A week ago, President Donald Trump fueled a violent insurrection at the Capitol. Yesterday, the House of Representatives impeached him.
The Capitol's security was heavily criticized during the riots that left at least five people dead but it was abundantly clear that no one was taking any chances during the House vote.
Security was heightened on Wednesday all around the Capitol, with barricades set several blocks from the building and law enforcement and national guard officials checking badges for anyone to enter the perimeter even by foot.
Inside the building, the contrast was even bigger. Instead of an angry mob, there were National Guard personnel, making a home in the massive Rotunda and near two entrances of the building, including the entrance typically used by the president-elect on inauguration day that just one week ago was targeted by rioters.
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OK, so the House of Representatives voted 232-197 to impeach Trump. But what does that mean? An impeachment proceeding is a formal process by which a sitting president of the United States is accused of wrongdoing—it's a political process. Not a criminal process.
The process begins in the House of Representatives. There, any member may make a suggestion to launch an impeachment proceeding. Next, the Speaker of the House, as leader of the majority party, is to determine whether or not to proceed with an inquiry into the alleged wrongdoing.
Over 210 House Democrats introduced the most recent article of impeachment on Jan. 11, 2021, contending Trump "demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law."
The impeachment article also cited Trump's call with Georgia's Republican Secretary of State where the president told him to "find" enough votes for Trump to win the state and his efforts to "subvert and obstruct" certification of the vote.
It also cited the Constitution's 14th Amendment, highlighting that it "prohibits any person who has 'engaged in insurrection or rebellion against' the United States" from holding office.
This is a potential battleground, you do not want any furniture there.
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Troops deployed to defend the Capitol and people are worried about the furnishings...
Poor guys have to sleep on the floor because some stupid people decide to follow an even stupider leader.
It has been for a while. It's only now risen to the level where it can no longer be ignored. Get ready. This will get a LOT worse before it gets any better.
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I’m grateful for the sacrifices these men and women are making to keep the Capitol safe, but without social distancing and with inconsistent and improper mask wearing, this is going to turn into another super spreader event.
You have to be tested to get in. I'm sure they have all been tested and they all wear mask. What truly sucks is they have to be there in the first place.
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The FBI has uncovered serious plots against the government. The danger is very real. Trump's supporters have planned to attack every capital (including DC) on the day of the inauguration, and if the police had taken warnings seriously on January 6th, they wouldn't need this now.
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The last time this happened what in the 1800s. The Traitor and Treason Weasel, Trump lied to his supporters and fed them lies so they would commit acts of treason against the government and the very seat of democracy in the United States.. It's not about the left, it's about Trump supporters being lied to so much they believed the election was stolen from them, it was not.
Load More Replies...The vote requires a simple majority vote, which is 50% plus one (218), which impeaches the president. Trump now faces a trial on the article in the Senate.
Both the timeline of a potential Senate trial and the likelihood of conviction are still unclear. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said he won't bring back the Senate from recess before Jan. 19, which could push the trial into the beginning of the Biden administration.
The Senate is tasked with handling the impeachment trial, which is presided over by the Chief Justice of the United States. To remove a president from office, two-thirds of the members must vote in favor. While the Senate trial has the power to remove a president from office and ban them from running for future office, it can't send a president to jail.
"You all said my travel pillow wouldn't come in handy, well look how that turned out!"
Not my op-ed to sort out, but this makes me f*****g sick, fwiw. I have spent my whole life in this country where people just look at places like Bosnia, Syria, South Africa, Korea and so many other countries and ask themselves "how can anyone let their home turn into a militarized country like that? Camo and policing everywhere, making people adhere to curfews..." etc. THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE! Congratulations, USA, you've done it. You've managed to, ignorantly, put yourself in the same state as those countries that you bad-mouth because you "can't understand what happened". This happened. This is what that "martial" society looks like. This is what happens when you can't just remember people are, wait for it, P E O P L E. Human beings. Not Red, not Blue, not anything other than people. We've done this to ourselves and it's honestly disturbing that "no one saw it coming". smh
Trust me, I saw it coming. As soon as Trump was elected I knew it was all going to be downhill from there. But I'm in the UK, so I'm just sitting back and watching Bojack Horseman (Boris Johnson) be useless and insist that Trump was a good leader.
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Just to clarify, these people are members of the National Guard, not the Army. The Guard is comprised of volunteer members at the state (not Federal) level who train twice a month, and are called in for emergencies such as protests, national disasters, etc. They are wearing uniforms, which happen to be camo, and they are just doing their job. It is disgusting that a few fringe extremists took away everything we (U.S. citizens) hold dear, and embarrassed the nation on a global scale, but please don’t criticize everyday citizens for earning a living and trying to protect our lawmakers. I am a Republican who, for the first time in 40 years, voted Democratic. Not all conservatives in this country supported Trump.
How so? You mean the media lying to us for four years? You mean the democrat party claiming for four freaking years that Trump was illegitimate. You mean the democrats applauding the rioting in cities that burned down people homes and business and got maany people killed? Have we not had someone scream that an election was a fraud? Are you dense? That is all democrats have ever done. The democrats would NOT look at ANY of the evidence. Hell, it all may have been lies but no one would even consider whether the fraud claims were real. Judges NEVER even looked at it. They threw it out without looking.
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The fact that this is necessary is just terrible. I'd like to think that after the inauguration for Biden on the 20th things will get better quickly, but I find it hard to believe that Trump supporters won't try to do anything else. And to think-- four years ago we were dreading the inauguration. There weren't any riots though, were there? Nobody was walking around with a fur hat that had horns while half naked and face painted red white and blue. Nobody was killed while trying to jump into the capitol through a window they just smashed. Nobody took selfies with the police who should have been driving them out of the capitol. And may I mention that there are BLM peaceful marches where police were killing people and making black people get out of their cars for no reason! I don't think I saw any of that on capitol hill. And yet they tried to shame people for a death that was bound to happen. WHY?!?!?
That's what it looks like if the Capitol is full of armed patriots. Very differrnt from last week
Well yeah now they actually have backup. The chief capital of police has already came out and said they called for back up 6 times on January 6th but was refused every single time. They wanted to let them get in.
That's because the president, who told the mob he loved them, had to approve it. He wouldn't. He wanted a coup. He failed.
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Inconsistent masks and almost no physical distancing, this is not good from a Covid prevention perspective.
Plus the Republican congresspeople who refused masks in the crowded evacuation room. “Rep. Watson Coleman: I’m 75. I had cancer. I got covid-19 because my GOP colleagues dismiss facts.”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/bonnie-watson-coleman-covid-republicans-masks/
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This is the only logical conclusion of a Trump presidency. Now we see how fragile democracy is. An idiot con-artist like Trump has brought the world's largest democracy to its knees in four years, and millions of his voters still support him. This is a tragedy for everyone that we must learn from, now.
How was it brought to its knees. We had a few fools take over a federal building. Do you really think that our democracy was at risk?
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The Defense Department has to question the loyalty of US troops to the oath taken to defend the US and its Constitution, FFS. Yes, the problems of our society in the US have been stewing and brewing a long time ------ but the devolution of democracy into demagoguery is physically painful to me. Sign me, US citizen, from a military family that is loyal to the US Constitution and the US citizenry above any and all politicians or political creeds, even when we disagree.
Because there isn't 20,000 bedrooms in the capital building
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I'm sure they appreciate getting a nice nap! I don't think sleep is plentiful while in the army, so you take whenever you can get. I hope they can rest well and then return back to wherever they are stationed a little bored, but well rested (i.e.. that nothing happens)
I know it’s uncomfortable sleeping with a mask, but better safe than sorry. 😷
This is very sad. Truth and facts and law are not enough, as long as those who think they have the right to freedom trample on others. Many lives are at risk. It won't end at the inauguration of a new president. But I still believe we will see the dream of the democracy, equality and justice for all come true.
I'm sitting here in history class learning about all these important events and stuff. And right now, in my country, the Capitol is filled with soldiers ready to FIGHT against a possible ATTACK... Pretty aweing. I feel so awful for these people... can you imagine having to sit around completely bored out of your mind but also REALLY hoping nothing comes along to make you NOT bored?...
I don't get it. Why post all these pictures of empty halls and corridors?
I'm so sorry that humanity isn't perfect. Because of us the army is sleeping with those damn masks on.
These last few years have played out like a supervillain movie except nobody could raise the finance because it was so unbelievable.
I see a lot of people asking why they're sleeping on the floor. My guess is they are on short term mobilization and thus limit the logicistic of their movement. I.e. only bring what you can carry and move with. Cots would be established in a rear area or if mobilized for a extended period of time.
How can Trump supporters feel anything but shame for what they have created? These soldiers have families and lives that they have had to leave because Trump "true believers" can't be trusted to act legally. Soldiers have served throughout our countries history. If the Demo
Those guys aren't allowed to go anywhere at all in their off time right now. They can't buy "luxury items" like toothpaste. They can't receive care packages. They're living like prisoners sleeping on hard cold floors in a building full of multi millionaires.
The purpose of America was literally for minorities to escape oppression and be free?? Why??? Are bigheaded idiots??? Ignoring this???? And being racist???
Our country is a good country. Calm your tits. We will be okay as we always are and we even stand ready to protect our allies, enemy through all this. Our republic survived having an enemy agent as our president for four years. We can handle anything. Thanks for being so supportive though. Classy.
Load More Replies... I have the utmost respect for anyone serving in the armed forces, so I don't mean for this question to sound disrespectful. But...why are most of the pictures of them sleeping? Are they sleeping most of the time? Does the media only get to take pictures at night?
There’s a lot of “hurry up and wait” in the military. There are no Trump traitors swarming the place, so there’s not much for the Guard members to do.
Load More Replies... Wow. Those awful protestors really messed up the Capitol. BTW, have you seen what the inner cities looked like after the BLM riots? Yeah, I know. Poor Pelosi how dare they mess up her office. They should have burned down and looted people's private businesses and homes like the democrats approve of. You libs don't seem to have the same outrage when black homes and lives are destroyed in the name of BLM. For you foreigners on here. The BLM riots were destroying black neighborhoods. The media just doesn't like to report on that.
Seems to be the new normal. Society is falling by the wayside. It appears that a military state is in the future. Just look at some third world countries that have the military keep leaders in power.
Cots are annoying when riots do happen, they just get in the way
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Yeah because there’s literally no difference in protesting that people are being murdered versus trying to stage a coup to keep your cult leader in power. NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL!
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Not my op-ed to sort out, but this makes me f*****g sick, fwiw. I have spent my whole life in this country where people just look at places like Bosnia, Syria, South Africa, Korea and so many other countries and ask themselves "how can anyone let their home turn into a militarized country like that? Camo and policing everywhere, making people adhere to curfews..." etc. THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE! Congratulations, USA, you've done it. You've managed to, ignorantly, put yourself in the same state as those countries that you bad-mouth because you "can't understand what happened". This happened. This is what that "martial" society looks like. This is what happens when you can't just remember people are, wait for it, P E O P L E. Human beings. Not Red, not Blue, not anything other than people. We've done this to ourselves and it's honestly disturbing that "no one saw it coming". smh
Trust me, I saw it coming. As soon as Trump was elected I knew it was all going to be downhill from there. But I'm in the UK, so I'm just sitting back and watching Bojack Horseman (Boris Johnson) be useless and insist that Trump was a good leader.
Load More Replies... Just to clarify, these people are members of the National Guard, not the Army. The Guard is comprised of volunteer members at the state (not Federal) level who train twice a month, and are called in for emergencies such as protests, national disasters, etc. They are wearing uniforms, which happen to be camo, and they are just doing their job. It is disgusting that a few fringe extremists took away everything we (U.S. citizens) hold dear, and embarrassed the nation on a global scale, but please don’t criticize everyday citizens for earning a living and trying to protect our lawmakers. I am a Republican who, for the first time in 40 years, voted Democratic. Not all conservatives in this country supported Trump.
How so? You mean the media lying to us for four years? You mean the democrat party claiming for four freaking years that Trump was illegitimate. You mean the democrats applauding the rioting in cities that burned down people homes and business and got maany people killed? Have we not had someone scream that an election was a fraud? Are you dense? That is all democrats have ever done. The democrats would NOT look at ANY of the evidence. Hell, it all may have been lies but no one would even consider whether the fraud claims were real. Judges NEVER even looked at it. They threw it out without looking.
Load More Replies... The fact that this is necessary is just terrible. I'd like to think that after the inauguration for Biden on the 20th things will get better quickly, but I find it hard to believe that Trump supporters won't try to do anything else. And to think-- four years ago we were dreading the inauguration. There weren't any riots though, were there? Nobody was walking around with a fur hat that had horns while half naked and face painted red white and blue. Nobody was killed while trying to jump into the capitol through a window they just smashed. Nobody took selfies with the police who should have been driving them out of the capitol. And may I mention that there are BLM peaceful marches where police were killing people and making black people get out of their cars for no reason! I don't think I saw any of that on capitol hill. And yet they tried to shame people for a death that was bound to happen. WHY?!?!?
That's what it looks like if the Capitol is full of armed patriots. Very differrnt from last week
Well yeah now they actually have backup. The chief capital of police has already came out and said they called for back up 6 times on January 6th but was refused every single time. They wanted to let them get in.
That's because the president, who told the mob he loved them, had to approve it. He wouldn't. He wanted a coup. He failed.
Load More Replies... Inconsistent masks and almost no physical distancing, this is not good from a Covid prevention perspective.
Plus the Republican congresspeople who refused masks in the crowded evacuation room. “Rep. Watson Coleman: I’m 75. I had cancer. I got covid-19 because my GOP colleagues dismiss facts.”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/bonnie-watson-coleman-covid-republicans-masks/
Load More Replies... This is the only logical conclusion of a Trump presidency. Now we see how fragile democracy is. An idiot con-artist like Trump has brought the world's largest democracy to its knees in four years, and millions of his voters still support him. This is a tragedy for everyone that we must learn from, now.
How was it brought to its knees. We had a few fools take over a federal building. Do you really think that our democracy was at risk?
Load More Replies... The Defense Department has to question the loyalty of US troops to the oath taken to defend the US and its Constitution, FFS. Yes, the problems of our society in the US have been stewing and brewing a long time ------ but the devolution of democracy into demagoguery is physically painful to me. Sign me, US citizen, from a military family that is loyal to the US Constitution and the US citizenry above any and all politicians or political creeds, even when we disagree.
Because there isn't 20,000 bedrooms in the capital building
Load More Replies... I'm sure they appreciate getting a nice nap! I don't think sleep is plentiful while in the army, so you take whenever you can get. I hope they can rest well and then return back to wherever they are stationed a little bored, but well rested (i.e.. that nothing happens)
I know it’s uncomfortable sleeping with a mask, but better safe than sorry. 😷
This is very sad. Truth and facts and law are not enough, as long as those who think they have the right to freedom trample on others. Many lives are at risk. It won't end at the inauguration of a new president. But I still believe we will see the dream of the democracy, equality and justice for all come true.
I'm sitting here in history class learning about all these important events and stuff. And right now, in my country, the Capitol is filled with soldiers ready to FIGHT against a possible ATTACK... Pretty aweing. I feel so awful for these people... can you imagine having to sit around completely bored out of your mind but also REALLY hoping nothing comes along to make you NOT bored?...
I don't get it. Why post all these pictures of empty halls and corridors?
I'm so sorry that humanity isn't perfect. Because of us the army is sleeping with those damn masks on.
These last few years have played out like a supervillain movie except nobody could raise the finance because it was so unbelievable.
I see a lot of people asking why they're sleeping on the floor. My guess is they are on short term mobilization and thus limit the logicistic of their movement. I.e. only bring what you can carry and move with. Cots would be established in a rear area or if mobilized for a extended period of time.
How can Trump supporters feel anything but shame for what they have created? These soldiers have families and lives that they have had to leave because Trump "true believers" can't be trusted to act legally. Soldiers have served throughout our countries history. If the Demo
Those guys aren't allowed to go anywhere at all in their off time right now. They can't buy "luxury items" like toothpaste. They can't receive care packages. They're living like prisoners sleeping on hard cold floors in a building full of multi millionaires.
The purpose of America was literally for minorities to escape oppression and be free?? Why??? Are bigheaded idiots??? Ignoring this???? And being racist???
Our country is a good country. Calm your tits. We will be okay as we always are and we even stand ready to protect our allies, enemy through all this. Our republic survived having an enemy agent as our president for four years. We can handle anything. Thanks for being so supportive though. Classy.
Load More Replies... I have the utmost respect for anyone serving in the armed forces, so I don't mean for this question to sound disrespectful. But...why are most of the pictures of them sleeping? Are they sleeping most of the time? Does the media only get to take pictures at night?
There’s a lot of “hurry up and wait” in the military. There are no Trump traitors swarming the place, so there’s not much for the Guard members to do.
Load More Replies... Wow. Those awful protestors really messed up the Capitol. BTW, have you seen what the inner cities looked like after the BLM riots? Yeah, I know. Poor Pelosi how dare they mess up her office. They should have burned down and looted people's private businesses and homes like the democrats approve of. You libs don't seem to have the same outrage when black homes and lives are destroyed in the name of BLM. For you foreigners on here. The BLM riots were destroying black neighborhoods. The media just doesn't like to report on that.
Seems to be the new normal. Society is falling by the wayside. It appears that a military state is in the future. Just look at some third world countries that have the military keep leaders in power.
Cots are annoying when riots do happen, they just get in the way
Load More Replies... Yeah because there’s literally no difference in protesting that people are being murdered versus trying to stage a coup to keep your cult leader in power. NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL!
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