![]() We can’t hope that the next president won’t try a coup we have to strengthen those democratic guardrails now. Either Congress says armed insurrections are not OK and protects the principle and practice of a peaceful transfer of power, or next time the coup succeeds. ![]() I’m not sure if these impeachment managers were that much better or if the world has just shifted so much in the year since Trump was last tried, but impeachment no longer feels like a punishment for Trump so much as a necessity for democracy. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Jamie Raskin (D-MD) was the first to pitch the manufactured narrative that the criminal probe into Hunter Biden was nixed by then-Attorney General Barr, that Rudy Giuliani brought up the. ![]() 6.Īnd luckily for democracy, Democratic impeachment manager Jamie Raskin’s emotional speech Tuesday put what’s at stake in stark relief. But there’s no moving on when the preservation of our democracy could come down to how well Democrats narrate what happened on Jan. Republicans just want to pretend the whole storming-the-Capitol-at-Trump’s-behest thing never happened. Democrats, eager to get to lawmaking, were nervous about looking partisan and burning political capital. No one was exactly excited to be here to impeach Trump, again. But he didnt.' Earlier on Wednesday, the impeachment managers presented dramatic new security footage that emphasized just how. It was an odd impeachment from the moment it began, with lawyers arguing to a jury filled with victims and co-conspirators (hey, Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz) in a trial being held at the scene of the actual crime, in a chamber that had been breached by Trump’s insurrectionists. The Maryland lawmaker is back in the spotlight after rising to prominence as the lead impeachment manager for Trump’s role in the Jan. But he’ll still be going after President Donald Trump. On the first day of the president’s second impeachment, Democrats finally brought the fire. Jamie Raskin’s newest assignment is defending President Joe Biden.
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