A4 THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021
AFTER THE CAPITOL SIEGE | UPDATES FROM WASHINGTON
DEAR ABBY
Write to Dear Abby online at dearabby.com
or by mail at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Dear Abby: A new single
pastor was assigned to my
church. He asked if I was sin-
gle and if I had kids. I told
him no, and we began having
an affair.
For two years, it was all in
secret. Then I began notic-
ing that a single lady from
his previous church would
visit. He told me she was
concerned about him being
alone, so she was stopping by
on her way through.
Well, I now know she was
more than that. While he was
having his affair with me, he
was engaged to her. When I
confronted him, he denied it.
They got married in secret,
and he didn’t tell the church
until afterward. Everyone was
shocked because he talked so
much about being an open
book and being truthful. I
was and still am in shock. I
love my church, but I hate my
pastor. Should I leave?
— Hurting in Secret
Dear Hurting: I smell a
rat, and it’s coming from the
pulpit. Your pastor misrep-
resented himself. His affair
with you was, to say the least,
unethical and should be dis-
cussed with the governing
board of your church. You
were taken advantage of. One
of you should leave.
Dear Abby: I endured an
arduous decadelong marriage
with a subsequent nasty di-
vorce and custody battle. This
was followed by years of con-
tentious child rearing with
my ex. With my children now
grown, I am free to spend my
money the way I want and
have absolute freedom. I live
alone, and quite frankly, I love
my life. I am 100% sure that I
want to remain unmarried.
When people ask me about
getting remarried, I tell them
“never again,” and I mean it.
Yet, inevitably, people say,
“You never know, you might
get married again someday.”
Abby, I DO know. It’s been
more than 20 years.
I used to get annoyed, but
now I just blow it off. Do you
have any retort that doesn’t
sound rude? I have thought
about saying, “I guess you
know me better than I know
myself,” but it sounds snarky.
— Befuddled in Florida
Dear Befuddled: If blow-
ing off the questions no lon-
ger works for you, try this:
Smile at the person and say,
“That would involve TWO
willing people, and I’m not
receptive. But thank you for
the kind thought.” And then
change the subject.
Dear Abby: I have been
having some emotional tur-
moil. I’m feeling depressed
and hopeless. I know I need
to tell my parents, but I’m too
scared. I’m afraid they will
brush it off or blame me. It’s
really affecting my life. Please
give me some advice on how
to break the news.
— Girl with a Problem in North Carolina
Dear Girl: Many people are
experiencing feelings similar
to the ones you are. The worst
thing you can do is keep them
to yourself. Be brave. Tell your
parents about your depression
and turmoil. If they are disbe-
lieving, confide in a teacher or
the parent of a close friend so
they can advise your parents
on getting you professional
help if it is necessary. My
thoughts are with you, and I
hope you feel better soon.
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willed, capable and perceptive, you9re possessed of extraordinary analytical
abilities that allow you to choose the project this year that will become a suc-
cess. Developing flexibility enables you to do even better than you thought
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)
2nd GOP senator to Trump: Resign
Democrats talk strategy for
historic impeachment effort:
Senate trial could come after
Biden’s first 100 days in office
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., center, pictured with
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., at the White House
in 2018, became the second Republican sena-
tor to call for the president’s resignation.
“Let’s give president-elect Biden the 100
days he needs to get his agenda off and
running,” Clyburn said. “And maybe we
will send the articles some time after that.”
Another idea being considered is to have
a separate vote that would prevent Trump
from ever holding office again. That could
potentially only need a simple majority
vote of 51 senators, unlike impeachment, in
which two-thirds of the 100-member Sen-
ate must support a conviction.
Toomey indicated he might support
such a vote: “I think the president has dis-
qualified himself from ever certainly serv-
ing in office again,” he said. “I don’t think
he is electable in any way.”
losi, D-Calif., convened a conference call
with her leadership team and sent a letter
to her colleagues reiterating that Trump
must be held accountable. She told her
caucus, now scattered across the country
on a two-week recess, to “be prepared to
return to Washington this week.” Sunday
night, she confirmed an impeachment
vote is coming.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said “it may
be Tuesday, Wednesday before the action is
taken, but I think it will be taken this week.”
Clyburn, the third-ranking House Dem-
ocrat and a close ally of President-elect Joe
Biden, suggested that if the House does vote
to impeach, Pelosi might hold the charges
— known as articles of impeachment —
until after Biden’s first 100 days in office.
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Re-
publican leader, has said an impeachment
trial could not begin under the current cal-
endar before Inauguration Day, Jan. 20.
‘Ridiculous’
While many have criticized Trump, Re-
publicans have said impeachment would
be divisive in a time of unity.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said that in-
stead of coming together, Democrats want
to “talk about ridiculous things like ‘Let’s
impeach a president’ who isn’t even going
to be in office in about nine days.”
Blunt said Trump’s actions “were clearly
reckless,” but “my personal view is that the
president touched the hot stove on Wednes-
day and is unlikely to touch it again.”
Still, some Republicans might be sup-
portive. Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said he
would take a look at any articles that the
House sends over.
Lawmakers planned to formally in-
troduce the proposal on Monday in the
House, where articles of impeachment
must originate. Trump would be the first
president to be impeached twice.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Two GOP senators
now say Donald Trump should resign and
a third says the president should be “very
careful” in his remaining days in office as
the House prepares to impeach Trump in
the wake of deadly riots at the Capitol.
Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey on Sun-
day joined Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in
calling for Trump to “resign and go away
as soon as possible” after a violent mob of
his supporters broke into the Capitol on
Wednesday.
Resignation, Toomey said, was the “best
path forward, the best way to get this per-
son in the rearview mirror for us.” Toomey
said even though he believes Trump com-
mitted impeachable offenses in encourag-
ing loyalists in the Capitol siege, he did not
think there was enough time for the im-
peachment process. The senator was not
optimistic that Trump would step down
before his term ends on Jan. 20.
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., warned Trump to
be “very careful” in the next week and a half.
Narrowing an impeachment timeline
House leaders, furious after the violent
insurrection against them, appear deter-
mined to act despite the short timeline.
Late Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pe-
Carolyn Kaster/AP file
Schwarzenegger, Austrian immigrant,
compares U.S. Capitol mob to Nazis
Lawmakers who sheltered during
riot could have been exposed to virus
Former California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger compared the mob that
stormed the U.S. Capitol to the Nazis and
called President Donald Trump a failed
leader who “will go down in history as the
worst president ever.”
The Republican said in a video he re-
leased on social media Sunday that
“Wednesday was the Night of Broken
Glass right here in the United States.”
In 1938, Nazis in Germany and Austria
vandalized Jewish homes, schools and
businesses during an attack that became
known as Kristallnacht or “the Night of
Broken Glass.”
Schwarzenegger, who was born in
Austria, compared the Proud Boys — a
far-right American extremist group — to
the Nazis. Some Proud Boys leaders were
arrested in the nation’s capital, before and
after Wednesday’s riots.
In his video, Schwarzenegger called
House lawmakers may have been ex-
posed to someone testing positive for
COVID-19 while they sheltered at an un-
disclosed location during the Capitol siege.
The Capitol’s attending physician noti-
fied all lawmakers Sunday of the virus ex-
posure and urged them to be tested. The
infected individual was not named.
Dr. Brian Moynihan wrote that “many
members of the House community were
in protective isolation in the large room —
some for several hours” Wednesday. He said
“individuals may have been exposed to an-
other occupant with coronavirus infection.”
Some members of Congress huddled for
hours in the large room, while others were
there for a shorter period.
Some lawmakers and staff were furious
after video surfaced of Republican law-
makers not wearing their masks in the
room during lockdown.
Frank Fastner/Arnold Schwarzenegger via AP
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
delivered a public video message at his home
in Los Angeles. The Republican compared the
mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol to the Nazis.
Trump a failed leader and said he took so-
lace that Trump’s presidency was coming
to an end and “would soon be as irrelevant
as an old tweet.”
Schwarzenegger, best known for his
movie role as the Terminator, has said he
became a Republican during the Nixon era
and was elected as California’s governor in
2003 during a special recall election. He
was later elected to a full term.
— Bulletin wire reports
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conversations. Stay flexible and observant. Tonight: Questions of loyalty can
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
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CANCER (June 21-July 22)
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Others make plans for the future that happily include you. Old friends and
relatives are nostalgic. People from your past call more than usual. Tonight:
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
õõ Today brings changes to the workplace. New faces appear and long-
time associates are ready to move on. Be cautious with changes in health
care and your fitness regimen. Stay aware of how your body responds and all
will be well. Tonight: Take it easy.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
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prises. Others will be attracted to you. Allow intimate relationships to evolve
and grow. The expression of creative ideas enriches your life in a serendipi-
tous way. Tonight: You heal an old heartache.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
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communication helps resolve problems. You are trying to balance security
needs with changing times at home. Your housing needs could change. To-
night: Relatives discuss moves or other domestic adjustments.
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Clear communication holds the key to smoothing over any differences. Positive
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forward more in reaching financial goals. Avoid any risks regarding financial
issues. True love is going through a transformation. Tonight: Discuss every-
thing very honestly, almost in a self-confessional manner.
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very big way now. Tonight: Feeling proud of yourself.
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formed secretly bring you a deep inner happiness. Forgive yourself for old
mistakes. Tonight: Memories are powerful and vivid.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
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a good time to become more active within a worthwhile organization. Your
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Trump
Continued from A1
Border wall and pardons
Trump plans to run out the clock on his
four years in office by highlighting what he
believes are his biggest accomplishments,
including the barrier his administration
built on at least part of the U.S. border with
Mexico. A trip to Alamo, Texas, near the
border is expected Tuesday, a White House
spokesman said.
Trump is also preparing at least one
more round of pardons and will try a final
time to advance his administration’s effort
to bring Big Tech to heel, the people said,
though it isn’t clear what he may do.
It’s a last-ditch attempt to rehabilitate
Trump’s legacy after his supporters stormed
the Capitol on Wednesday, resulting in five
deaths, including that of a Capitol Police
officer. Various news outlets reported Sun-
day that another officer who responded to
the riot, Howard Liebengood, 51, died by
apparent suicide Saturday.
Trump has given no indication that he’s
considering resigning, as many Democrats
and some Republicans have demanded.
Trump’s apparent confidence belies his
political and legal peril. Congressional
Democrats are furious about the Capitol
riot and are determined to hold the presi-
dent accountable. Some Republicans have
said his actions merit impeachment.
Federal prosecutors also haven’t ruled
out charging Trump, among many others,
for his role in the assault on the Capitol,
while pledging that the ongoing investiga-
tion will not be politically targeted.
Trump may face more legal trouble, too.
Weeks before he pressured Georgia Secre-
tary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find”
enough votes to flip the election, it was re-
vealed Saturday that he also called a Geor-
gia elections investigator with a similar de-
mand, prompting questions about possible
obstruction of justice.
A base galvanized
Trump’s views on the matter normally
wouldn’t be much of a secret. But without
his Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump,
and after a failed, whack-a-mole effort to
post from alternative accounts, an eerie si-
lence has descended over the White House.
Inside, Trump has spoken with aides
including Mark Meadows, Jared Kushner,
Patrick Semansky/AP
An American flag flies at half-staff above the White House on Sunday. The president ordered the
flag be lowered Sunday to honor the Capitol Police officers who died.
Dan Scavino and Kayleigh McEnany, the
people said. Outside the building, there’s
public clamor to remove Trump before his
term ends. Some 57% of Americans want
the president removed immediately, a Re-
uters/Ipsos poll published Friday found,
while nearly 70% disapprove of Trump’s
actions leading up to the Capitol riot.
Talk of impeachment or removal from
office would make Trump a martyr to his
base, one person said. If the vice president
led an effort to remove him, it would only
reinforce Trump’s declarations that a “deep
state” of government bureaucrats has long
been bent on opposing him, another said.
Between the impeachment movement
and Trump’s censorship by social media,
the president and his advisers believe his
supporters are galvanized. Trump feels im-
peachment could have a boomerang effect
on Democrats, one person said, while an-
other dismissed it as the latest Democratic
witch hunt.
Social media bans
Trump and his team will respond to the
Twitter ban during his final week in office by
leaning into his fight against what he’s called
censorship of Republicans by large technol-
ogy companies. The president has long de-
manded that Congress revoke Section 230,
a liability waiver social media companies
depend upon to allow relatively unfettered
speech on their platforms. He’ll likely am-
plify that call, though Joe Biden’s inaugura-
tion on Jan. 20 and Democrats’ takeover of
the Senate is expected to snuff out prospects
for any change to the law for now.
Trump has prepared several executive
orders related to Big Tech companies but
it’s not clear if any will be issued, one per-
son said.
Impeachment preparations
It isn’t clear if Trump’s team is prepar-
ing for a Senate impeachment trial. White
House counsel Pat Cipollone won’t be
involved, after leading Trump’s defense
during his first impeachment a year ago,
in part because his job ends with Biden’s
inauguration, one person familiar with the
matter said. Deputy Counsel Pat Philbin
also will not participate, the person said.
Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani
didn’t respond to messages seeking com-
ment Saturday. Neither did Alan Der-
showitz, professor emeritus at Harvard
Law School, or Jay Sekulow, an outside at-
torney, who both represented Trump at his
first impeachment trial.
The Senate won’t reconvene until Jan. 19,
and Senate Republican leader Mitch McCo-
nnell said Friday in a memo to colleagues
that a trial can’t begin before then unless all
100 senators consent to it — an exceedingly
unlikely development, as Trump retains al-
lies among Republicans in the chamber.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this report.