Looks like Susan Collins "has learned". lol. The party has begun to fracture as Republicans realize that, although Trump may be able to cause them to be primaried by some nutcase, if they are doing their job, there's little risk of them being defeated. Only Republican "free riders", those who only hold office because of their connections and such but who do not or cannot do the job, are at risk of being defeated.
Just look at that unruly mob; it would be bad if that were taking place out on the street. But this is happening inside the Capitol building where highly contentious issues are handled peacefully only because of the constraints of the rule of law and parlimentary procedure. In other countries such differences are not settled by voting, but by guns blazing. Just imagine trying to accomplish Americas objective if there were guns blazing away in the streets all the time. Mitch and his Republican sycophants, cowtowing to Trump, would eventually deliver us to a place where gunfire would be the only way to settle even the most mundane of differences.
Trump is responsible for everything that happened at the capitol that day because; without his lie that the election was stolen there would have been no reason for that rally, nor any reason for anyone to march on the Capitol, less any mob to be angry for any reason.
Also, Trump had no permit for any march/walk to the Capitol so it was unlawful.
The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub.L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.[1] It forbade the use of "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, its flag, or its armed forces or that caused others to view the American government or its institutions with contempt. Those convicted under the act generally received sentences of imprisonment for five to 20 years.
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