Notes on Trump's Insurrection Indictment
How many Republicans were part of the conspiracy to overturn the election?
I think the central question now that Trump has been indicted is how many other Republicans were part of this illegal conspiracy to overturn the election, and how many of them will get prosecuted in the coming years. The repeated use of “conspiracy” in the initial charges must have sent shock waves through Republican circles on Tuesday as it meant that all of a sudden dozens, perhaps hundreds, of leading Republicans here in Washington and across the US, now had potential legal exposure in this emerging case.
We know related charges have already been brought in Michigan, and more are likely to be brought in Georgia. Recall that in January 6th Committee testimony, the RNC Chair Romney McDaniel admitted, on camera, that she and the RNC played a role in this conspiracy to commit perhaps the most serious crime one can commit in a democracy - the overturning of an election. Here you go:
We know the DOJ has already successfully prosecuted over 1,000 people for their role in the effort to overturn the election. The next 100-200 charged could be prominent Republicans across the US and in battleground states. For the effort to overturn the election was backed by the Republican Party itself, and Republican leaders in Washington (Lindsay Graham, etc) and across the US. This is serious stuff.
The Watergate prosecutions went on for years after Nixon resigned. Could these prosecutions for trying to overturn an election last for years here in DC and across the country? Certainly feels like that’s more likely today.
All of this is why I’ve been saying that Democrats were having a good summer, and the Republican’s bad summer was about to get a whole lot worse. On Tuesday, it got a whole lot worse for the entire Republican Party. As it should.
The NYT Poll - a reminder that I wrote about this new poll on Tuesday. Yes this one has Biden Trump tied. But other high quality, large sample independent polls taken in July have Biden with an average of a 4 point lead. Can’t let one poll get you down. Stick to the averages, watch trends and my sense is we should feel good about where we are right now 15 months out from the election, and we all need to keep being loud and proud about Biden’s accomplishments.
July Biden-Trump (via 538)
Monmouth 47-40
Quinnipiac 49-44
YouGov/Yahoo 47-43
Morning Consult 44-41 (new this week, Biden gained a point)
YouGov/Economist 44-40 (Biden has been gaining this weekly track)
Ipsos/Reuters 37-35
So outside the NYTimes, Biden is leading by an average of 4 points in recent independent polls. A late June high-quality NBC News poll had Biden up 4, and a new AARP poll of battleground House districts also has Biden up 4.
Internet Problems - I’ve been without Internet since Monday, so sorry that my posting has been a little sparse this week. We had a big storm here on Saturday and somehow our home Internet has been impacted. Will admit am not happy with Verizon right now. We are getting very little information; the information we are getting has been repeatedly wrong; and our service went down 48 hours after the storm hit. Hopefully it gets restored tonight. Fingers crossed.
Keep working hard all - Simon
It is crucially important that all of the Senators and Congress critters be brought to justice too. I understand that Jack Smith doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize the main prosecution but, please, do NOT let them off the hook!!
General Comment:
Thank you Hopium Chronicle Community and Simon for sharing your projects and works. Your ideas and resources have provided me the ability to pick and choose where I’d like to focus my energies this next year.
My “Working hard”
( as Simon encourages us) is as follows:
My first focus is on donating to and monitoring Issue 1 in Ohio. Winning here could be such an accomplishment for Ohio and the nation; a model to follow IMO.
My next focus for the year is Youth Voter Registration. Arizona has a group working to have every AZ High school have a voter registration program. And they are requesting donors to “ adopt” a High school to provide financial support for needed supplies. I will wholeheartedly adopt one and follow it as it evolves! Arizona was a miracle story in our last elections and their democratic Group want to hold their wins.
I’m also reaching out to my local nearby High School to set up or support Youth Voter registration. The same for our local Community College. There is heavy Hispanic presence in both here in the California central coast so excited about that also. So far just phone calls to educate myself what might be already in place. After listening to the executive director from Southern California for Youth Voter registration and receiving program material from her she inspired me to tackle a couple of places. Either to initiate programs or to support their programs through volunteering. These will be my priorities for 2023-24 to #GetTo55! I’ll report back as I learn more.
I’m also building up communication with the Seattle Student Union, a High School group who have been hugely successful in making changes within their communities. I’m really encouraging them to add Youth Voter Registration to their activism. Washington has an on line voting program for youth that has made it much easier for their youth to register to vote. Now ( IMO) they need to have Voter Registration drives to market this process, enhance their political power and bring their voices forward nationally. This group is tied to similar activist groups through coalitions so as one group rises in their activism more and more groups rise as they share their successes! I recommended they may want to invite Simon to come and speak with their group to speak to them about #GetTo55! These youngsters have amazing energy, talent and resolve. And they already have proven successes locally in their larger community. Our communications are in their infancy stage and I’m respectful of not intruding but I sense real interest in their responses. They just don’t realize ( yet) the power their voices could have both locally and nationally as coalitions of Youth Voters.
This is so exciting!
Again, thanks all for sharing your work and projects and thank you Simon for prioritizing where our work might be most effective. I joined your group to listen, learn and focus my money and energies where they could make a difference and help save our democracy. After just a few months HC has given me that information and I’m ready to get to “ working hard” 🙏🏻