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‘Surly’ Trump has ‘voiced extreme self-pity’ after scheme to overturn the election failed: CNN
January 15, 2021
The leader of the free world is reportedly in a psychotic spiral following his rejection by the voters and failure to overturn the results of the election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden.
In a new report, CNN contrasted Trump's mental collapse to the increasingly public role of Vice President Mike Pence, who CNN notes is acting "decidedly more presidential" than the actual president.
<p>"After an extended period of estrangement after Trump called Pence a "p*ssy" and lambasted him in front of a crowd that later stormed the US Capitol to hunt him, Trump and Pence are now speaking," CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/mike-pence-donald-trump-presidency/index.html" target="_blank">reported</a>. "<span></span>But many in Pence's orbit remain furious at how Trump behaved the day of the insurrection attempt, which brought rioters within seconds of encountering Pence and members of his family in the hallways outside the Senate chamber. Trump did not call to check on Pence's safety during the ordeal."</p><p>"In recent days, Pence has emerged as a more visible figure than the President, who has appeared only in recorded videos filmed by White House staff. While many of Trump's advisers have encouraged him to deliver a farewell address, either live or recorded, has has seemed disinterested and non-committal. He's voiced extreme self-pity, according to people familiar with the conversations, and has become surly because more Republicans aren't defending him," CNN reported. </p>
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Trump should face criminal charges for giving cause to an insurgency: Gen. Wesley Clark
January 15, 2021
Speaking on CNN this Friday, retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark said that during his time in Vietnam, he studied insurgencies, and the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by supporters of President Trump "had all the earmarks of an insurgency if you stand back and look at it."
Clark went on to say that if you define the Capitol riot as a "domestic insurgency," it helps law enforcement understand how to respond, adding that people he's talked to in the Republican Party are "physically afraid" of speaking out against those who participated in and fanned the flames of the attack.
<p>"They're threatened -- they're threatened by other legislators and they're threatened by their constituents who label them as traitors," he said. </p><p>When asked by CNN's Brianna Keilar if President Trump should face criminal charges over his alleged role in inciting the incident, Clark replied, "Absolutely." </p><p>"He's given this broad-based insurgent movement a cause ... and, he's the charismatic leader." </p><p>Watch the video below: </p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DcOK6uGIby0" width="560"></iframe></div>
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GOP senator warns ‘rage-peddlers’ will try to ‘whitewash’ the plot to assassinate Pence
January 15, 2021
The Washington Post on Friday published an explosive new account of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, reporting that the Donald Trump supporters rioting to overturn the election came "perilously close" to reaching Vice President Mike Pence.
Videos and online postings suggest that several pro-Trump rioters intended to kidnap Pence and possibly even execute him if he didn't overturn the election.
<p>Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), one of the Senate jurors while will decide the fatal Trump's second impeachment, warned of people attempting to "whitewash" the insurrection during a new statement posted Friday.</p><p>"Rage-peddlers are going to try to whitewash the attack on the Capitol, saying that a few bad apples got out of control. That's wrong," Sasse wrote. </p><p>"Every American needs to understand what the Department of Justice has just made public: Investigators have strong evidence to suggest that some of the rioters who stormed the United States Capitol planned to kidnap and possibly assassinate the Vice President," he noted.</p><p>"These men weren't drunks who got rowdy — they were terrorists attacking this country's constitutionally-mandated transfer of power," Sasse explained. "They failed, but they came dangerously close to starting a bloody constitutional crisis."<br/><br/>"They must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The FBI is investigating widespread calls for violence across the country and every American has an obligation to lower the temperature," he argued.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="55e9d04861fb5707be2f13b6943f5f75" id="5a7cd"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350161732426223618"><div style="margin:1em 0">Sasse statement: “Every American needs to understand what the Department of Justice has just made public: Investiga… https://t.co/qH96EAcDrn</div> — Jim Acosta (@Jim Acosta)<a href="https://twitter.com/Acosta/statuses/1350161732426223618">1610738616.0</a></blockquote></div>
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