Seth Abramson analyzes Trump’s January 6th rhetoric in a thread that deserves wider exposure. As does his subsequent thread analyzing the speeches at Trump’s rally that immediately preceded his. Here’s the link to his analysis of Trump’s own words:
(THREAD) Media has yet to do a deep dive on precisely what Trump *said* in his January 6 speech in DC—a speech now called an "incitement to insurrection," and the basis for an article of impeachment coming Monday. This thread unpacks the speech. I hope you'll read on and RETWEET. pic.twitter.com/ba6eaNScNW
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 9, 2021
And here’s the link to the analysis of the speakers before him and the context that they create for understanding Trump’s speech:
1/ If you haven't yet seen my analysis of Trump's January 6 "incitement to insurrection" speech, you can find it at the link below. This thread will look at four shorter—but deeply consequential—speeches just before Trump's, all by Trump allies or family. https://t.co/qdRpGXjFB4
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) January 10, 2021
This next quote is a particularly telling bit, but all of it is worthwhile. (I just wish he’d written the thing outside of twitter & linked it.) Read this:
There’s lots more. I’m not sure that 100k people actually attended the rally (others put the number at 30k or thereabouts), but besides using the larger end of crowd estimates, what he’s saying makes a reasonable case that this was knowing, willful incitement on the part of multiple speakers, including both Trump and is son.
And to think Eugene Debs was imprisoned for sedition for saying the US should stay out of WW1
Drumpf deserves what Fred Rose got. However, Germany wouldn’t be willing to take him and it’s illegal to deny citizenship or nationality to people.
But I would settle for seizure of his assets, forcing him to work minimum wage at his age. Maybe as a bellhop at a hotel he used to own.
@Intransitive:
Unless he’s impeached, he’ll have an annual pension of more than US$200k / year.
Of course, if he’s impeached he gets no pension & might very well end up flat broke.
Crip Dyke @3, last I heard, US$200k is a drop in the bucket; just public reports of his debts to Deutsche Bank is in the hundreds of millions.