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Adam Schiff says mistake to presume Americans have full picture on Capitol riot incitement

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Op · 2 yr. ago

When asked about his opinion on witnesses during the trial, Schiff said: "We have the unusual circumstance where on the very first day of the trail when those managers walk on the floor of the Senate, there will already be over a hundred witnesses present, and those will be the House and Senate members."

"Whether you need additional witnesses will be a strategic call for the House managers," Schiff continued.

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The worst part is that the republican witnesses don't believe their own eyes and experience, they are revising their own history to align with their false beliefs.

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Really wish Schiff were on the impeachment team again.

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There were millions at home watching the disaster in horror as if two iconic buildings were being attacked, and they were.

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We don’t need witnesses that there was an assault on the capital. Trump is on trial, not the insurgents. We need witnesses to what Trump was doing before and during the attack. Given these will be Trump loyalists, Subpoenas are required.

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there will already be over a hundred witnesses present, and those will be the House and Senate members

Unfortunately a lot of them are reality deniers.

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· 2 yr. ago
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You also bring witnesses to have the testimony submitted to record.

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Yup, and half of those people are Republicans. "Well thats not how I saw it. To me it looked liked a bunch of Antifa members."

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All I’m saying is something definitely fucky went on that day. There’s footage of cops moving gates and waving people through. People were privy to this long before it even happened yet there was very little police presence compared to some other protests. I dunno just feels weird

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This presumes the GOP members won't lie their collective arses off to serve their own ends.

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· 2 yr. ago
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We need witnesses and evidence. They must put on a good show for the people. Yes, they all saw it. But many of us didn't. The evidence and witnesses presented in the case must prove the case, regardless of what the jury already knows.

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Op · 2 yr. ago

I agree with you. People need and deserve the full picture. Also, if the trial is compelling enough maybe, just maybe, public pressure and prevailing sentiment could crack a fault line into the GQP voting bloc.

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they need to focue on the differenc3 between the rioters and the conspiracy, which included far right gangs, roger stone, et al.

everyone saw the riot, but thats not at all the extent of the threat. average people could easily equate it with blm protests. this was not a protest turned riot.

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Well this is just a 2 minute montage of Trump egging on and condoning violence over the last few years. This needs to be played at the trial. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0qcRKS8wANs&feature=youtu.be

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Because this is a political trial and not a judicial trial, the court of public opinion is so very important in getting the senate to do their job

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