Comments by "GH1618" (@GH-oi2jf) on "Brian Tyler Cohen" channel.

  1. He’s trying pretty hard to distance himself from Bannon.
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  2. The Senate had the opportunity to do this, but the Republicans refused to do it. They created him; they are responsible.
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  3. The Republican Party make themselves look bad by clinging to this loser.
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  4. They’ve actually had about 50 hearings which have all failed.
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  5. I think he humiliates himself every time he says anything, but he seems oblivious to how ridiculous he sounds.
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  6. Some are probably too young.
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  7. The U. S. Post Office once worked that way. Postmasters, including the Postmaster General, were patronage positions. It was restructured to become the U. S. Postal Service, which is not directly controlled by the President, yet Trump took control of it anyway. We still haven't fixed it.
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  8. We are certainly better than Venezuela. Our Republic is strong. We are dealing with this threat. It is only the Republican Party that has failed, not the nation.
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  9. I hope she’s not the VP. If Biden has to give her something, let it be AG.
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  10. No, permanent residents who are noncitizens may not vote. Voting is a right of citizenship.
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  11. That is the most bizarre hearing I’ve ever seen. Did they remove the disruptive member or not? Who is he? Is he Gohmert?
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  12. Helm Hurst — There is one overriding objective this election year: to change the President.
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  13. It's crazy that the core election strategy for Republicans is to try to prevent voting.
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  14. A majority of the US Senate has already decided that Trump incited insurrection. That is not enough to convict on impeachment, but it is enough for this purpose.
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  15. Perhaps people in Washington can check to see if their ballot has been received.
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  16. The more trouble for Trump, the better.
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  17. Their top agenda item is merely to acquire power. What they will do with power cannot be admitted in advance. Their program is "Project 2025," which Trump claims to know nothing about.
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  18. Never trust a politician with expensive hair styling.
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  19. Not me. It is solely up to the federal courts whether cameras should be allowed in trials. The courts should be swayed by public opinion. That would be a bad precedent. The trial will be public and we will have regular reports of the proceedings.
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  20. I hope he was joking, but I don’t think it’s a joking matter.
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  21. The structure of the Postal Service makes it difficult to remove him. The Postmaster General of the old Post Office was a cabinet member, but the PO was reorganized to make it more independrnt of political influence.
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  22. I’d like to hear that his legislature censured him. Let’s see what they have to say about it.
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  23. That's what real Republicans should be thinking. Trump is not a Republican. He uses the Republican Party for his own ends. Republicans need to exorcize him and rebuild their party.
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  24. Ronald DeSombre — Most of the forums on the Democratic convention are being trolled by Trumpsters. Thay don’t have anything positive to offer, so they run up the “dislike” counts and think that’s campaigning. It isn’t.
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  25. It isn’t treason. It’s sedition. Doesn’t anybody have dictionaries anymore?
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  26. Maybe some of those state legislators will be indicted federally. The law appears to be aimed at DAs who refuse to prosecute violations of the anortion law and certain drug laws.
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  27. In Ohio, sheriffs are elected.
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  28. They have a strong incentive to be truthful.
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  29. And the win was for something inconsequential, where the observers may stand.
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  30.  @murielalessandra7710 — different word
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  31. Have Russians ever congratulated a new President-Elect?
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  32. I’m hoping the Trump campaign is ruled a vexatious litigant.
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  33. Congress should mandate safety improvements for railroads, not the President.
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  34. That’s a superficial basis for such a judgment. Do you remember the previous PM? There was one I couldn’t take seriously.
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  35. Sometimes they don’t, in which case the Speaker dresses them down properly.
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  36. I don’t know why the West cares about Ukraine. Russians and Ukranians are cousins. They should work out their differences without our help.
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  37. Right. It is a futile gesture which, hopefully, will result in serious charges.
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  38. AG Garland knows what is within his jurisdiction and what is not.
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  39. Yannih — Maybe you should just find a third party to vote for, or just skip it altogether.
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  40. It has no force of a legal precedent, i.e. forcing subsequent cases to be handled the same way. However Congress handled the Holder case, it does not restrict them from acting in other ways in other cases.
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  41. The Republicans don’t even try to be subtle any more. They are brazen hypocrites.
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  42. OpiateDream — “Treason” is a narrowly defined crime. For some reason, people love the thought of a treason trial, even hough only one person has been charged with treason since the WWII era.
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  43. dare devil 52 — Everyone listened except sulking Sanders supporters.
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  44. It seems to me that the PM would always align with the President of the USA. No explanation is required.
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  45. A sheriff cannot be removed easily, if elected (as most are).
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  46. Exactly. Why hype the story? Whatever happened to straight reporting?
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  47. It has been in jeopardy for some time.
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  48. Fascism is right-wing authoritarianism, exemplified by the regime of Benito Mussolini in Italy. Mussolini was a demagogue who shut down democratic institutions to cement his power. A dictator. Trump reminds me of no one more than Mussolini. He even mugs like Mussolini.
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  49. The new Democratic administration will need to figure out how to get rid of this guy.
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  50. I don’t think so. He was elected because no one else in the Conservative Party was capable of cleaning up May’s mess. This is just an outsider’s view.
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  51. No, his loyalty is to the United Kingdom. As he stated, the UK desires good relations with the USA regardless of who is President, so naturally he would congratulate Biden on his winning the election.
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  52. Probably not. The election hasn't started.
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  53. The US Senate approved, by majority vote, impeachment of Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” While insufficient to convict in the context of impeachment, it is sufficient for the purpose of applying the 14th Amendment.
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  54. Johnson supported Trump because Trump was President. The PM supports any US President.
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  55. There is no such thing as “true democratic system.” There are democratic aspects of the Westminster system, but the people do not elect their head of government, and the head of state is elected by nobody and serves for life. Members of Parliament are elected by the people, but when they put the Brexit question to the people, and the people voted to leave the EU, Parliament frittered away years trying to undo it.
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  56. Actually, Trump looks like an idiot for failing to see the obvious. The sycophants around him look like idiots for trying to humor him when they should begin working on the transition.
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  57. RFK Jr. is harder to figure out than Trump. He's nuts.
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  58. So he’s a hypocrite. All demagogues are hypocrites.
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  59. Wasn’t his career pretty much over already?
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  60. He doesn’t have to “run.” He’s on the ballot.
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  61. Here’s an idea: The Senate can reconsider the impeachment of Trump for the purpose of barring him from office. That would be unprecedented, so an interesting legal matter. Double jeopardy would not apply, since it is not a criminal matter.
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  62. There is no rule preventing it.
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  63. It’s a mystery, without precedent.
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  64. This must be satire.
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  65. Johnson is always enthusiastic.
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  66. True, the Republican Party has trouble winning elections, but the Democratic Party also has trouble winning elections. Remember, the Democrats lost an election to Donald Trump before winning one. There was a time when the Democrats dominated US politics. That was nearly a century ago.
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  67. But he isn’t a true leader.
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  68. You are wrong. Garland appointed Jack Smith as Special Counsel, and he is doing an excellent job. Meanwhile, Garkand is runninf the Dept. of Justice. That is not supposed to be a political position. The real reason we are in this position is that most Republicans in the Senate refused to convict Trump on his second impeachment charges. He should have been barred from federal office then.
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  69. I think the rebellion of the Confederate states was worse.
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  70. I can’t imagine what qualifications you think are needd. Biden was in the Senate for decades and Vice President for two terms.
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  71. No, you cannot be stripped of citizenship, unless you are a naturalized citizen. Trump is not a citizen of any other nation, as far as I know, so we are stuck with him.
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  72. The electors cannot be ordered to vote a certain way. They are selected by the candidates. Biden’s electors will vote for Biden and Harris, no one else.
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  73. I'm not into Swift, but I'm loving this.
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  74. Not until we have a Senate which would convict.
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  75. The charges are in the indictment.
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  76. He must have some physical impediment. I would not find fault with someone for such things. It is what he says that matters.
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  77. Be specific. There are many legal things which can be done to make voting difficult. I think we need federal standards for how voting is done for federal offices.
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  78. She is so cool in the face of these idiots.
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  79. She isn't "black." I like the way she brushed off the question. Identifying a person with a drop of African blood as "black" is a policy originated by segregationists from the slavery era. It is past time to stop the obsession with a person's color.
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  80. Early voting cannot start until two weeks before the election, so I would not call this election tampering. It is, perhaps, misdemeanor criminal mischief. I expect the box will be secured before voting begins.
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  81. The problem is, YT is the publisher. They have the right of free "press." No one using YT has the right of free speech in this private forum.
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  82. The USA is not fascist, but Trump is.
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  83. You tell ‘em, Joe! I mean Mr. President.
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  84. The people have already decided that he will be the next President.
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  85.  @Cityplace2711 — wrong. Most people want them both to step aside. There was a poll on that some time ago.
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  86. Former President George W. Bush has congratulated Biden on his victory, and he is the only living Republican president.
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  87. It’s a fair point. Are there official Democratic Party functions where violent leftist groups or individuals are welcome? I don’t think so, but if there have been, please give an example.
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  88. Note that the GOP did fairly well in the election, except for Trump.
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  89. Anything that adds to the pressure on him is good news. As long as he walks free he is a threat to the Republic.
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  90. Only the Vice President can intervene at this point, and he would need help.
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  91. “British Trump” was never a good analogy. He certainly is not an idiot. The people who say that just don’t like his policies.
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  92. It is a real concern. Just look at the Senate, controlled by Republicans, to see an example of abdication of responsibility. It used to be that the Senate was proud of its role as an independent part of the government with the power to act as a check on the President when necessary, even when they were of the same party. Now, they are lap dogs when the President is of the same party as the Senate majority. There are no great senators as we had in much of the history of the Senate.
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  93. Johnson’s loyalty is to the United Kingdom. As he said, the Prime Minister of the UK seeks to have good relations with the US whomever the President might be.
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  94. No, he is not winning in any sense. He may be pleasing his hard core supporters for a short time, but he will be rembered by history as a disreputable figure.
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  95. I wanted to see this trial, but if he’s going to take down Trump, it’s worth it.
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  96. In the post Civil War era, I’m sure the 14th Amendment was applied without conviction in a court of law. The Congress applied it to exclude certain members of the Confederacy from the Congress. I think the 2nd impeachment trial of Trump is relevant here. While the Senate fell short of the supermajority required to convict on the impeachment charges, they did have a majority declaring that he had incited insurrection. The 14th Amendment does not require a supermajority, or even any kind of trial to determine ineligibility. I think the majority vote in the Senate is sufficient evidence to cause Secretaries of State to exclude Trump from their ballots. They should cite the Senate vote when they do so.
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  97. His supporters are probably anti-vaccination nuts.
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  98. Whose, Johnson’s? It always looks unkempt. That’s his style. I don’t trust politicians with expensive hairstyles.
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  99. It is my understanding that the US Dept. of Justice does not routinely release booking photos, so that may be part of the reason we have not seen photos from the federal cases. Is that correct? People are eager to see the Fulton County booking photo, but admit it: we know what he looks like.
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  100. Joe Biden is President-Elect. The term does not require any formal action to come into use. It is used by everyone who recognizes that Biden has achieved a solid victory in the election.
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  101. Ohio.
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  102. Kerry cannot be faulted for denouncing the Vietnam War. Millions did, including me.
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  103. The US Dept. of Justice does not have jurisdiction until a federal crime is alleged. Elections are run by the states.
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  104. The more charges, the better.
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  105. That's a complicated subject, but in any case it will be extremely difficult to change.
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  106. Who are these trolls? The fact is, Biden’s lead is growing. He has the highest percentage of the vote against an incumbent President since 1932, when Franklin Roosevelt won his first term against Herbert Hoover. It is a smashing victory!
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  107. Anthony Guthrie — It is, and it is a consequence of the ineptness of the Democratic Party. They don’t understand why they have difficulty in federal elections, so won’t do what they need to do to fix it. A secondary reason is that the Democratic coalition depends on a segment of the population which is unreliable. This year, at least, the Democrats have nominated a centrist who should win. But the fact that he only has about 55% against a fascist is telling.
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  108. Once Biden assumes the powers of the Presidency, the cultists will have to behave themselves. In the meantime, Biden has Secret Service protection.
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  109. No one would recognize him.
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  110. Chesebro would have to be willing to do this. The other defendants could not have forced him to do it.
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  111. He won’t be back in four years.
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  112. He drank the Kool-ade.
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  113. Be serious. The DNC have no official status in government.
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  114. If Harris backs Biden's Ukraine policy, she's wrong, but I'm good with the rest.
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  115. Why would the US Marshals transport people wanted on state charges unless they have become fugitives?
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  116. It would be better to turn Texas blue. It could happen. Texas has had Democratic governors before.
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  117. The problem is, she can only be removed by impeachment and conviction by 2/3 of the Senate. Republican senarors do not care about competence or integrity, only ideology.
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  118. “Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.” (Poe)
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  119. Removing a crazy person from the Presidency will be good for business.
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  120. It’s definitely a Gerrymander. Look at a map of Ohio’s 4th District.
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  121. Miltary officers are sworn to defend the Constitution, not the President. They are not his personal police force.
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  122. I would say Emperor Norton mode. Look it up.
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  123. "Politics" is argument about "policies." They are part and parcel of the same thing.
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  124. It’s comical how Tinderholt tries to claim moral high ground over the Democrats because they walked off the job. These Texas Trumplicans are scum. Walking out to prevent a quorum should not be a usual tactic, but it was certainly called for here.
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  125. There is no state election this year comparable to Florida in 2000.
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  126. I wish people would stop using the “t” word when they don’t even know what it means.
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  127. Yes, the world has acknowledged Biden’s victory.
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  128. You are overlooking the Camp David Accords of 1978, during the term of President Carter.
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  129. Johnson is a well-educated gentleman. He can recite classical poetry at length. Trump is not in his league.
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  130. The Democrats did not do well, outside of the Presidential contest. They have not yet figured out why they have so much difficulty winning nationally, or they are just unwilling to change.
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  131. Voting has not started.
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  132. He wasn’t President at the time.
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  133. He was not referring to a political party. He was referring to "liberals," not "Liberals." So were you, by your failure to capitalize, but I don't think that is what you intended.
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