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Originally Posted by Sonicfire1981
No, I'm saying whataboutism is wrong. always. Voting against impeaching Clinton for lying under oath & obstructing justice was wrong. If there was a "Whataboutwhattherepublicansdidbefore" (I don't remember, but I'm also too young to have been overly interested back then) - that was *more wrong*.
It's an easy argument to not do the right thing now (voting against the constitution wether the senate should resolve this impeachment or not - because there really isn't anything to decide) because of what the oponent did 22 years ago.
I have a theory that these senators are afraid, which would be a natural thing to be - think Whittmer, think family Raffensperger.
The question you have to answer for yourself: is this still a country you want to live in? Where any official no longer has take care of what (s)he says, can *unintentionally* bring a violent mob, that, without any connection to the officials words, goes after the officials enemies. Where they takes no responsibility for the actions of their followers.
Basically the reign of those with the most violent followers. Do you want this to happen again, or should you do everything possible to prevent it?
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Here's the problem. He didn't bring a violent mob. The *vast* majority of those in attendance at his speech on Jan 6th were entirely peaceful, listened to his speech, and went back to their hotels, grabbed lunch, etc. We have video of that. Of those that went to the Capitol, the majority of them went there peacefully.
You have the 1% of the 1% who entered into the Capitol. And the majority of *them* also did so peacefully, even if unlawfully. We have video of this also.
We *also* have video and social media evidence of left-wing agitators who planned and executed efforts to cause chaos at the Capitol - and the resultant escalation to include Trump supporters committing violence as a result - since most people would willingly follow leader-type personalities in such a situation.
If I were intent on engaging in shenanigans to make my political opponent look bad, this is a textbook example of how to do it successfully.