This speech by @LeaderMcConnell is months late, & his vote to acquit speaks the loudest.
History will show his immoral silence played a key role in Trump’s ability to lie & incite the insurrection, after years of cynical toleration of incompetence, corruption & authoritarianism.
History will show his immoral silence played a key role in Trump’s ability to lie & incite the insurrection, after years of cynical toleration of incompetence, corruption & authoritarianism.
https://twitter.com/digiphile/status/1333447334290747393
The record shows that Senator McConnell first said Trump could not be tried before he left office, & now is arguing that a former officer cannot be held accountable for acts in office.
BS.
The “absurd end result” is that unprecedented corruption & sedition met with no sanction.
BS.
The “absurd end result” is that unprecedented corruption & sedition met with no sanction.
Not holding a President who pursued a self coup accountable & incited a failed putsch invites more seditious violence.
We should expect this abdication of accountability for inciting an insurrection to embolden future demagogues to seek to overturn elections — or this one again
We should expect this abdication of accountability for inciting an insurrection to embolden future demagogues to seek to overturn elections — or this one again
History shows us that after a Big Lie & failed coup, the conditions for fascism & a more successful coup are primed.
“The lie outlasts the liar.”—@TimothyDSnyder
nytimes.com/2021/01/09/mag…
Much depends on Congress now enacting democracy reforms commensurate to our urgent needs.
“The lie outlasts the liar.”—@TimothyDSnyder
nytimes.com/2021/01/09/mag…
Much depends on Congress now enacting democracy reforms commensurate to our urgent needs.
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