big part in his radicalization,’’” a former classmate said.

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The “chief people officer at U.S. Engineering said Chrestman no longer worked there.”

Seems his radicalization under Trump led to his unemployment and further radicalization...

Read more here: kansascity.com/news/local/art…
Read 7 tweets
10 Feb
Cicilline: Trump’s reaction to this attack (delight) genuinely freaked people out.
Cicilline: far from calling off the mob, Trump called Sen. Tuberville (via Mike Lee phone), asking him to make additional objections to the certification process. at 2pm. after the mob has breached the capital and everyone in grave danger.
Cicilline says Trump couldn’t complete the conversation because the Senators had to evacuate
Read 7 tweets
10 Feb
Plaskett says she and Swalwell will walk thru the attack that day, in particular the threat it posed to Pence, Pelosi, the Joint Session, and law enforcement. Raskin warns some of the video shown is graphic
Jan. 6

at 12:53 pm, some of mob/Proud Boys break through outer barricade
12 minutes later, VP Pence began presiding over joint session.
Trump supporters began assault on Capitol.
audio recording of officer calling police dispatch, sounding desperate: multiple Capitol injuries
1:10pm capitol police send out first evacuation orders
1:45pm trump supporters surge past capitol police, west steps
1:49pm police officer declaring it a riot

2:10pm secret service evacuate Pence from senate chamber
riots break into capitol
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