The Impeachment Managers did an excellent job of pre-coup...coup...and post coup events along with video...live footage and tweets.
Their star witness...although he was nowhere near the proceedings...was none other than the big orange guy himself.
IKR???
It seems like every thought he had for more than four years came right out of his mouth...usually in front of a camera...and/or in writing on Twitter.
Since he had already lost the first team of 5 lawyers before his trial even started...apparently they had to shop at Dave's Bargain Basement House of Lawyers.
His legal team was made up of the guy who represented Jeffery Epstein...a guy who represented Bill Cosby...and Vander-whatever...who shouted and lied a lot.
After seeing the Epstein lawyer in action...I finally realize Jeff probably did kill himself after listening to this guy for a couple hours.
How do you defend the indefensible?
Easy.
1. You claim it wasn't REALLY an insurrection.
(I'm sure those poor people hiding between seats and listing to the mob try to break down the door chanting "hang Mike Pence" will be relieved to hear that)
2. You makes a montage of every time any Democrat ever used the word FIGHT in a sentence.
(...one that lasts 9 minutes...omfg...)
3. You use your last hour yelling...lying...saying your client is actually the victim and that his 1st Amendment Rights are being infringed upon.
(...once again those people crawling under tables and such probably didn't give a damn about his precious rights while they were wondering if they would make it out alive...)
In short...they had nothing.
And the Q&A Session directly after showed just how much nothing they had...when there were several questions they had absolutely no answer for...
I guess you get the defense you pay for.
I hope they got their money upfront...or they're screwed.
The vote is tomorrow.
This evening, Kevin McCarthy unleashed a bombshell by letting the media know about an exchange he had with Trump while the riot was happening...when he asked Trump to call the rioters off and his response was
"Maybe they care more about the outcome of the election than you do, Kevin."
To which McCarthy replied
"Who the f**k do you think you're talking to???"
Ben Sasse described his reaction to the attempted coup as "delighted" and could not understand why the people around him were horrified.
Around 20 GOP Senators (...Cruz, Graham, Lee and their ilk...) already decided to acquit before this trial ever started...they are hopeless and must be voted out at our earliest convenience.
That leaves 30 GOP Senators.
Sincerely hoping at least 17 of them will do the right thing and convict...not holding my breath...but hopeful.
I'm not going to watch the vote in real time. I'll wait for AP to announce it.
Then I'm done with Trump...seriously done.
We have a wonderful new administration in now...
I'm going to relax and enjoy the drama-free days!
