{"id":177301,"date":"2021-02-13T05:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T02:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/madonna-johnny-depp-cited-in-batst-trump-impeachment-defense\/"},"modified":"2021-02-13T05:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T02:06:23","slug":"madonna-johnny-depp-cited-in-batst-trump-impeachment-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/madonna-johnny-depp-cited-in-batst-trump-impeachment-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"#Madonna & Johnny Depp Cited In Bats**t Trump Impeachment Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Madonna & Johnny Depp Cited In Bats**t Trump Impeachment Defense
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\nWell, that was completely grotesque but mercifully short. (Insert your own\u00a0Stormy Daniels<\/strong> joke here.)<\/p>\n

After a week of evidence given by the managers of\u00a0Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2018s second impeachment, explaining the months of lies and rhetoric and eventually planning that ultimately incited his followers to storm the Capitol Building on January 6, the defense presented their side in just\u00a0three hours<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Related: Capitol Rioters Intended To \u2018Capture & Assassinate Elected Officials\u2019, Say Feds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember, this was after three of the \u201cjurors\u201d \u2014 Senators Ted Cruz<\/strong>,\u00a0Mike Lee<\/strong>, and Lindsey Graham<\/strong> \u2014 actually met with Trump\u2019s lawyers, so we imagine they\u2019re already pretty sure they\u2019ve got the verdict they want in the bag.<\/p>\n

But still they had to say\u00a0something<\/em> the Senators could repeat when explaining their decision to acquit Trump in the face of all the evidence. What they landed on was\u2026 a choice.<\/p>\n

There were arguments meant to confuse, like suggesting that the Trump tweets Democrats presented were fake because they\u2019d been mocked up. (They had to be recreated as you can no longer get screen grabs of Trump\u2019s twitter<\/a> feed. It doesn\u2019t mean they weren\u2019t real and on record.)<\/p>\n

\"Donald
*cricket sounds* \/ (c) Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was also the propagation of yet another BS conspiracy theory when Trump\u2019s attorneys (one of whom is a personal injury lawyer, the other of whom worked for\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>) actually made the claim that Antifa<\/strong> was involved in the attack on the Capitol.<\/p>\n

As you may recall, that lie was the first refuge of Republicans who didn\u2019t want to admit it was their side committing insurrection.\u00a0Hercules: The Legendary Journeys<\/em>\u00a0star\u00a0Kevin Sorbo<\/strong> in particular was a fan of that one.<\/p>\n

\"Disappointed<\/a><\/p>\n

But their main argument was focused on the word \u201cfight\u201d as though it\u2019s all Trump said, completely out of context.<\/p>\n

As part of their straw man argument, they had a 10-minute video presentation which showed Democrats using the word \u201cfight\u201d in their own political rhetoric. But instead of just including\u00a0Joe Biden<\/strong> and\u00a0Nancy Pelosi<\/strong>, the\u00a0Fox News<\/a><\/strong>-esque supercut also featured clips of\u00a0Johnny Depp<\/strong> and\u00a0Madonna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For real!<\/p>\n

The Madonna clip was from the Women\u2019s March which took place on the day of Trump\u2019s Inauguration, in which an angry Madge told a crowd:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Depp one was from an event in 2017 when he joked:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen was the last time an actor assassinated a president?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was a comment for which Depp later apologized.<\/p>\n

All this was to justify Trump telling his crowd they needed to fight, making the argument that this sort of violent imagery was de rigueur<\/em> in political speech, which is absolutely true. Politicians do often use terms like \u201cfight\u201d figuratively. Lots of people do. And we\u2019re not talking about holding them accountable for it. No one wants to arrest Rachel Platten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"GIF<\/a><\/p>\n

But that isn\u2019t hypocrisy. Because this was never just about that one Trump comment or even that one speech.<\/p>\n

No, Democrats argued the President had not just lit the fuse that day but that he had spent the previous months stacking the dynamite. Trump told his base for weeks that the election was being stolen from him \u2014 and therefor them \u2014 and that despite his \u201clandslide\u201d win, everyone was committing a massive coup against him. He fomented righteous, patriotic anger by misleading them into believing everyone doing their jobs by facilitating the peaceful transfer of power was part of some grand conspiracy. He told them the Democrats and Republicans alike who accepted the election results were their enemies. He did this over and over again.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0then<\/em> he scheduled a rally and march for the same day as the election certification, just a short walk away. He knew violent extremist groups were attending. He spoke specifically, over and over in his 20-minute speech, about the election being stolen and how the crowd needed to try to do something about that. He mentioned Mike Pence<\/strong> by name. And then he told the gathered folks there to march. And they did.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason the crowds Madonna and Johnny Depp spoke to didn\u2019t storm a federal building chanting about lynching elected officials, didn\u2019t plant bombs or kill cops. Because what Madonna and Johnny Depp said\u00a0were<\/em>\u00a0just expressions. Those comments weren\u2019t the final step in a weeks-long campaign of propaganda and lies meant to cause exactly what happ<\/a>ened. And that context matters.<\/p>\n

\"Over<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s lawyers argue the January 6 attack was pre-planned. We\u2019d have to agree. That doesn\u2019t mean Trump wasn\u2019t the one pushing over the first domino.<\/p>\n

As for the argument that the former POTUS never intended to disrupt the election certification? Well, in that case why did he schedule his march for the same day in the same place? Why did he speak specifically about it?<\/p>\n

Moreover, why did he take the opportunity of the delay caused by the violence to call congresspeople to pressure them not to certify? DURING THE ATTACK. WHILE THE LEGISLATORS\u2019 LIVES WERE ACTIVELY IN JEOPARDY. And again, that was instead of coming out right away and demanding his followers stop the attack.<\/p>\n

We think the impeachment case was made pretty conclusively. And the defense is as much nonsense as the rest of what Trump\u2019s team have been putting forth. It should have been held at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping<\/strong>. It\u2019s just spitting in the wind. But of course that doesn\u2019t mean a conviction. We\u2019ve learned those who pledge allegiance to Trump are happy to have their faces spat on and ask for more.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/a><\/p>\n

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