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“The consent of the governed must be earned.”

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@HowardMortman @JonahDispatch Uh, you left something out. The next sentence: “But I will always be proud of what we accomplished in the last four years!”

Remember the old gag, “Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?” This is Pence saying he enjoyed the play.

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@EskunderB @jaynordlinger Can’t agree with that. Teach somebody how to use a hammer, a screwdriver, a wrench, and a plyers... Do you have to show them how it’s “relevant”?

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@jaynordlinger Canticle for Leibowitz time, Jay. We who remember, and care, will become the new bootleggers.

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@BillKristol He loved them. They were very special.

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@BillKristol Besides cruelty, there is also the abject, wanton stupidity of applying the sentence “That’s disgusting, put that away” to both the exhibitionist who shows his genitals in public and the individual who wears protective mask in public. My nomination for Most Moronic Analogy Ever.

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@glennkirschner2 @YouTube What a curious fact, revealed to us by Sen. Ron Johnson: Trump’s calls to march on the Capitol and “stop the steal” were ignored by his supporters, but heeded and acted on by his enemies on the Left!

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@ninaburleigh @glennkirschner2 A modest proposal: Let’s stop calling the events of Jan. 6 an “attack on the U.S. Capitol.” The insurrection’s target was not a building but the governmental body housed in it—the U.S. Congress—and its performance of its lawful duties.

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@SusanKristol @BillKristol Fred’s seed, continuing to grace and serve our Nation.

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@tkassen @BillKristol I take strong exception to that remark. Donald Trump knows and reveres the Constitution. As President, he often quoted it—from memory. For instance: “Art. II. The President can do whatever he wants.” And Trump lived by that.

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@BennieGThompson @MSNBC @AymanM Rep. Thompson, the gathering Pres. Trump addressed on Jan. 6th was entitled “The Save America March.” That’s what was on banners on the stage, and on the big screen: “MARCH”—not “Rally.”
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@uhohDad @DavidZahniser Words ARE actions. They are one kind of action.

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@geezhkrist @speechboy71 Masters of the endlessly shifting goalposts.

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@janellewang15 @speechboy71 Very well put. Your variation on the Solomonic judgment—both halves kept alive—is the stuff of horror movies, or nightmares.

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@Jessnj4554 @PreetBharara A consummate pro, no doubt about it. But at least signaling disgracing and repudiation of Trump.

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@tribelaw @gtconway3d “from any civil or military office under the United States, and the forfeiture of any future pension or other benefit from the United States in connection with any federal office held by the person so convicted.” (3/3)

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@tribelaw @gtconway3d “Sec. 2. In the event of conviction by the Senate at a trial of impeachment, of a President or other civil officer after the resignation or expiration of the term of said President or other civil officer, the penalty shall be disqualification (2/3) (continues)

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@tribelaw @gtconway3d My proposed Constitutional amendment: “Sec. 1. The power of the House of Representatives to impeach, and of the Senate to try an impeachment, shall not be limited by the resignation, or the expiration of the term of office, of a President or other civil officer. (1/3)(continues)

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@JemezStargazer @JohnJHarwood “You don’t talk to me that way. I’m the President of the United States! Don’t you ever talk to the President that way!”

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@WHCOS Body and Soul (Coleman Hawkins). That wasn’t very hard

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@clairecmc The brutal mistreatment this gentle, kind, and humble man, this self-sacrificing public servant that is Donald Trump has had to endure, is beyond words. My heart bleeds for him.