'Accountability for lies and lawbreaking': Biden's bipartisanship will be tested

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Pres.-elect Biden was elected on a promise to heal the nation, saying Republicans would have a post-Pres. Trump 'epiphany' that would allow for bipartisan governance. Now, he may be torn between an instinct for reconciliation and the demand for justice.

at the border? Should Trump be welcomed as a member of the so-called ex-presidents club? Should he get the perks and office allowances bestowed on former chief executives?

"Hopefully, the trial will not be a lengthy trial," incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Friday. But Litt said Biden can speak directly to the American people, most of whom accept his election and were horrified by the riot, and draw on his experience and temperament to be a"calming influence."

"Historically, America is not very good at looking back. We tend to press on without fully reckoning with the causes and consequences of our darker hours," said historian Jon Meacham, whose work Biden has publicly cited.

 

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no reconciliation without justice!

I think the country has realised that that isn’t going to happen and Biden has duped us all !

lavndrblue It will be the doj that prosecutes crimes. It isn’t Biden’s decision. This isn’t like the trump admin. Unity without accountability is capitulation.

Accountability is MUST. GOP is constantly moving goalposts,

DOJ will do its part. There are several civil cases, & a few possible criminal cases in D.C., GA., & NY. Biden has said the DOJ doesn't work for him. With that stated, I'd bet the DOJ will pursue all! Loose ends, with the full independence the institution needs, to do it's job.

he will be presented with many choices for the good, and hopefully will see the great contrast that poor choices offer

It’s okay to have both.

The police and the military are the watch dogs of the laissez faire market capitalist neoliberal order/ ruling class. And the corporate media are their mouthpieces

He can start by calling off Nancy Pelosi and her attack dogs in the House. He can also leave the Trump policies in place that have worked well. I'm not holding my breath on the latter.

look at all these pitch-fork wielding devils.

Pray let America case under sleepy Joe not be like Nigeria.....

Reconciliation is not possible without a good measure of justice, is it? And Republicans wanting bipartisanship ought to long for justice too?

I want justice. The impeachment trial must start in day one.

I cried watchn Kamala Harris show tonight, realizing we have our 1st female VP, female of color too & instead of relishing that & the hope her & Biden have brought, we have to hear about satans spawn 24/7. Im tired of it. Make the arrest, but televise Biden/Harris news only now.

President elect was elected based on fraud, cheating and paid off judges..

China Joe ain’t healing sht. Good night Americans! and demokkkrats... Heel! Good Girl.

NoJusticeNoUnity That’s the right thing to do. They all need to be held accountable. If we don’t investigate this will definitely happen again!

Um, and elected him to spend two years to pass new laws to make sure- Gun reform Climate change Health Care Term Limits No more lobbying and money Drum roll... Create a task force to comb every doc and put the entire complicit admin and Congress in jail, no mercy

Not his call....

Accountability is vital; battling the same delusion over and over has proven to be dangerously irresponsible on republicans part.God Bless Joe & Kamala on this mission.

Justice first

He absolutely will be.

The U.S. Congress must impeach Harris, Waters, and Pelosi for their high crimes and misdemeanors. Inciting violence and insurrection. 'Healing' the nation requires equal application of impeachment powers. Review the evidence against them here:

Usurpers should be eradicated with prejudice.

That was before the riots. There needs to be justice to set an example that this kind of behavior will never be tolerated again.

for reconciliation, we must first have truth and accountability. republicans must openly acknowledge we had a free and fair election, to deny the big lie. but we also must have deterrence.

'...Torn between an instinct for reconciliation and the demand for justice...' More accurately, torn between 'no one is above the law' and 'trump and complicit insurrectionists are above the law'.

The Republicans could and should be responsible— they must find Trump guilty — and denounce many things Trump did and failed to do Good God, unity is not a one way street

God continue to protect us all! 🙏🏾 Amen, 2021 we will get through this!!

The media needs to stop with this narrative. The Republicans are laundering their propaganda through mainstream outlets.

There can be no reconciliation or peace without justice. That solution would be wholly unacceptable to the many Black people who voted for him and witnessed the extreme double standard. If they are not punished, next time it will be worse. There is no unity with sedition.

A demand for justice. Then we start to put America back togather again. If no justice then we are back to square one.

good

JoeBiden ProjectLincoln nytimes washingtonpost Demand for justice after 1/06/2021!

If people get angry for making people pay for their actions they have no desire to heal anyway.

I don't know how much he can get done with these people in the Congress.

There can be both. There are good Republicans and then there are Trumplicans that need to be brought to justice.

NotMyPresident

After all these Trump's debacles, Trumpers will seem less and less numerous. Protected species soon ?

justice? After the faux Russian hoax GMAFB

Nothing will heal without cutting out the poison first. Rid the government of right wing corruption and let the good of the country prevail.

Biden's promise of effecting a transformational course correction for the country has surely been made smoother; James Carville eyes positively glistened when he spoke to MSNBC of corporate funding evaporating for republicans, like a buzzard's glisten eyeing fresh road kill..

if and when Toby Keith writes a Horst Wessel song for republicans in praise of the party’s martyred Ashli Babbitt.

trampled a woman to death in their lust to assassinate democrats (and, give the devil’s their due, Mike Pence, too), during the angry hours of their indisputable and unforgivable attempted coup attempt to destroy the government of our inheritance-

It is no choice really... Republicans have absolutely no interest in bipartisan governance and never will... The only viable choice, and probably the only honourable, decent and ethical choice is all matters, is to be on the side of justice. The integrity of America demands it...

He shouldn’t be ‘torn’ at all! True reconciliation can NOT come without justice first.

No talks of making these militia groups official terrorist organizations and outlawing their activities and gatherings....but let’s talk about granting presidential pardons.....so American.

Rubbing these motherfuckers tummies will only lead to worse fascists in the future. Biden is so brain destroyed that he will go along with this

he should grow the beard

COVID is taking the lives of billions of Americans every second and you're wasting our time with stories like this?

There can be no healing without accountability!

Accountability before unity. Otherwise there will be no trust between the parties nor between the people and their government.

Officer Sicknick deserves justice, not to be swept under the rug like the cowards HawleyMO tedcruz LindseyGrahamSC want everyone to do. ProjectLincoln is doing the good work, now it’s up to JoeBiden to do his.

Not going to reconcile a damn thing without allowing justice to prevail.

Torn? About TERRORISTS?

The 'instinct for reconciliation and the demand for justice' might not be opposing ideas. Just saying...

If there is not attempt to punish those responsible, they will be emboldened for the next attempt. Have we learned nothing?

He has to restore faith in the Justice system. This is the perfect time to do so.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Don't listen to someone who can't listen to themselves.

There is no justice.

Politicians. LMAO

If he doesn’t hold Trump accountable he’s gotta go too. Enough of the bullshit politics.

There can be NO reconciliation without justice

Why do Democratic presidents have to work in a bipartisan fashion but Republican presidents get to govern far right and no one bats an eye? 🙄

In order to heal we must have accountability. This isn’t hard.

There is no reconciliation without justice.

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