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Pelosi: "The President of the United States incited this insurrection, this armed rebellion, against our common country. He must go. He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love."

 Pelosi: "They were domestic terrorists and justice must prevail. But they did not appear out of a vacuum. They were sent here, sent here by the president, with words such as a cry to 'fight like hell.' Words matter. Truth matters. Accountability matters."
who wants to tell him?
"They want to cancel the president" -- Jim Jordan
Rep. McClintock (R) is out here arguing that Trump's speech encouraging a riot was "freedom of speech"
McClintock: But antifa!
Rep. Lofgren: "I'm the only member of Congress who has been involved in all 3 of the last presidential impeachments. Those were long proceedings. Today we don't need a long investigation to know the president incited right-wing terrorists to attack the Congress."
Louie Gohmert is *so close* to figuring it out
Darrell Issa lies, says the Capitol riot is the fault of "anarchists"
Rep. Richmond's last floor speech: "In the first impeachment, Republicans said, 'we don't need to impeach him because he learned his lesson.' We said if we didn't remove him, he would do it again. Simply put, we told you so. Richmond out."
who wants to tell her?
"Donald Trump is a living, breathing impeachable offense" -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Rep. Aguilar: "He needed to say only 2 words to end the violence: 'I concede.' Because that's what leaders do in a democracy."
Rep. Cicilline highlights how baseless the "stolen election" theories are by noting that Trump's own government officials described the 2020 presidential election as the most secure in history
Rep. Van Drew is wearing the most interesting suit of the day
Jim Jordan keeps reserving his time, which indicates that Republicans don't have that many speakers who are willing to defend Trump
Rep. Clyburn: "The survival of our democracy depends on defeated candidates accepting their defeats, as has been the case in every presidential election since 1864."
Rep. Ken Buck (R): What about Robert De Niro and Madonna and Sarah Sanders getting kicked out of a restaurant?
Rep. Raskin: "It is a bit much to be hearing that these people would not be trying to destroy our government and kill us if we just weren't so mean to them."
"So many people love him so much" -- Matt Gaetz is out here slathering praise on Trump
Matt Gartz is having a meltdown and yelling on the House floor
Rep. Swalwell: "I've read many of my GOP colleagues know what the president did was wrong, but are afraid for their lives if they cross the president. I'm sorry you're living in fear, but now is the time to summon your courage."
Matt Gaetz is having a meltdown and yelling on the House floor
Kevin McCarthy .... [squints at notes] ..... welcome to the resistance?
"I believe impeaching the president in such a short timeframe would be a mistake ... a vote to impeach would further divide this nation ... that doesn't mean the president is free from fault. The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress" -- McCarthy
McCarthy, who has backed Trump at every turn, now says "let's be clear -- Joe Biden will be sworn in as president in one week because he was the election."
"I call bull crap" -- Rep. Boebert
Rep. Maxine Waters: "I rise in support of impeaching again the worst president in the history of the United States ... he is capable of starting a civil war."
Republican Rep. Newhouse announces he will vote yes on impeachment

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STEPHANOPOULOS: You recently gave Trump a 'Champion of Freedom' award, despite the fact he continues to spread lies about the election and insurrection. Doesn't that endorse that kind of behavior?

RICK SCOTT: I gave him the award for the right reasons ... he worked hard.
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Chuck Grassley just now on the Senate floor, without a shred of self-awareness


"The president has every right to discuss ideas & strategies with his closest advisors ... for robust discussion" -- Grassley is talking here about Trump's attempts to scheme with the DOJ to overthrow a free and fair election
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So, uh, the Trump rally in DC is off to a good start


We're already at the anti-Semitic dogwhistle portion of the Trump rally


these people are out of their minds


"The Covid-19 PCR tests are fake ... the models were fake" -- Now a coronavirus truther/grifter is speaking at the Trump rally


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Yep. This is also a point strongly made in @andrewdoyle_com's new book on Free Speech which I am halfway through and am pretty sure I will be recommending as a primer for the alarming number of people who seem confused about what free speech is & why it is good.


Well, good! Conservatives have not been great at this historically so I must give credit where it is due. I really wish this were a left-wing government taking this progressive stance.

(Areo has a piece forthcoming on why supporting FoS is inherently progressive, btw)


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