Input 2021.02.10 06:23
The US Democratic Party’s impeachment strategy against former US President Donald Trump was clear.
Democratic Party Rep. Jamie Raskin, who leads the House’s impeachment proceedings against former President Trump, played a 13-minute video on the 9th (local time) as he started an impeachment trial on the stage of the main hall of the Senate.
It started with a chronologically edited video of the Trump supporters’ invasion of Congress on the 6th of last month. The video begins with a speech by former President Trump encouraging him to go to Parliament. The supporters who flocked to the parliament quickly turned into a frenzied group, creating a mess.
When they stepped back, the demonstrators were intact, swearing at the police and using violence. Protesters wandering around the inside of the Capitol and committing violent actions also appeared without any addition or subtraction.
Members of the plenary meeting to confirm President Joe Biden’s victory cease to meet and panic, the face of the police screaming in pain from protesters’ violence, and the shouts of protesters shouting support for Trump with abusive language and yelling This was cross-edited. The video also featured protesters cheering after taking the police shield, as well as protesters destroying the equipment of media companies such as the Associated Press.
In the main session of the Senate, the video was played for 13 minutes, filled with shouting and abusive language in the video. It was broadcast live through each broadcasting company such as NBC and CNN, leaving a strong impression on viewers.
The video ended with a tweet that former President Trump posted, “Remember today forever,” following the subtitles that at least 7 people were killed and 140 policemen were injured due to the intrusion.
Rep. Raskin said, “Former President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for doing this,” he concluded.
It seems that it is intended to arouse the violence of the congressional invasion to the public and to highlight the justification of impeachment of former President Trump by presenting a video showing the lawless behavior of protesters who are not concerned with public power.
Almost everyone couldn’t take their eyes off the screen while the video was on, but some Republican senators did something wrong, the Washington Post reported. Senator Land Paul looked down at the documents above his lap, and Senator Rick Scott gave little attention to the screen. The same was true of Congressman Tom Cotton and Marco Rubio.
Former President Trump is under suspicion of inciting a civil war, and the impeachment prosecution committee and former President Trump’s lawyers go to the Senate impeachment trial from this day and get 16 hours of defense. A vote on whether to impeach is expected next week.