Rep. Joaquin Castro Joaquin Castro Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' Impeachment managers say Trump's failure to call off rioters 'a dereliction of duty' Castro: Trump further incited the mob 'against his own vice president' MORE (D-Texas) accused Trump of directly inciting the rioters against former Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard Pence Impeachment managers say Trump's failure to call off rioters 'a dereliction of duty' Castro: Trump further incited the mob 'against his own vice president' GOP senators call Capitol riot videos 'disturbing,' 'powerful,' 'graphic' MORE , noting that Trump accused Pence of lacking the “courage” to overturn the election results after the attack began. Castro cited Trump’s tweet, in which he said Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution” after Pence declined to intervene while presiding over the counting of electoral votes. “Over an hour and a half into the attack, and this is what he tweeted,” Castro said. “He still, even at this point, did not acknowledge the attack on the Capitol, let alone condemn it. Instead, he further incites the mob against his own vice president, whose life was being threatened." ADVERTISEMENT “Some of you may ask, who was paying attention anyway? Well, that mob was paying attention,” Castro said, citing video of a rioter reading Trump’s tweet over a megaphone during the Capitol riot. Castro also highlighted a host of Republicans who were publically imploring Trump to call off the rioters, characterizing his failure to do so as a dereliction of duty while serving as commander in chief. Never-before-seen video presented by impeachment managers on Wednesday showed Pence being ushered out of the Senate chamber just minutes before the pro-Trump rioters overtook the building. Some were shown walking through the ...
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Castro: U.S. adversaries using riot to undermine democracy abroad
Rep. Joaquin Castro Joaquin Castro Castro: U.S. adversaries using riot to undermine democracy abroad LIVE COVERAGE: Democrats conclude case against Trump Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' MORE (D-Texas) argued Thursday during former President Trump Donald Trump NRCC finance chair: Republicans who voted for Trump impeachment will not be penalized Blinken, UN head share first call after US rejoins Climate Accords, WHO GOP senators met with Trump's impeachment team to talk strategy MORE 's impeachment trial that the Capitol riots have severely undermined U.S. standing abroad and that hostile nations are using the unrest as anti-Democratic propaganda. “The world watched President Trump tell his big lie. The world watched his supporters come to Washington at his invitation and the world watched as he told his supporters to come here to the Capitol,” Castro, an impeachment manager, said while addressing senators on the upper chamber's floor. “President Trump, our commander-in-chief at the time, failed to take any action to defend us, as he utterly failed in his duty to preserve, protect and defend, and now the world is watching us wondering whether our constitutional republic will respond the way it should … whether the rule of law will prevail over mob rule," he said. "The answer to that question has consequences far beyond our own borders.” ADVERTISEMENT Castro, during his speech, also read remarks from Chinese officials pointing to the siege as evidence the U.S. has no authority to criticize its crackdown on pro-Democracy protesters in Hong Kong. “Trump gave the Chinese government an opening to create a false equivalency between protesters seeking democracy and violent protesters trying to overthrow it,” Castro said. He urged senators to convict, saying it would restore credibility for U.S. officials as they seek to negotiate foreign trade, economic ...
Democrats Argue at Impeachment Trial: Capitol Riot Wasn’t Caused by ‘One Speech’
Democrats argued Wednesday that the Capitol riot was not the result of “one speech,” despite the fact that the article of impeachment passed by the House of Representatives last month claimed that President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 incited it. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), one of the House impeachment managers, spoke during the second day of argument in the impeachment trial of the former president, arguing that the riot came after weeks of Trump’s criticism of the 2020 election. “This attack did not come from one speech, and it didn’t happen by accident. The evidence shows clearly that this mob was provoked over many months by Donald J. Trump,” Castro said. The argument appeared to undermine the central basis of the impeachment, which is that Trump’s speech on January 6 at the Ellipse specifically incited the mob at the Capitol. The House made that claim without noting evidence that the mob had already begun storming the Capitol, more than a mile away, before Trump finished speaking, and despite the fact that he told his supporters in his speech to protest “peacefully and patriotically.” Democrats spent little time on Trump’s words in the speech, arguing instead that he had deliberately signaled to his supporters to attack the Capitol after stoking claims of election fraud for months. Castro’s fellow House impeachment manager, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) — who prosecuted the case despite an ongoing scandal involving his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy — actually admitted that Trump really “believed” the election was stolen. Like his colleague, Swalwell argued that the riot was not caused by one speech alone: “This was not one speech, not one tweet. It was dozens and in rapid succession with specific details.” Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin kicked off the prosecution by claiming that Trump’s lawyers believed the former president’s behavior had been “totally appropriate.” (They never made such a claim.) Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) ...
Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal ‘will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' On The Money: House panel advances measure expanding unemployment benefits in relief package | Powell says more aid needed for full recovery Biden nominee Neera Tanden recalls past discrimination MORE suggested in a tweet Wednesday that an acquittal in former President Trump Donald Trump Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' Former Republican officials in talks to form center-right anti-Trump party: report Gaetz hits back at Kinzinger PAC targeting 'Trumpism' MORE ’s impeachment trial would only come as a result of “the jury includ[ing] his co-conspirators.” “If Senate Republicans fail to convict Donald Trump, it won't be because the facts were with him or his lawyers mounted a competent defense. It will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators,” Clinton tweeted Wednesday. If Senate Republicans fail to convict Donald Trump, it won't be because the facts were with him or his lawyers mounted a competent defense. It will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 10, 2021 ADVERTISEMENT Clinton’s tweet came after the second day of arguments from House impeachment managers before the Senate. Reps. David Cicilline David Cicilline Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' Impeachment trial descends into chaos over Lee objection Impeachment managers say Trump's failure to call off rioters 'a dereliction of duty' MORE (D-R.I.) and Joaquin Castro Joaquin Castro Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' Impeachment managers say Trump's failure to call off rioters 'a dereliction of duty' Castro: Trump further incited ...
Impeachment managers say Trump’s failure to call off rioters ‘a dereliction of duty’
House impeachment managers Reps. David Cicilline David Cicilline Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' Impeachment trial descends into chaos over Lee objection Impeachment managers say Trump's failure to call off rioters 'a dereliction of duty' MORE (D-R.I.) and Joaquin Castro Joaquin Castro Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' Impeachment managers say Trump's failure to call off rioters 'a dereliction of duty' Castro: Trump further incited the mob 'against his own vice president' MORE (D-Texas) wrapped up arguments on the second day of former President Trump Donald Trump Hillary Clinton: Trump acquittal 'will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators' Former Republican officials in talks to form center-right anti-Trump party: report Gaetz hits back at Kinzinger PAC targeting 'Trumpism' MORE 's impeachment trial on Wednesday, using their time to make the case that Trump was directly responsible for the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. They showed dramatic never-before-seen video clips of the violence and juxtaposed some of the footage with tweets by Trump during the riot in which Democrats and some Republicans have deemed supportive of the pro-Trump mob overtaking the Capitol. The managers highlighted that Trump never told the rioters to leave, instead urging them to "remain peaceful" and saying he loved them. “President Trump told his supporters over and over again, nearly every day, in dozens of tweets, speeches and rallies, that their most precious right in our democracy — their voice, their vote — was being stripped away and they had to fight to stop that,” Castro told senators. “And they believed him. So they fought.” ADVERTISEMENT Cicilline and Castro both noted the then-president’s attacks on then-Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard ...
