They talked about many things
Trump is mad that his lawyers are so sucky. Well, Mister Sir, that’s what happens when you’re such a horror that nobody wants to defend you – you can’t get the pick of the crop.
A Trump advisor told the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman that Trump attorney Bruce Castor’s confusing, meandering performance was a “deliberative strategy.” designed to lower the emotion in the room, though, I’d counter, a master strategist wouldn’t need to put out a background statement explaining their strategy.
No that too is to get everyone to calm down.
“The president’s lawyer just rambled on and on,” said senator John Cornyn, a Republican of Texas. “I’ve seen a lot of lawyers and a lot of arguments, and that was not one of the finest I’ve seen.”
Senator Ted Cruz, a Trump loyalist, told the Washington Post: “I don’t think the lawyers did the most effective job.”
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana was none too impressed with Donald Trump’s defense team. Cassidy told HuffPost’s Igor Bobic: “They talked about many things but they didn’t talk about the issue at hand.”
Meanwhile…
Shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings?
Of course I couldn’t type that title without that line ping-ponging around in my head.
<3 Lewis Carroll
A shitty defence reflects poorly on the Senate Republicans because they cannot claim they were “convinced” by the case presented to them by Trump’s team. Not that most of them aren’t going to acquit him anyhow, but a better defence would offer them a bit of a fig leaf to cover their naked cowardice and partisanship.
Also, essentially threatening civil war if one’s client is tried in the Senate may not be the best tactic when your client is being charged with sedition. STOP IT, OR HE’LL DO THAT BAD THING HE DIDN’T DO AT ALL AGAIN!!
On the one hand, it would suck to have your performance picked apart by a national audience. (Not saying it isn’t warranted — I didn’t watch it, but I hear it’s very very bad.”)
On the other hand, there must be a freedom in knowing that no matter how badly you screw up, you will still win the case. It’s like being a mob lawyer with a bribed jury.
Heather Cox Richardson is not entirely convinced it’s a done deal.
As someone pointed out on the radio this morning, many in the jury were not just witnesses, they were collaborators.