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Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots:
The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" at last week's Capitol riot.
Ten Republicans sided with Democrats to impeach the president by 232-197.
He is the first president in US history to be impeached twice, or charged with crimes by Congress.
Mr Trump, a Republican, will now face a trial in the Senate, where if convicted he could face being barred from ever holding office again.
But Mr Trump will not have to quit the White House before his term in office ends in one week because the Senate will not reconvene in time.
Mr Trump will leave office on 20 January, following his election defeat last November to Democrat Joe Biden.
The Democratic-controlled House voted after several hours of impassioned debate on Wednesday as armed National Guard troops stood guard inside and outside the Capitol.
[...] Impeachment charges are political, not criminal.
Also at Newsweek, c|net, Al Jazeera, Washington Post.
[Ed Note - The linked article has been revised since submission. The quoted text has been revised accordingly. - Fnord]
(Score: 3, Informative) by helel on Thursday January 14 2021, @03:21AM (1 child)
Ah yes, this lie conservatives love spreading about. Yes, there have been a few protesters [usatoday.com] killed by right winger terrorists, but that hardly seems like an indictment of the left, now does it?
Police injuries are hard to measure but the one's I've seen specifically reported on were either self inflicted (maybe don't use chemical weapons if you don't like breathing them when the wind shifts) or were the result of self defense on the part of the protesters they were brutally [oregonlive.com] attacking [twitter.com]. When you're surrounded by cops any direction you try to kick [rt.com] a teargas container will become felonious assault on an officer.
So, don't just throw vague numbers around. Can you link to specific cases of protesters being the perpetrators, rather than victims, of violence or killings? How bout those "countless small businesses" destroyed? Can you give me a list of a few?
I'll even help you out: When Aaron Danielson stabbed Antifa protester Michael Reinoehl and his friend Michael shot Aaron in self defense, ultimately killing him [vice.com]. Whether or not using a gun in self defense is acceptable behavior I'll leave to the experts in the 2A crowd.
Republican Patriotism [youtube.com]
(Score: 1) by hemocyanin on Friday January 15 2021, @11:30PM
Are you serious? Did you pay no attention to the people killed CHAZ? Have you really not seen pictures or videos of the devastation in your favored media?
Here, pick your preferred links from a relatively unbiased search engine:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=2020+riot+damage&atb=v211-1&iax=images&ia=images [duckduckgo.com]
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=2020+riot+damage+costs&t=lm&atb=v211-1&ia=web [duckduckgo.com]
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=CHAZ+killings&t=lm&atb=v211-1&ia=web [duckduckgo.com]