Impeachment 2, Day 2

 The House managers continued to put on a good case--hell, an airtight case--against former president Donald Trump today.  It is complete with video clips, Twitter posts, and other discussion board posts.  They also provided Capitol Hill security camera footage.  One shows Capitol Hill officer Eugene Goodman saving Mitt Romney from almost certain violence and even death as he came down the hallway and had Romney and another person turn around and hide in seclusion before the mob arrived.  It was a matter of seconds before they arrived, and Goodman redirected them.


C-SPAN coverage:




More information is here about the new footage.


At the tail end of the day, Senator Mike Lee shot himself in the ass.  










More about Lee:

Tapper nailed it:

“...Mike Lee expressed more outrage about being misquoted - allegedly - today, than I have heard him express about what happened at the Capitol on January 6th...And that says everything you need to know about where the Republican Party is right now. pic.twitter.com/ZsONJSt75C

— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) February 11, 2021


 


One of the takeaways from today is the fact Mike Pence was one of the intended targets of the insurrectionists, egged on by Trump.






 

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