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In reply to the discussion: GOP looks to win over Collins, Murkowski on Trump bill [View all]emulatorloo
(45,806 posts)3. " Murkowski Votes to Convict President Donald J. Trump"
Yeah right, Murkowski has always been in the bag for Trump. /s
https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/press/release/murkowski-votes-to-convict-president-donald-j-trump
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) issued the following statement after voting to convict President Donald J. Trump on charges of "incitement of insurrection" over the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol:
On January 13, when the U.S. House of Representatives impeached former President Donald J. Trump for a second time, I committed to upholding my oath as a U.S. Senatorto listen to each side impartially, review all the facts, and then decide how I would vote. I have done that and after listening to the trial this past week, I have reached the conclusion that President Trumps actions were an impeachable offense and his course of conduct amounts to incitement of insurrection as set out in the Article of Impeachment.
The facts make clear that the violence and desecration of the Capitol that we saw on January 6 was not a spontaneous uprising. President Trump had set the stage months before the 2020 election by stating repeatedly that the election was rigged, casting doubt into the minds of the American people about the fairness of the election. After the election, when he lost by 7 million votes, he repeatedly claimed that the election was stolen and subjected to widespread fraud. At the same time, election challenges were filed in dozens of courts. Sixty-one different courts including many judges nominated by President Trump himself ruled against him.
President Trump did everything in his power to stay in power. When the court challenges failed, he turned up the pressure on state officials and his own Department of Justice. And when these efforts failed, he turned to his supporters. He urged his supporters to come to Washington, D.C. on January 6 to Stop the Steal of an election that had not been stolen. The speech he gave on that day was intended to stoke passions in a crowd that the President had been rallying for months. They were prepared to march on the Capitol and he gave them explicit instructions to do so.
On January 13, when the U.S. House of Representatives impeached former President Donald J. Trump for a second time, I committed to upholding my oath as a U.S. Senatorto listen to each side impartially, review all the facts, and then decide how I would vote. I have done that and after listening to the trial this past week, I have reached the conclusion that President Trumps actions were an impeachable offense and his course of conduct amounts to incitement of insurrection as set out in the Article of Impeachment.
The facts make clear that the violence and desecration of the Capitol that we saw on January 6 was not a spontaneous uprising. President Trump had set the stage months before the 2020 election by stating repeatedly that the election was rigged, casting doubt into the minds of the American people about the fairness of the election. After the election, when he lost by 7 million votes, he repeatedly claimed that the election was stolen and subjected to widespread fraud. At the same time, election challenges were filed in dozens of courts. Sixty-one different courts including many judges nominated by President Trump himself ruled against him.
President Trump did everything in his power to stay in power. When the court challenges failed, he turned up the pressure on state officials and his own Department of Justice. And when these efforts failed, he turned to his supporters. He urged his supporters to come to Washington, D.C. on January 6 to Stop the Steal of an election that had not been stolen. The speech he gave on that day was intended to stoke passions in a crowd that the President had been rallying for months. They were prepared to march on the Capitol and he gave them explicit instructions to do so.
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Yeah I don't think you really know much about Murkowsky. Most definitely not MAGA.
emulatorloo
Sunday
#15
Oh please yrself. Probably best to be informed before you make 'definitive' statements.
emulatorloo
Monday
#25
They will be rubbe rstamps who get full salary, pension, healthcare, bribes, insider trading $, etc.
Irish_Dem
Monday
#26
There is absolutely no chance of Collins, Murkowski, Johnson & Paul all voting for the bill.
Wiz Imp
Sunday
#9
If she had courage she would have left the GOP years ago. She has none.
travelingthrulife
Sunday
#19