{"id":124843,"date":"2021-02-11T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124843"},"modified":"2021-02-11T15:57:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:57:56","slug":"hillary-clinton-senate-republicans-are-trumps-co-conspirators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-senate-republicans-are-trumps-co-conspirators\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton: Senate Republicans Are Trump\u2019s \u2018Co-Conspirators\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhillary-clinton-senate-republicans-are-trumps-co-conspirators%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1203059151.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a tweet on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton commented on the second impeachment proceedings against former president Donald Trump. She called Senate Republicans Trump\u2019s \u201cco-conspirators,\u201d saying that if they do not convict him, it will not be because \u201cthe facts were with him or his lawyers mounted a competent defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Senate Republicans fail to convict Donald Trump, it won&#8217;t be because the facts were with him or his lawyers mounted a competent defense. It will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/1359524284469817349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clinton seems to suggest that there is no other option for Republicans other than to agree with the House impeachment managers\u2019 case against Trump or be aligned with him as a \u201cco-conspirator.\u201d There does not appear to be another reason for acquittal to the former Secretary of State.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Clinton tweeted again, drawing comparisons between Republicans and the rioters on January 6. The former First Lady posted an opinion piece by Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) and iVote Founder Ellen Kurz published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/congress-must-defeat-continued-insurrection-against-american-democracy-opinion-1567205\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The op-ed, released on Monday, is titled \u201cCongress Must Defeat the Continued Insurrection Against American Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her tweet, Clinton included the opening lines from the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The insurrection isn&#8217;t over. &#8220;In Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country, the assault on American democracy that began on January 6 rages on,\u201d write <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iVoteFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ivotefund<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllenKurz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EllenKurz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcGovern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMcGovern<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jVrLn4fuby\">https:\/\/t.co\/jVrLn4fuby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/1359877715382448129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The opinion piece comments on voter identification and verification practices in states like Georgia and Arizona, making the claim that \u201cPeach State Republicans are specifically targeting low-income Black and Latino communities. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The writers claim that Congress must take action in order to ensure that all votes are counted and so that Republicans are not able to make \u201cvoting harder for eligible citizens they don\u2019t think will vote red.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They argue that Republicans have \u201clong decried voter expansion efforts\u2014first by dismissing them as a partisan ploy to boost the Democratic vote, and more recently by raising the red herring of voter fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the authors seem to compare the Capitol riots on January 6th to voting practices and laws in red states.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCongress must act to ensure the cancerous tumor we found on January 6th does not metastasize across the country, state by state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/538363-clinton-trump-acquittal-will-be-because-the-jury-includes-his-co-conspirators?rl=1\">The Hill<\/a>, Clinton\u2019s initial tweet was sent after senators heard arguments from House impeachment managers on the second day of hearings.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cReps. <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">David Cicilline<\/span>&nbsp;(D-R.I.) and&nbsp;<span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\">Joaquin Castro<\/span> (D-Texas)&nbsp;attempted to draw a direct line between the rioters and the former president, citing at least one person reading a tweet from Trump attacking the vice president over a megaphone during the riot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The managers also showed footage previously unseen of Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman leading Senator Romney (R-UT) away from the House side of the Capitol. Romney told reporters that seeing the violence \u201ctears at your heart and brings tears to your eyes. That was overwhelmingly distressing and emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) commented on the violent footage and its effect on an acquittal in an interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere will be at least 44 [Republicans who vote to acquit Trump]. Or more. I think we might get one or two back on acquittal\u2026Everybody objects to that violence. Everybody is horrified by that violence. But the question is: Did the president incite that?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Senate needs 17 Republicans to vote with the Democrats in order for the impeachment to be successful and the former president convicted. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/02\/10\/trump-acquittal-despite-stunning-evidence-468540\">Politico\u2019s reporting<\/a>, that is not expected to happen.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a tweet on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton commented on the second impeachment proceedings against former president Donald Trump. She called Senate Republicans Trump\u2019s \u201cco-conspirators,\u201d saying that if they do not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893228,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5855,4112,3756,3740,3794],"class_list":["post-124843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-clinton","tag-hillary","tag-republicans","tag-senate","tag-trumps"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}