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Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell· Jan 14, 2021

Morally, Donald Trump and those members of Congress are just as guilty, just as guilty, as the invaders of the Capitol, including the murderers at the Capitol.

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Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell· Jan 14, 2021

If the Republican House members who provided those tours or their staff members who provided those tours knew that the people they were guiding were planning to invade the capitol, then they are all criminal coconspirators in the invasion…

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Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell· Jan 14, 2021

Congressman Gosar dedicated every fiber of his being to that lie every day since election day.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Jan 13, 2021

There will be a fight about it, certainly. President will probably bring a lawsuit about it.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Jan 13, 2021

If they had convicted him at his first impeachment, that would have removed him from office.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Jan 13, 2021

He is the first-ever U.S. president to be impeached twice for high crimes and misdemeanors committed while in office.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Jan 13, 2021

Tonight's vote to impeach President Donald Trump was the largest vote ever for a presidential impeachment.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Jan 12, 2021

Half of the impeachments ever to happen in the history of the country happened to Donald Trump, because that is how reckless he has been.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Jan 12, 2021

I think it's fair to say the peaceful transfer of power is no longer a thing. That ship has clearly sailed.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Jan 12, 2021

The House is set to convene tomorrow to consider making Donald Trump the first president in history to be impeached twice.

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Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell· Jan 12, 2021

Trying to run an actual political party with Trump involved in it is impossible, and to get the Trump madness out of the party would restore it to a form that Mitch McConnell would recognize.

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Chris Hayes
@chrishayes· Jan 11, 2021

If there is not accountability for it, they will try again, and will have a better chance of succeeding.

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Chris Hayes
@chrishayes· Jan 11, 2021

They wanted to cease power from you, from us as democratic citizens.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Jan 11, 2021

There is no sign from Mike Pence that he wants to go that route, but we expect that vote to happen tomorrow in the House.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Jan 11, 2021

Donald Trump will no longer be president in nine days. What remains is the stench of white supremacy seen throughout American history and here to stay unless we finally confront it.

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Ezra Klein
@ezraklein· Jan 11, 2021

There is a story President Trump used to tell when he was on the campaign trail in 2016. It's terrible and there are a bunch of versions of, the scorpion version. But he called it the snake version.

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Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell· Jan 11, 2021

Donald Trump has always been who he is tonight. And anyone who claims they couldn't see that until now is lying.

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Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell· Jan 11, 2021

Eight senators and 139 Republican members of the House, including the Republican leader of the House, Kevin McCarthy, were attacking the Constitution in that building on Wednesday and they continued attacking the Constitution after the…

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Ezra Klein
@ezraklein· Jan 11, 2021

Every time Republican leaders signed on board with him, they made it likelier.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Jan 8, 2021

This is their last gasp at a dying administration that got voted out by 81 million Americans.

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Chris Hayes
@chrishayes· Jan 8, 2021

Today, Republican David Perdue actually conceded the closer of those two races and congratulated Ossoff on this victory.

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Chris Hayes
@chrishayes· Jan 8, 2021

Remember when that happened? We'll talk about what that means and what they need to do ahead.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Jan 8, 2021

The only way he has to truly try to save himself from that prospect that he most fears is to resign.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Jan 8, 2021

Now, it's no coincidence that white fanatics invaded our Capitol the day after Georgia elected its first black senator and its first Jewish senator.

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