UPDATE #2: You can count CNN’s Chris Cillizza among those impressed with Rep. Joe Neguse today:
The Colorado congressman was a litigator in private practice prior to being elected to Congress in 2018. And it sure showed during his breakdown of the key question of the first day of the trial: Is it, in fact, unconstitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a former president? Neguse repeatedly went right to the text of our founding document to make his case that it was, in fact, entirely within the bounds of the Constitution to do so. (Even the textualists among Republican senators had to be at least a little impressed with Neguse’s close reading and expert analysis.) For Democrats looking for young stars in the making, Neguse has to be near or at the top of that list after his compelling and convincing performance on Tuesday. At 36 years old, he’s got a lot of time to decide what interests him most — rising through the ranks in the House or running statewide for governor or Senate down the line. But Neguse has the makings of a future face of the national Democratic Party — and he showed why on Tuesday.
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UPDATE: Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Boulderish) makes the case for why former President Trump can and should be impeached despite no longer being in office. From The Washington Post:
Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), one of the House impeachment managers, cited historical precedents and the views of several conservative legal scholars as he sought to make the case that it was constitutional for the Senate to try Trump after he has already left office.
Neguse walked senators through the impeachments of Sen. William Blount in 1797 and Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876, both of which occurred after the men were no longer in office.
Blount, a senator from Tennessee, was caught conspiring with the British to try to sell Florida and Louisiana and President John Adams caught him, Neguse relayed.
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Here’s the video that House impeachment managers presented to open the impeachment trial against former President Trump:
Democrats kick off impeachment trial with video of Jan. 6, showing Trump’s remarks at the rally followed by the violent and deadly insurrection in the Capitol.
“Senators, the president was impeached by the U.S. House of representatives January 13th for doing that,” Raskin says pic.twitter.com/YOA75QXEnc— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 9, 2021
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Neguse for President in 2028.
One (progressive) Texan's opinion: By: Juanita Jean Herownself
Isn't Sidney Powell on the run?
"worth a shit"?
He is implying Sidney Baby is "worth a shit"? Yowza.
“Injunctives”??….”conjunctives”? ……
Are you fucking kidding me ???
If nothing else, the Dems showed a little media savvy to get this video on the news and back in front of the country's consciousness.
Dems are prepared and have a plan. Glad to be talking about what a bad ass Neguse was in his biggest professional moment.
He was exceptionally articulate and credible…hence the expectations for his career trajectory…
…and the QOP has…Matt Gaetz!
This is gonna be good.
What a day… 100% of the people on social media asked one question. "What the hell were Trump's lawyers talking about?" NO really, what were they saying?
I know, right?
and …has anyone seen and can explain the odd water drinking behavior of Mr. Schoen?
For those who didn’t see it, every time he took a drink from the bottle, he put his other hand on top of his head…?
Peculiar, it was.
Perhaps to keep what few brains he has from leaking out.
He's an observant Jew and is supposed to cover his head and say a short prayer when he drinks. Since he was not wearing a yarmulke, he put his hand on his head when he drank.
Thanks, V. I figured it could be chalked up to my ignorance. I must admit my knowledge of Jewish and Hebrew cultural nuance is limited.😊
ummm…I want to trade Joe, for Qbert…we will give CD2, the first round pick for 2022…
Remember it’s still CD-3 . . .
. . . and you and yours are gonna’ have to find a group of
foolsreal Ammoericans who’d take Q-bie off your hands . . .. . . maybe lower your expectations some — perhaps think about trading for some Joe from Utah? Wyoming?