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Must have consequences or terrible risk to our democracy.

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Liz Cheney (R-WY) is up. Says nice things about Thompson.

😊

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Trump had 7 point plan to overturn the election. Now there is more information than ever, and "the dam has begun to break." There is "considerably more to do." Committee will have more hearings in September.

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Way more info now than when Trump was impeached and tried. 57 of 100 senators voted to convict him. Clip of McConnell blaming Trump (AFTER he had voted to acquit him. I'm not a fan.)

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We know the many ways in which Trump tried to steal the election. Nothing worked. On afternoon of January 6, he relied on the "angry armed mob Trump sent to the Capitol."

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Even those who had helped cause the crisis were scared. Hmmm....

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Trump refused to call off the rioters. In immediate aftermath, no one defended Trump. No one should now, either.

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Luria is up. She shows the presidential oath of office. President is supposed to execute the laws faithfully. (Really nice framing of why all this matters.)

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Trump instructed supporters, whom he knew were armed, to march to the Capitol. He promised to go with them.

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Pence was already in the Capitol and the building had been breached. But rather than stopping the violence, Trump refused to tell the mob to leave.

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Why the hell is he in the Rose Garden when he made that video? That's really important. Why did the Secret Service permit that? I mean, unless they knew something?

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So what happened between the end of the Ellipse speech and the video telling people to go home. He sat in the dining room. Dereliction of duty. Luria is a 20 year Navy vet.

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Kinzinger now. (Also a veteran.) Clip of McCarthy blaming Trump for inaction. Also Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley says he should have done something.

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What explains Trump's behavior? The mob attacking the Capitol gave Trump what he wanted: the delaying of the electoral count. Trump didn't FAIL to act. He CHOSE not to act.

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Other people DID their duty. Trump did not.

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Witnesses: Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews. Pottinger is also a veteran. Matthews is former deputy press secretary. Both resigned after the events of January 6.

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Pottinger explains his role as deputy national security advisor to Trump. He's a true believer. Talking about how good Trump's national security policies were.

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Matthews emphasizes, too, that she's a Republican. (Good article in... I think it was the Washington Post... from two political scientists about how hearing from REPUBLICANS-- but not Democrats-- changes Republican minds.)

@Jezibaba he sure is…

@Jezibaba Appears to me he waited until it became evident the coup was not going to be successful. Once it was clear law enforcement was starting to get it under control, he made the video "We love you. You're very special."

@Jezibaba Explain. I'm not following, why is the rose garden significant? I'm with you but need to understand it.

@ThrasherPrime let me revisit this.

@Jezibaba No rush, you can even DM it to me. If you want. I just want to be informed more.

@ThrasherPrime @Jezibaba I want to know too.

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @ThrasherPrime @Jezibaba

I'm not watching, but because if Trump were not in control of the rioting, if the rioters were false flag Antifa people, then the Secret Service would have gotten Trump to a secure location, not let him wander around outside.

@Jezibaba Secret Service is #compromised and #complicit