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And a good Friday to you ladies and gentlemen. The speed of weeks is a phenomenon of life that I often

comment on. These last the way they should feel. But weeks. Amazing. Well, the Trump lawyers are

presenting the defense. So let's hear what they have to say. 2020 presidential election.

This is manifestly disproven by the plain text of the remarks. The president devoted nearly

his entire speech to an extended discussion of how legislators should vote on the question at hand.

Instead of expressing a desire that the joint session be prevented from conducting its business,

the entire premise of his remarks was that the democratic process would and should play out

according to the letter of the law, including both the Constitution and the electoral count act.

In the conclusion of his remarks, he then laid out a series of legislative steps that should be

taken to improve democratic accountability going forward. Such as passing universal voter ID,

legislation banning ballot harvesting, requiring proof of citizenship to vote, and turning out strong

in the next primaries. Not only presidents, these are not the words of someone inciting a violent

insurrection. Not only president Trump's speech on January 6th, but indeed his entire challenge to

the election results was squarely focused on how the proper civic process could address any

concerns through the established legal and constitutional system. The president brought his case

before state and federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the state legislatures, the electoral

college, and ultimately the U.S. Congress. In the past, numerous other candidates for president

have used many of the same processes to pursue their own election challenges.

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