 Well, as you know by now, Donald Trump was acquitted. Now, um, I wasn't necessarily in a rush to talk about this I think that it's not a surprise to anyone who is paying attention since the beginning of this entire process This was pretty much a foregone conclusion Having said that though, I do still think that the process itself was important Even if we kind of know what the outcome will be it is still important to go through the motions I think that there needs to be at least some level of accountability Even if it doesn't necessarily amount to much but part of the reason I think why Elites in this country politicians in this country have become so terrible isn't just because of capitalism and money in politics It's because they know that regardless of what they do how egregious and criminal quite frankly their actions are they will never be held Accountable George W. Bush should be in prison right now for war crimes but Obama's administration chose To move forward and we now know it's because Obama was also going to be committing war crimes Rich people in this country Wall Street Executives they get to rig the economy crash the economy in their favor bright politicians and nothing happens It's just the entire system itself is rigged at every single level basically How many times have we seen police officers? Murder unarmed black Americans and get away scot-free zero consequences The system itself is deeply unjust So even if I could have predicted that Donald Trump would have been acquitted because like all elites He's not going to face any consequences for his actions literally inciting an insurrection. It's still important to try Right once you've given up and you stop trying to hold elites accountable then you know It just the situation gets even worse. There has to be at least some minimal level of Fear that if they do something that is illegal or violent There will be consequences and for Donald Trump in this instance It's just that you know He gets to live with the fact that he's the only president who was impeached twice and even though he wasn't convicted both times I still think that it's important. Now in terms of Democrats presenting their case. I think that they absolutely Were competent. They did a good job. I do disagree with their refusal to call witnesses I think that's still that that would have not necessarily made a difference but been important for the American people to see But like when you juxtapose their performance in their case with the case presented by Donald Trump's lawyers Especially Bruce Caster, Jr. It's comical like to be that incompetent to be that moronic and still technically win it It just Our system we're making a mockery of it, right? So this entire process essentially was a sham because Republicans Regardless of what evidence they saw were not willing to change their mind The only one who arguably did change his mind genuinely was Bill Gassidy But that doesn't make him a hero the Republicans who voted to convict Donald Trump Mitt Romney Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski and others That doesn't make them heroes You're just doing the bare minimum and now we get to see the insufferable elites in media prop up these Republicans as if they're good People because they did the very very bare minimum and sure they're better than ghouls like Lindsey Graham Who's a Trump bootlicker? They're better than ghouls like Mitch McConnell who did not vote to convict Donald Trump But then went on to argue that Basically what he did was illegal. He just doesn't think that you can impeach a president who's no longer in office. I mean look Our system is corrupt. It's rigged elites get away with everything They shouldn't surprise everyone but that doesn't necessarily mean that we as individuals stop trying to hold them Accountable right until we can get a better system in place reform the system that we have then that's that's all that we can do Right once we stop trying. That's a victory for elites having said all of that though It is now time for Democrats to Sharply shift gears. I think that this was necessary. I don't necessarily know that they should have occupied like a hundred percent of their time Impeachment was necessary. I'm glad that they're finally trying to hold others Accountable who break the law but now we have to get back to work There was a pandemic going on Americans are losing their livelihoods. They are still dying Cases are decreasing for the first time in a while We are at less than a hundred thousand new cases having said that though There's a lot of work to be done And I think we are owed the $2,000 checks that was promised to us now look we already know that that was a lie Joe Biden lied and now it's supposedly gonna be $1,400 checks Whatever amount you're going to give us at this point get it out the door people are suffering and Now there's no excuse. It is time for you to deliver to the American people, right? Impeachment was necessary. Impeachment was important But now you have to shift gears There still may be the potential for Donald Trump to be held accountable the New York district attorney Is investigating him. There's no ongoing investigations throughout the country still taking place But now at the congressional level nationally speaking Now we need Democrats to all collectively shift their focus to delivering for the American people And I'm not saying that because I want Trump to get away with the crimes that he did I want, you know, the focus to shift so that would be kind of sweep what he did under the rug That's not what I'm saying But what you have to demonstrate now to the American people is that you are going to fight for them That they didn't elect you For nothing that there's value in having Democrats in office over Republicans Because if you do not demonstrate that value then in two years during the midterms You're going to get wiped out and we're gonna have a divided government Again, where the prospect of doing anything is diminished unless we're talking about like Terrible reforms of cutting social security and doing some type of compromise with Republicans even further It's time to deliver So it should be $2,000 checks, but if you're gonna send out $1,400 checks Do it. Don't wait till March Send out the checks raise the minimum wage actually put up a fight That's what Democrats have to do now. That's what we need from Democrats right now And that's all I'll say about this. I think that this again, not surprising the outcome was kind of predetermined from the beginning Um, but now it's time for Democrats to get to work Trump is out of the way There's no long-granting excuses, right? You have a couple of members in your party Kirsten Sinema, Joe Manchin Who are obstacles to progress having said that though, they're not gigantic obstacles They can be, uh, I think Pressured and it really There's gonna need to be leadership here. I'm gonna need to see members of the squad Actually speak out and hold Democrats accountable even more so than they have been Actually fight for real change and not incremental change because with how bad of a situation we are in Economically socially like to get ourselves out of this ditch We can't just dig incrementally. We need substantial reforms We need a forklift to get us out of this ditch to pick us up carry us out So what we need now is a fighting chance and Democrats have to absolutely direct all of their energy towards saving the country Now, I know that Joe Biden Isn't up to the challenge, but that's where other progressive members of congress have to continuously apply pressure. Otherwise He isn't going to do anything. He's just going to do the bare minimum to get by So I need Democrats to actually fight now and I don't want to make this video about Democrats because this is a video about Donald Trump Getting away with you know inciting in its direction, which is egregious and disgusting But there's so much going on right now Accountability is one of many things that is necessary in this country And there will be no accountability at least for now with regard to Donald Trump. He got away with that so all we can do now Going forward is try to help the American people and Democrats need to do that Activists at the grassroots level organizations need to apply pressure Because if they don't feel continuous pressure, then they're not going to act If they're not just going to on their own goodwill on their own volition shoes to do the right thing unless we pressure them Constantly, so that's all I'll say. I think that we all expected this outcome. Um, not surprising at all nonetheless I think that we need to see a renewed focus On relief and thankfully all of the headlines that they are showing that Democrats want to do that. That's a great sign Let's actually deliver and not make the American people wait until march to get crucial survival checks that they need right now The humanist report is fake news Mike only cares about crazy bernie and his wacky socialist ideas Sad very sad. I'm unsubscribing