Democrats Tell Senators A Conviction Could Prevent Future Violence

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🗓️ 12 February 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The House impeachment managers concluded their case against Donald Trump by characterizing a Senate conviction as a way to prevent of future violence — a warning to future presidents who might be also inclined to encourage violence. Tomorrow, the former president's defense team mounts their response.

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This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:05.3	I'm Scott Detro.
0:06.3	I cover the White House.
0:07.3	I'm Kelsey Snal.
0:08.3	I cover Congress.
0:09.3	I'm Nina Tottenberg and I cover the law.
0:11.8	And it is 540 Eastern on Thursday, February 11th and House Democrats wrapped up their
0:18.7	presentation today in the second impeachment trial of President Trump.
0:22.9	They made a lot of different arguments today, but the one I'd like to start out with and
0:26.6	talk about is this idea that that impeachment is not necessarily a punishment, but a preventative
0:33.8	step the Senate could take to prevent future violence.
0:37.4	Here's the lead impeachment manager, Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland.
0:41.4	My dear colleagues, is there any political leader in this room who believes that if he
0:45.8	is ever allowed by the Senate to get back into the Oval Office, Donald Trump would stop
0:50.5	inciting violence to get his way?
0:54.1	Would you bet the lives of more police officers on that?
0:57.9	Would you bet the safety of your family on that?
1:01.5	Would you bet the future of your democracy on that?
1:04.3	Kelsey, let's start with this because I think one reason this really jumped out to me was
1:07.9	that this is in itself a political argument, isn't it?
1:11.4	This is trying to put some sort of stakes on the vote that senators will be taking at some
1:15.5	point in the next few days.
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