“The simple question posed by Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial,” CNN says, “is whether a president who loses reelection can get away with a violent coup attempt in a desperate bid to stay in power.”
The answer is yes. He will get away with it, at least in his party and its Senate caucus.
And his nearly-certain acquittal “for inciting a deadly mob assault on the Capitol will echo through generations and may influence the outcome of some unknowable future test of US democracy,” CNN warns.
And “the consistent cowardice of Republicans who refuse to hold Trump to account” will leave an indelible stain on the Republican Party, which will be remembered by future generations for this more than anything else.
Because “if whipping up a rebellion against the peaceful transfer of US power is not an impeachable offense, nothing is.”
How did we get to this place? How can any decent American condone this?
Read CNN’s article here.
… Facts don’t matter to trump followers.
And this is how we got to where we are.
Facts and truth do matter.
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