In a Friday interview with The Daily News, she said the events of Jan. 6 determined her course of action for the following week. Hiding with colleagues from the violent mob that was ransacking the U.S. Capitol on that day, she told how she was flooded with emotions.
“I was heartbroken. I was aghast. I was in disbelief,” she recalled. “I was praying. I was like, ‘We’ve got some pretty big angels, a couple of big angels, and we’re fine.’ Just knowing how badly outnumbered everybody was at that point, and how beaten everybody was, the fact that there wasn’t a mass casualty event to me just demonstrates, I feel like, I do think God, I do think God intervened.”
“When I look at the picture of the Capitol police officer on his face, with the crowd standing over him, or of someone being bludgeoned to death, I cannot express to you the feeling inside that says, ‘I will stand up to that any day of the week and twice on Sunday,’ ” she said.
Woman with a cat, Il Bacchiacca
“To me that’s what my vote represents. I will not tolerate that and nor will, I believe, a majority of the good people in my district, in our state and in our country.” [….]
On the House floor Jan. 13, Herrera Beutler said:
“I’m not afraid of losing my job, but I am afraid that my country will fail. I’m afraid that patriots of this country have died in vain. I’m afraid that my children won’t grow up in a free country. I’m afraid injustice will prevail.
“My vote to impeach our sitting president is not a fear-based decision. I am not choosing a side – I am choosing truth, she said. “It’s the only way to defeat fear.”
Trump’s lawyers are still claiming he didn’t know that Pence’s life was in danger, but he had to know, even before his phone call with Tommy Tuberville. USA Today: Sen. Tommy Tuberville stands by account of Jan. 6 Trump phone call after lawyers say it’s ‘hearsay.’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., stood by his account of former President Donald Trump’s phone call to him during Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol despite Trump’s lawyers calling the account “hearsay.”
Tuberville’s account would mean Trump was aware of the danger Vice President Mike Pence faced before he tweeted an attack on Pence. Asked about the allegation by reporters, Tuberville said he was not sure exactly what time Trump called, but reiterated he had talked to Trump by phone on Jan. 6 and had told the president Pence was evacuated from the Senate chamber.
Tuberville recounted answering the phone, talking briefly to Trump, and then telling him, “Mr. President, they’ve taken the vice president out. They want me to get off the phone, I gotta go.” [….]
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., asked Trump’s lawyers for greater clarity on the call but said Trump’s lawyers had “not really” answered his question.
Trump’s attorney Michael van der Veen had responded to Cassidy’s question by saying he disputed the “premise” of Cassidy’s question and called Tuberville’s account “hearsay.”
But the Secret Service would have informed Trump.
This is from yesterday’s Washington Post: Six hours of paralysis: Inside Trump’s failure to act after a mob stormed the Capitol.
It’s absolutely clear at this point that Trump deliberately aided the insurrectionists and knowingly put his own Vice President and members of Congress and their staffs in danger. Now House managers are face pressure to call witnesses in the trial, which they still can do. Greg Sargent writes:
Today’s session of the Trump trial should be interesting.
More relevant reads:
Jan Steen, Children teaching a cat to dance
The Bulwark: The 10 Worst Moments from Trump’s “Defense”
The New York Times: For the Defense: Twisted Facts and Other Staples of the Trump Playbook
David Frum at The Atlantic: The Incompetence Lasted to the Very End.
The New York Times: For the Defense: Twisted Facts and Other Staples of the Trump Playbook
George Conway III at The Washington Post: Opinion: Trump’s lawyers offered an attack on everything but the evidence
Aaron Rupar at Vox: Trump lawyers keep accusing Democrats of manipulating evidence. But they’re doing that themselves.
Politico: House Republican pleads for Pence, Trump aides to speak out on Jan. 6 insurrection
PBS: Sen. Patty Murray recounts her narrow escape from a violent mob inside the U.S. Capitol\
Yahoo News: Trump lawyer struggles to answer key questions from Republican senators
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The Senate has enough votes to call witnesses. Raskin wants to call Herrera Beutler.
Lindsey Graham just changed his vote to supporting calling witnesses.
Wow! Again!!
Normality … nice and sweet and not psycho
Such a relief to see this instead of hearing vile rantings. And the dogs! A POTUS with kindness toward animals, and a FLOTUS who does care and wants the rest of us to also.
Damn,that account of the attack was just horrible, from the propublica link. I hope the investigation of whoever was making the decisions is really going to happen.
One thing that wasn’t clear to me before the impeachment presentations in the Senate: the degree to which Trump was waiting for his rioters to create a disaster.
Killing unknown Capitol police wasn’t big enough. The trigger was supposed to killing Pence or Pelosi or some other “name.”
Then it looks like he thought he’d be declaring martial law, and re-running the election á la Putin, ie with a predetermined outcome that time.
I don’t think he would have ultimately succeeded (the military isn’t on his side), but a lot more people would have been killed, the economy tubed for decades.
Pence getting killed was a feature to him. Not a bug.
And now there will be nothing to stop him or any other Republican from doing it again, now that the Dems have caved on witnesses.
Yes. What the hell is going on? Why would they (Dems) do this? If they want to get on with covid relief bill — excellent point — move calling witnesses to an impeachment committee. What in three fresh hells is this utter bullshit move about?
If they have a reason they need to explain it for those of us too dense to get it. If their only reason is “Oh there’s no point fighting Repubs” then what in God’s name was the point of all of us fighting like hell to get them power in all three branches of government? ????
Yes, yes, yes. Surely Dems could work on COVID-19 legislation and give traitor Trump what he deserves.
He was acquitted not vindicated. He can now be subject to prosecution for any crimes at the Federal, State or local level. The consensus in the US Senate was, essentially, that he was responsible for inciting the riot.
Surprise! Senator Richard Burr (NC) voted for conviction. I thought I had misunderstood. He isn’t running in 2022.
Sorry for being absentee — was sick and then swamped at work, and then sick of Rethuggery and wanted to burrow away with books and cats for a while.
I’m sorry you were sick. I certainly understand the need to get away from it all. I missed you though.
Thx! Missed you too.
That is really a shocking stat. The voting age population is about 255 million. So that means about 65% of the population is represented by the “convict” senators. (76.7 = approx 30% of 255 million. 35% + 30% vs 35%, means 65% on the convict-the-turd side.) Given that significant minorities in the other states also want conviction, that’s a landslide by any measure. Except McConnell’s, who engineered this.
I guess the other interesting factoid is that the required supermajority of *voters* does want him convicted. The slavers’ Electoral College strikes again.