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February 11, 2021
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Die-hard Democrat leaders and other political enemies of former President Trump might want to put him on trial, but most Americans do not.

Most don’t care to watch it. According to a new Rasmussen poll, just 15 percent of likely voters –- repeat, likely voters –- planned to watch the whole impeachment “trial.” Most did say they would check in from time to time. But 32 percent said they would not watch ANY of it.

Only 31 percent thought that Trump would likely be convicted. Another 64 percent said a conviction was unlikely or definitely would not happen.

Even a majority of the “politically unaffiliated” (independents), 54 percent, said Trump SHOULD not be convicted. Among Republicans, that number is 81 percent.

And so much for President Biden’s favorite word, “unity.” According to an earlier Rasmussen poll, 57 percent of likely voters said that just having the “trial” –- yes, we’re still using quotation marks around that word here, as it’s not really a trial –- will lead to more division. (They are right.) Among Republicans, that number is 83 percent, which is even bigger than Trump’s current base of support, according to the WASHINGTON EXAMINER.

This is in spite of the frenzy from the media, who are completely off their collective rocker. They’re trying desperately to whip up the Capitol Hill incident into a manifestation of widespread domestic terrorism within the Trump ranks. In particular, at CNN they are out of their freaking minds, with Anderson Cooper talking about Trump supporters “other-izing” people who aren’t like them, even making comparisons to genocidal Hutus in Rwanda who called the Tutsis “cockroaches” before killing them. I am not kidding.

Tucker Carlson mentioned this as well in the opening to his Wednesday show, also explaining how wrong the media are getting the real story of how the Capitol riot got started. They’ve lied about how the casualties occurred, too. Major unanswered questions remain, even as the Senate “tries” Trump for “inciting” it.

If the current mass hysteria were a square dance, some producer from CNN would be calling it. These people are psychotic. Someone should tell the men in the little white coats to come and take them awaaaaaaay!!!

Ironically, the “other-izing” here is being done by Anderson Cooper. To him, we are the cockroaches.

Yesterday, I mentioned that Trump’s attorneys, who have gotten some bad reviews for their arguments on Tuesday, are actually last-minute fill-ins for his previous attorneys whose law firm was bullied into dropping Trump’s case. Recall that Jonathan Turley has expressed dismay at others in his profession who try to prevent the former President from exercising his right to legal representation. It’s become difficult for Trump to hire the caliber of attorneys he needs. John Hinderaker, president of the Center of the American Experiment, spoke with Mark Steyn on FOX NEWS Wednesday evening about this.

"That was the worst opening statement I have ever heard, yesterday,” Steyn said, “and I tell you, I would’ve fired that guy [Bruce Castor] in the corridor ten minutes afterwards.”

Hinderaker did say that Trump has at times had “bad taste in lawyers.” But he said the real story is that “major law firms and high-profile lawyers don’t dare represent Donald Trump. We have seen this over and over again. He has hired top-notch law firms...and they wind up having to put out a public statement saying, ‘No, we don’t represent Donald Trump’...one firm after another." He told the story of a good friend of his, a senior partner at a respected global firm, who did a “tiny” amount of “volunteer” work for Trump after the election, it got out, and “the left launched a massive attack on her law firm, and the law firm’s clients.” (!!)

They were trying to put this huge, prestigious law firm out of business because one of the partners had committed a mortal sin. She decided that, for the sake of her partners, she had no choice but to leave the firm!

He added that the governor of Michigan, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, has tried to get the lawyers who represented Trump in that state disbarred.

So, according to Hinderaker, the “two or three lawyers” who are representing Trump now “have been on the case for a week or less.” He thought the brief that they’d prepared “was not bad...perfectly adequate.”

They did have a laugh over Hinderaker’s observation that no matter how lacking Trump’s defense might be, “that lawyer is gonna win this case.” A month from now, that lawyer will say, “I won the biggest case in my life, rather easily, when the Senate voted.”

Obviously, Hinderaker is with the majority of those polled who believe Trump will not be convicted. He called it “an exercise in futility.” Of course, he said, that’s because “45 senators have already voted that they don’t think they have jurisdiction.”

He said Democrats don’t want to focus now on their own administration. “They’re obsessed with continuing to hate Donald Trump as they’ve been doing for the last four years. I find that just astonishing.”

I can imagine them watching the "trial" video over and over for the rest of their lives, remembering the good old days of Trump-hate. Of course, that much hate has repercussions. In a stunning poll from Zogby Analytics, based on a sample of 873 likely voters from around the country, 46 percent believe civil war is likely, while 43 percent believe it isn’t.

Among Republicans, the split was 49 percent likely to 40 percent unlikely. Among Democrats, the split was 45 percent likely to 44 percent unlikely. Among independents, it was 42 percent likely and 44 percent unlikely. So all groups were split somewhat similarly.

Perhaps surprisingly, whites were less likely to see civil war ahead than Hispanics and blacks. Among Hispanics, the split was 53 percent likely vs. 43 percent unlikely. Among blacks, it was 49 to 39 percent. For whites, 43 percent vs. 44 percent. Given that the margin of error is plus-or-minus 3.3 percentage points, this is essentially an even split.

There were regional differences as well. Respondents in the East were much less likely to anticipate civil war (39 percent yes, 44 percent no) than, say, those in the South (49 percent yes, 39 percent no).

People who live in large cities were much more likely to think we’ll have one than those in the suburbs. More details at the link. Obviously, all the pushing, lying, name-calling, tweet-censoring, statue-toppling, power-grabbing and boot-heel grinding by the left is having its effect. Indeed, they seem to be deliberately goading conservatives into striking back, so they'll have an excuse to crack down even more. Don't be foolish enough to take that bait.


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  • David Dunlap

    02/11/2021 05:01 PM

    Dumocraps are doing all they can to cause a civil war, they know they would get their asses handed to them,,but their plan is to bring in the chicoms to help them with the revolution! they need to hang for treason imho

  • Mary Ann Karasiewski

    02/11/2021 05:00 PM

    I am tried of all this hate toward President Trump and the people that voted for him. People being fired because they voted in a free country, was free know I don’t know. The man did everything he promised, even if the left hated him so much. My daughter was fired for voting for Trump and she is taking them to court for Defamation of Character. I heard on the radio today that Trump people should be put into jail because of the way we voted. What has happened to this country I have a pain in my chest and I going in circles. I am afraid to say what I feel. Left is full of hate and I feel they sold their souls to the Devil.

  • Carolyn W.

    02/11/2021 05:00 PM

    They are liars. Once again proved what they are like.

  • Phyllis Brus

    02/11/2021 04:51 PM

    I just love the way you express my feelings.

  • Michael K. Garrett

    02/11/2021 04:45 PM

    Mike: The radical leftists continue to fit the legal definition of insanity. They keep wanting to turn left in front of onrushing cars driven by 74 million Trump supporters. They keep circling around until they are derailed off track or run out of high-octane gas and have to start all over again hoping their results are different. Those who voted for Biden apparently thought they wouldn't be voting for a Hillary first term or an Obama third term. Insanity leads to corruption and corruption leads to insanity.
    Michael K. Garrett
    Trinidad, Colo.

  • Mary McCauley

    02/11/2021 04:40 PM

    Gov. Huckabee,
    I have watched clips of this. We are seeing lies being told by our Congress. I chose no longer to watch it. I am disappointed and angry with the Republican Party. The leadership in the Senate and the House do not stand for most Republicans. They are swamp creatures wanting to hang on with their jobs and many of them are cowards. I see no one from my state who is really speaking out. My state borders Arkansas, where you were Governor. We have a very good Governor in Oklahoma- Gov. Kevin Stitt who has kept our state open. I live an hour from Ft. Smith and if things get too crazy here, we may move to Arkansas where they shall be another Gov. Huckabee. Blessings.

  • Lisa Schweppe

    02/11/2021 04:40 PM

    Appreciate your insights Mike and humor but wanted to point out the press overuse of the "humorous" reference to psychotic and white coats. Psychosis is a serious medical condition that affects many of us or our loved ones. if you have ever had the traumatic experience of helping a loved one through a psychotic episode, there is nothing funny about it. The thought of the white coats coming to take your son or daughter or brother or sister away due to an illness that he or she has no control over is heart wrenching. As we work to end the stigma around mental health, I would like to respectfully ask that you refrain from tossing around the medical diagnosis of psychotic as if it were something to make us laugh. I would encourage that you share this insight with others in the press and media as well, as I hear it tossed around often without those using it so nonchalantly realizing this is not helping people understand that mental health diagnoses are medical diagnoses that are as traumatic to patients as cancer or diabetes or heart disease. I too can think of a lot of ways to describe Anderson Cooper's unhealthy obsession with Trump supporters but psychotic would and should not be one of them. Thank you!

  • Gerald A. Gould

    02/11/2021 04:37 PM

    The tragedy is the pressure and threats put on prestigious law firms not to represent Trump, even going so far as pressuring clients of these law firms to tell these firms not to take the case. I now have even less regard for yellow bellied lawyers who are more worried about their wallets than the administration of Justice.

  • Liz Rome

    02/11/2021 04:31 PM

    Excellent analysis: This grandmother is terrified of the world my 10 grands will grow up in. The economic impact of crazy socialistic overreach (Keystone/open borders etc)hasn't hit yet. When it does, I am so sad to say I have to put myself in the group who fear a civil war.Hoping we can hold out to 2022 and take back the House and Senate.
    LAST: Watch out for- get ahead of -- "Climate crisis". It is being set up by out of touch John Kerry. When Covid is over -liberals will NEED another "crisis" to keep power

  • Joyce Tambolas

    02/11/2021 04:25 PM

    I can't watch the "trial" for the sake of my emotional health. All it will do is make me angry and then full of despair and I can't do anything about it anyway.

  • Barbara Dewey

    02/11/2021 04:23 PM

    I pray that we don’t have a civil war. I hate fighting and all this killing over stupid things. It’s going to be a long 4 years

  • Nancy M Lackey

    02/11/2021 04:15 PM

    The basic problem underlying all of the theatre is “where is the proof that there was no election fraud?” This bothers 75 million plus people.

  • Pamela Lee

    02/11/2021 04:14 PM

    I find it sad that so many are using precious hours, days, months of their lives consumed with hate for one man.

  • Jan jarboe

    02/11/2021 04:13 PM

    Isn’t it funny how many videos of January 6 have surfaced, seems someone planned to take videos way before arrival at the capital. These were not journalists they were participants of the riots. ... And the duly elected officials sitting in our capital should not be wasting tax payers money on impeachment farce they should be solving America’s COVID-19 crisis and cutting stimulus checks so Americans can get out of the hole they have dumped us in.

  • Cathy Karwoski

    02/11/2021 04:10 PM

    I have watched but conclude the dems performance is the same as the first one, lots of drama nonsense.

  • Sandra H Morgan

    02/11/2021 03:59 PM

    Mr Huckabee, please help this little uneducated Tennessee hillbilly understand why the Republican party won't use the same tactics as the Dimorats? Why aren't Republicans trying Maxine Waters,Kamala Harris,Ayanna Presley and others in the Dimoratic party,for enciting the public to riot and cause uproar? Because they did! And why isn't Hunter Biden being put on trial? And the others who clearly were in bed with the Chinese? You say we have to wait and vote them out, but how do we do that when they control the polls and voting machines. Help!

  • Jeanette Mellody

    02/11/2021 03:56 PM

    Great and honest discussion re " Civil War".
    Racism was on its way out during DJT 4 yrs. Libs are promoting racism theory and are going to cause a terrible enmity between races where only love existed pre Biden. I truly believe BLM and Antifa and anti lgbtq were all planned to cause discord and deceive most Americans.

  • John Aiken

    02/11/2021 03:52 PM

    Mike, the left is trying to divert our attention from something. Maybe it's Biden's 52 EO's. Maybe it's the fact that the Democrat leaders knew about the plot against the Capitol before it occurred, and did nothing about it. Maybe it's something else more sinister. Whatever it is, it's big, and we need investigative journalists looking for it. Thanks for keeping us sane during these insane times.

  • Stanley Olbrys

    02/11/2021 03:45 PM

    I am a fan of your daily posts. Really like your wonderful comments.
    My question is, why aren’t there more people pushing for a Convention of States in their home states? It’s very disheartening to watch all this going down and hardly a peep from the media. Your comments sir.

  • Marie

    02/11/2021 03:44 PM

    The lawyers who quit are showing both their lack of integrity and their abundance of cowardice. If you can afford pricey lawyers are those the qualities you seek? Hope they get what they deserve for their unprofessional abandonment of a client they agreed to represent.

  • F. Gregory Walsh

    02/11/2021 03:42 PM

    Dear Mike,

    Re "Texas bracing for the coldest temperatures in decades."

    Q: Given Al Gore's (almost) continual crying about "Global Warming," do you suppose that the Texas situation is simply due to Gore keeping his mouth shut lately...???

    With much love,

    Greg

  • Denny Johnson

    02/11/2021 03:42 PM

    What Trump really needs is a team of: Mike Huckabee, Trey Goudy & Rand Paul to defend him—with some very choice videos of democrats.

  • Daniel Jack

    02/11/2021 03:41 PM

    Governor Huckabee Sir;
    My comment on this sham of an impeachment is it is pure political theater and does nothing to help our country; we are witnessing nothing but absolute hate from the liberal left and their agenda to destroy the greatest President in my lifetime. I am a retired military combat veteran having served from Vietnam through the war on terror and I have never seen such divisions in my country.
    I remember the race riots after Dr. King was killed and it was nothing compared to the hate and divisions we see today.
    The Democratic Party has completely lost all common sense and do not represent anyone except the left leaning political agenda of those who hate Americans and our great country; I hate to imagine what the future holds for my children and grandchildren?? It is not very good!! In closing I want to thank you for everything you do on behalf of conservatives and Christians; God Bless America and You!! Continue to spread the truth as we need to know what is really going on in our country!!
    SFC Daniel Jack
    US Army Retired
    Prestonsburg, Ky

  • Debbie Holdcraft

    02/11/2021 03:40 PM

    Why is it not taken into consideration that Pelosi and Shumer and the rest of the Dems have been building on this riot causing madness for 4 yrs. I think most of the rioters wanted to get revenge on them more than a riot supporting Trump....because it surely hasn't helped him! I as most Americans believe with all our hearts that Trump did not intend for this riot to happen. He isn't stupid, he would've known what the Dems would do! Plus I don't believe he wants to physically harm anyone!

  • Deborah Tyre

    02/11/2021 03:38 PM

    This impeachment trial isn't decisive, it is just plain demonic and I can't listen to a bunch of demons lie to my face. Sorry, not sorry.