Friday, February 12, 2021

That Tracks, Though


They're jurors, but they are also co-conspirators, so what are you going to do? (Disqualify them as jurors, I wish, but alas. Also there were 15 GOP senators who apparently bailed on yesterday's hearing, so you can see exactly how seriously they take their oath of office. )

3 comments:

Victor said...

I read a really smart take earlier.
To boil it down, essentially what it said was that while tRUMP's lawyers are arguing that he has no control over what his followers do, the Republicans in the jury will vote to acquit because they know exactly how much control tRUMP has over his followers.

Thought you might like that, Vixen!

Vixen Strangely said...

They really are something else--convictions without conscience, audacity without courage. The fault is in themselves and not their stars that they are his underlings.

Victor said...

And their conclusions and convictions are drawn not from facts, but from beliefs.

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