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Originally Posted by Mick
Get with the programme, we’re not talking about the election.
We’re talking about what of Democrat incitement to violence? …
Cory Booker incited violence when he called for his supporters to get ‘up in their face’ of Congress people.
No Democrat will ask whether Democrat Maxine Waters incited violence when she literally told her supporters, and I quote, that ”if you see a member of the Trump administration at a restaurant, at a department store, at a gas station, or anyplace, you create a crowd and you push back on them.”
Is that not incitement?
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Context is important. Was Maxine Waters addressing an angry mob, some of whom were armed, and did they immediately show signs of doing what she said? If yes, did she immediately move to calm them down again or did she remain silent until much later?
Lots of people say lots of stupid stuff. Sometimes people say stuff that suggests people should act in a violent manner. But there are specific conditions that have to be met before actual criminal incitement can be proven beyond doubt in court.
I think Trump has a case to answer, based on the evidence. That's not to say he's guilty, but the evidence is strong enough that it should be tried. Of course as it will be tried in the Senate, it will be settled on politics and not on evidence. In this case the politics that decide it are internal Republican concerns. Do GOP senators like the idea of Trump threatening to stand for nomination in 2024? Do they feel threatened if they act against him? That sort of thing.