{"id":4420,"date":"2021-02-11T14:57:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2021-02-11T14:57:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:57:40","slug":"the-house-impeachment-managers-case-against-trump-summarized-in-500-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=4420","title":{"rendered":"The House impeachment managers\u2019 case against Trump, summarized in 500 words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) detailed how Trump laid the groundwork for trying to overthrow the election even before November 3 by creating a \u201cno lose<\/a>\u201d situation in which he repeatedly insisted he could only lose if the election was stolen from him. At the same time, Trump glorified the harassment of his opponents \u2014 including, in an October 31 tweet that received attention on Wednesday from Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands), by lauding fans of his in Texas who tried to run a Biden-Harris bus off the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) detailed how, as it became clear in the days following November 3 that Biden had won, Trump encouraged unruly \u201cStop the Steal\u201d protests that presaged the January 6 insurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Instead of trying to tamp down tensions, the Trump campaign instead spent millions on \u201cStop the Steal\u201d ads that ran until January 5, recounted Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).\u00a0
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At the same time, Trump repeatedly urged his supporters to turn out in DC on January 6 for a \u201cwild\u201d protest. As Plaskett explained, his team even got directly involved in the permitting process for the January 6 event, helping organizers get permission<\/a> to march to the Capitol.\u201cThe truth is President Trump spent months calling his supporters to a march on a specific day, in a specific time, in a specific place, to stop the certification,\u201d Plaskett said. \u201cThat is why he must be convicted and disqualified.\u201d
Once his followers were gathered in DC, Trump delivered a speech to them in which he mentioned \u201cfighting\u201d more than 20 times, only once in passing<\/a> urging them to remain peaceful. Videos that impeachment managers played to senators on Wednesday showed how Trump followers reacted to Trump\u2019s speech by chanting things like \u201cTake the Capitol!\u201d and \u201cStorm the Capitol!\u201d”
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“Alluding to Republican arguments trying to absolve Trump, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said<\/a>, \u201cThe truth is, this attack never would have happened but for Donald Trump. And so they came, draped in Trump\u2019s flag, and used our flag, the American flag, to batter and bludgeon.\u201d”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/2\/10\/22277036\/trump-impeachment-trial-summarized<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) detailed how Trump laid the groundwork for trying to overthrow the election even before November 3 by creating a \u201cno lose\u201d situation in which he repeatedly insisted he could only lose if the election was stolen from him. At the same time, Trump glorified the harassment of his opponents \u2014 including, in an October 31 tweet that received attention on Wednesday from Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands), by lauding fans of his in Texas who tried to run a Biden-Harris bus off the road.<\/p>\n

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) detailed how, as it became clear in the days following November 3 that Biden had won, Trump encouraged unruly \u201cStop the Steal\u201d protests that presaged the January 6 insurrection.<\/p>\n

Instead of trying to tamp down tensions, the Trump campaign instead spent millions on \u201cStop the Steal\u201d ads that ran until January 5, recounted Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA). <\/p>\n

At the same time, Trump repeatedly urged his supporters to turn out in DC on January 6 for a \u201cwild\u201d protest. As Plaskett explained, his team even got directly involved in the permitting process for the January 6 event, helping organizers get permission to march to the Capitol.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is President Trump spent months calling his supporters to a march on a specific day, in a specific time, in a specific place, to stop the certification,\u201d Plaskett said. \u201cThat is why he must be convicted and disqualified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once his followers were gathered in DC, Trump delivered a speech to them in which he mentioned \u201cfighting\u201d more than 20 times, only once in passing urging them to remain peaceful. Videos that impeachment managers played to senators on Wednesday showed how Trump followers reacted to Trump\u2019s speech by chanting things like \u201cTake the Capitol!\u201d and \u201cStorm the Capitol!\u201d”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Alluding to Republican arguments trying to absolve Trump, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said, \u201cThe truth is, this attack never would have happened but for Donald Trump. And so they came, draped in Trump\u2019s flag, and used our flag, the American flag, to batter and bludgeon.\u201d” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[336,1138,221,294,1135,1134],"class_list":["post-4420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-attack","tag-capitol-building","tag-donald-trump","tag-impeachment","tag-insurrection","tag-riot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4421,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4420\/revisions\/4421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}