I am responding to you; but really this question could go to all posting here. If you were going to be tried for something you allegedly did, would you want the U.S. Senate to be the judge and jury on a limited time span trial? Perhaps if we ponder this question, some of the hardened bias on both sides will evaporate. One of the reasons for the Chief Justice presiding at these impeachment trials is to give the semblance of impartiality to the proceedings.
And you have rightly stated that the punishments are 1. Removal from office (which seems to have expired before the Senate could vote) and 2. Censure (which could carry the penalty of banning him from running for federal office again). We will see how this plays out; but I think the long term effects of this will be nil. The trial will find him not guilty again and the proceedings will be swept into the new cycle dust bin. The real trials will be for those people who actually rioted and stormed the capitol, inflicting harm on innocent police trying to stop them. I am hopeful that this will coalesce into trying the guilty without devolving into a witch hunt by the Dems for ways to discredit people who did not take part in this.
Have you noticed how much time the legislature is taking recently doing judicial actions and not legislative actions? Our country is strong because our founding fathers created a three legged stool where each leg knew its job and supported the whole. Now the executive branch through executive orders is creating law. The judicial branch is ruling in ways that create law instead of interpreting it. The legislative branch is running hearing after hearing and trial after trial. Someone is sawing on the legs of our stool. That should be the question that all Americans should start asking themselves.Goodness no. I'm not even sure I want the U.S. Senate involved in passing legislation. But I suppose that part is unavoidable.
Did you hear them threaten the government?I mean did they record them as proof that they were threatening people? If not it is hearsay. So you are saying 12 National Guardsmen threatened members of government and they have them all on tape or recorded? If that is what you are saying then their dismissal is understandable.
Let's suppose 20 people died in the capital attack including both party leaders.
OK, are you proposing a hypothetical scenario and wondering what would have happened?
Five people did die, I am just wondering how many more it would take? 2 children trampled maybe? A couple of politicians?
Let's look at the 5 who died during this riot.
I see that this is not a discussion that will benefit anyone. Go with God.
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