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Lindsey Graham, Kevin Cramer, and Roger Marshall use an impeachment trial question to own the libs
Raskin points out that the House managers don't object to Trump pursuing legal challenges to the 2020 election -- the conduct in question is Trump pushing "the big lie" about the election being stolen
"They really didn't address the facts of the case at all. There were a couple propaganda reels ... all of that is totally irrelevant" -- Raskin on Trump's defense
Collins and Murkowski ask Trump's lawyers to detail what actions Trump took to get rioters out of the Capitol after he leaned it had been breeched. Trump's lawyers don't answer the question but instead rant about unrelated topics.
Plaskett: "What else were they going to do to stop the certification of the election on that day but to stop you? But to stop you physically. There was no other way."
Repeated questions about what Trump knew of the Capitol breach and when he knew it that Trump's lawyers refuse to answer nod at how valuable it'd be to have witness testimony at this impeachment trial
Romney asks if Trump knew Pence had been evacuated from the Senate chamber when he posted a tweet on January 6 attacking him.
"No. At no point was the president informed the vice president was in any danger," van der Veen replied.
"No. At no point was the president informed the vice president was in any danger," van der Veen replied.
Stacey Plaskett: "The extremists who attacked the Capitol at the president's provocation will be emboldened. All of our intelligence agencies have confirmed this. It is not just the House managers saying that. There are quite literally standing by and standing ready."
Plaskett: "The defense counsels could put a lot of videos out in their defense, playing clip after clip of black women talking about fighting for a cause or an issue or a policy. It was not lost on me that so many of them were people of color and women."
when there's no tunafish in the tuna sandwich
Elizabeth Warren uses a question to body Hawley, Cruz, and other Republican who voted to throw out electoral votes after the insurrection
North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer manages to slather praise on Trump while asking a question during his impeachment trial
when you get taken to clubs around Dupont Circle on Saturday night
Bernie Sanders asks if Trump's lawyers actually believe the election was stolen from him. van der Veen answers by heaping scorn on Bernie Sanders and dodging the question.
van der Veen refuses to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the election legitimately
Merkley's question alludes to one of the absurdities of Trump's defense -- the idea that because Trump once in passing mentioned a desire for protesters to be peaceful ahead of the insurrection, that absolves him of responsibility for inciting it
"If you rob a bank, and on the way out the door you yell, 'respect private property,' that's not a defense to robbing the bank" -- Raskin
Ted Cruz's question pushes a false equivalency between Kamala Harris and Trump
here's van der Veen mispronouncing Kamala Harris's name
Cassidy asks a question about whether Trump's tweet attacking Pence showed indifference to Pence being in danger. Trump's lawyers deny it.
"[Trump's] counsel before said, 'this has been my worst experience in Washington,' and for that I guess we're sorry. But man, you should've been here on January 6" -- Raskin
Raskin points out that Trump's lawyers are attacking House managers for not having all the evidence, while at the same time stonewalling efforts to get Trump to testify and provide that evidence
Raskin explain why in his view Trump's conduct is worse than someone who yells "fire!" in a crowded theater
Plaskett: "This attack is not about one speech. Most of you men would not have your wives with one attempt at talking to her."
Wow. Marco Rubio asks a question about whether if the Senate convicts Trump, it would open the door to a future House caving to "partisan pressure to 'lock her up'" and impeaching Hillary Clinton
Raskin points out that Rubio's question about the possibility of impeaching Hillary Clinton is off the mark because Trump in fact was still president when he was impeached
Raskin: "The reason that the framers gave Congress, the House, the power to impeach, the Senate the power to try and convict and remove and disqualify, was to protect the republic. It's not a vindictive power."
Raskin on the transfer of power being the most dangerous time for democracies: "You don't even have to read history for that ... you don't have to look around the world ... it just happened to us."
A cool moment as the Senate prepares to give the congressional gold medal to Eugene Goodman, who is in the chamber and gets a standing ovation
