Trump was the first president to refuse to accept the Electoral College results. That refusal led to violence on January 6.
The main point of disqualification is that a Trump 2024 candidacy—unlike almost any other candidacy—would very likely result in more violence if he loses.
I would just like to again remind people that Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley voted to convict Bill Clinton for lying about oral sex.
Lindsey Graham was the morally indignant prosecutor.
@Jim_Jordan The Fascist Two-Step:
Step One: Tell everyone the election was stolen, and that evidence will be forthcoming, until people believe it.
Step Two: Admit that there is no evidence, but argue that because so many people believe it, it should be treated as truth anyway.
Would like to go back to 2001 to show certain Republican officials video of their future selves saying society shouldn't punish those who incited a terrorist attack because it might prompt more terrorism
Trump may have been banned from Twitter, but millions of his cultists still believe the election was stolen, approved of the insurrection & remain siloed in an alternative reality provided by Fox, OANN, Newsmax & other exploiters. Let’s not underestimate the dangers ahead.
Lotta people who helped incite a riot that led to loss of human life including a police officer have spent the day whining about losing twitter followers, about social media bias, about Biden invoking Goebbels when referring to “the Big Lie”... haven’t seen anything about deaths.
Yes, remember that the United States Constitution says that “no Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress” who “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against" the Constitution, “or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."
Hearing a rumor just now that the insurrectionists were provided with interior maps of the Capitol by three House representatives. If true, these legislators should be expelled from Congress and charged with crimes. THIS IS NO JOKE.
To anyone with sanity, stay away from Washington DC for a couple of days. The hundreds of MAGA white supremacists and lunatics who have gathered there want violence. Don’t give it to them. Let those dumbasses cry in 39 degree weather.