Hear the evidence. He promised us that the evidence would be heard on the 6th. One obviously false flag and he throws in the towel. The evidence was not heard.
Trump said that only to get them to act. You don't try to impeach a sitting President that supposedly has a few weeks left of his term. The dems are shitting themselves.
Can you elaborate on how it was up to him to "hear the evidence"? He is restricted by senate rules in the electoral count, he can't just declare that "we will now debate evidence for 3 days" or something. Senators and house members had to object, and during the objection time they had to debate why the electors were fair or unfair. That was when the evidence should have been shown, but senators and house members backed down because they are cowards.
People were unhappy that he didn't declare the electors outright null and deny certification, but even that would not have lead to a debate showing "evidence". Even that was questionable as to its constitutionality. Personally I think he should have done it and let the supreme court rule as to whether he had the power or not after the fact, it would have at least given us a delay. But there really was no other avenue for him to go other than that.
The entire hope that Trump had was a 10 day delay to get Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigans state legislatures to decertify their results. I can't say that it would have worked, but that was their hope on the 6th before the Capitol event caused senators and house members to get cold feet.
Probably not introduce himself with such enthusiasm. Nobody was thrilled to see him. When you have a crowd that's not thrilled to see you, whether you think your actions are justified or not, a high energy intro with a big smile is a bad judgment call.
Acknowledge the competing slates of electors instead of side-stepping their existence.
Hear the evidence. He promised us that the evidence would be heard on the 6th. One obviously false flag and he throws in the towel. The evidence was not heard.
Trump said that only to get them to act. You don't try to impeach a sitting President that supposedly has a few weeks left of his term. The dems are shitting themselves.
Can you elaborate on how it was up to him to "hear the evidence"? He is restricted by senate rules in the electoral count, he can't just declare that "we will now debate evidence for 3 days" or something. Senators and house members had to object, and during the objection time they had to debate why the electors were fair or unfair. That was when the evidence should have been shown, but senators and house members backed down because they are cowards.
People were unhappy that he didn't declare the electors outright null and deny certification, but even that would not have lead to a debate showing "evidence". Even that was questionable as to its constitutionality. Personally I think he should have done it and let the supreme court rule as to whether he had the power or not after the fact, it would have at least given us a delay. But there really was no other avenue for him to go other than that.
Rules do not matter. If he did it, then what? Court cases while Trump serves?
The entire hope that Trump had was a 10 day delay to get Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigans state legislatures to decertify their results. I can't say that it would have worked, but that was their hope on the 6th before the Capitol event caused senators and house members to get cold feet.
Valid point.
Probably not introduce himself with such enthusiasm. Nobody was thrilled to see him. When you have a crowd that's not thrilled to see you, whether you think your actions are justified or not, a high energy intro with a big smile is a bad judgment call.
Even if he had to make the decision he did, he chose to time the announcement to make Trump look bad