A subpoena for an insurrectionist named Donald gets reactions from Twitter

by Walter Einenkel for Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 at 3:00:21pm PDT

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, hits the gavel after the committee voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump, during a hearing on the January 6th investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on October 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, in possibly its final hearing, has been gathering evidence for almost a year related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for President Joe Biden. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

If you didn’t know it already, Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing included a unanimous vote to subpoena Donald Trump to testify and supply documentation in service of the committee’s ongoing investigation into the events that led up to the assault on the Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., in 2021. All nine committee members voted “aye” on the resolution before the gavel came down on the last public hearing examining the events of that fateful day.

Is Donald Trump going to testify? The chances of that happening are about as good as Donald Trump finding a single shred of evidence to support the claim that the election was stolen. But the world got to see a congressional committee do its job and present a very clear-cut case to the American public that Trump worked harder than he has ever worked on anything in his entire crummy life to thwart the will of the American voters and get himself reinstalled in an attempted coup d’etat of our Executive branch.

The vote by the committee was the most public signal to date aimed at the Department of Justice, telling them Donald Trump needs to speak under oath to someone—even if it does not end up being the Jan. 6 committee.

First, our very own Brandi Buchman was in the room where it happened.

The @January6thCmte has introduced a resolution to subpoena former President Donald Trump for his testimony about the insurrection that he incited at the US Capitol
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) October 13, 2022

Steve Bannon has been tried and convicted for contempt of Congress. He's sentenced 10/21.
Mark Meadows won't cooperate further.
Peter Navarro is facing contempt charges right now.
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) October 13, 2022

Every American is entitled to answers about Jan. 6, Cheney says.
The resolution calls for a subpoena for relevant documents and testimony UNDER OATH from Donald Trump.
The vote is unanimous.
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) October 13, 2022

A reminder that there’s always a “tweet for that.”

pic.twitter.com/CucEsFtZeN
— Jesse (@jesse1623) October 13, 2022

Let’s rub it in a little.

He thought THAT was embarrassing….. hold my beer!! pic.twitter.com/THHiLXaRAd
— Mari-Lynn 💉🌻🌈🧩🌊💙🐈‍⬛ (@Muzz1943) October 13, 2022

A little popular culture:

pic.twitter.com/YKJxWEhGZR
— Nick Evanovich (@1bestcooldude) October 13, 2022

A conservative response:

Liz Cheney gave up her whole career for this moment where she put forward a motion to subpoena former President Trump for trying to overturn an election. She deserves our gratitude. And I hope her commitment to the Constitution fills her Republican colleagues with shame.
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) October 13, 2022

A subpoena of a former president shouldn't be taken lightly. Neither should staging an attempted coup to change the outcome of an election.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 13, 2022

He’s right. But Trump’s one quality is being both a clown and an evil threat to democracy.

HUGE NEWS: The January 6th Committee plans to vote to subpoena former President Donald Trump during today’s hearing! pic.twitter.com/4Umt4Kn7vG
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) October 13, 2022

Finally.

After Cheney lays out the stakes, the January 6 committee votes unanimously to subpoena Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/C7VyODBsqd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2022