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January 06, 2021 10:21 AM UTC
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I almost like Mitch McConnell today. His impassioned speech upholding the rule of law is, IMHO, destined to be one for the history books. Of course, he’s a hypocrite with his newly discovered respect for the Constitution and law.
Best quote: ”[Congress] cannot become an electoral review board on steroids”.
He is, if nothing else, a pragmatist, not an ideologue. A corrupt, cynical pragmatist who, when given nearly unlimited power, will press every advantage for his party, regardless of the cost to the nation.
He knows when the battle is unwinnable, and lives to fight another day.
This is one of the highest (GA) and lowest (Capitol storming) points in American political history, all in one day. WTF.
Don't ever let any of these Trumpers attempt rebrand themselves after a day like this. Make them own it for the rest of their lives.
It felt like a Broncos winning the Super Bowl and 9/11 kind of day.
I quite agree. A corrupt pragmatist, maybe, but that's different from a corrupt corruptist.
Unfortunately it's too little too late. We all knew the GOP would turn on Trump once he clearly was out of power. Those GOP politicians with any balls AT ALL did it before this dark day.
I don't give Mitchy-mitch one whit of credit.
Litmus test.
No we know who they are.
Violent Trumpers are trying to storm the Capitol building. So much for "Back the Blue," eh?
We truly are in a low level civil war. And it's not red vs. blue states, it's urban vs. rural; educated vs. uneducated; non-white vs. white. And it plays out in every state.
Anti-intellectualism has always had a strong following in American politics. But, it’s had a tremendous run this millennium; stupid and uniformed and thuggish is now an aspirational goal, as well as a recruitment calling, for a huge swath . . .
I would add that it is knowledge, and an embrace of the future vs. fear and suspicion, and a yearning for the past.
@DavidTH I strongly disagree.
There is NO civil war. Urban vs Rural is not a conflict.
The actual "war" is obviously about maintaining power, which has both physical and psychological aspects. With this framework, you can look for the instigators of war.
Hint… Follow the money.
(All "genocides" have money and power creating them.)
+100
The remaining Koch brother, Sheldon Adelson, the Mercers, the Uhleins; they are among the far right wing billionaires funding the people behind today's attempted coup.
Political scientists and social sociologists are starting to call this 'status competition'. The people who fear losing their current status in society through economic or political competition are striking out.
Up until recently the 'strike' was a mild prestige competition which included work to improve personally via education or professional achievement.
Lately it has become a competition by dominance which might explain today's gun culture (because a gun is more than a symbol of freedom, it takes away freedom of speech via coercion).
Suggestion: If Biden or his successors can restore economic security then the status competition by dominance will not be as necessary anymore.
Perhaps it is time for a whiff of grapeshot to disperse the rabble!
Turns out the whole thing is an Antifa false flag operation. Just ask the patriots on Parler; they'll tell ya.
Amy Klobuchar is beating Ted Cruz like a rented mule.
Beating the “Smirkin’ merkin?” Cruz truly does have a very punchable face. It made even this news junkie tune out f the live Capitol feed.
I hope every last one of these miscreants goes to jail for a long time.
ANYBODY who has ever thrown in with 45 should NEVER be able to claim the mantle of "Law & Order" ever again.
Nutlid, this means you! You either support the will of the voters, or you support the terrorists that did this on Trump's say so.
A betting man would have money on Nutter being there and a full-fledged participant.
Then he should go to jail.
Well at least they are wearing face coverings in public now. That's progress from Sturgis.
Adam Kinzinger just accurately tweeted that
This is a coup attempt
You have to wonder where Ms. Boebert was with her Glock, when there was clearly a need for self-defense. I’m guessing that she was with the folks storming the Capitol.
Hopefully, she will be spotted as people review video.
Seriously? My guess is she was running away with her glock between her legs. It's an act. Don't expect heroism from Q-bert.
Possibly the best comment of this short year. Don't expect reason either.
She was locked down with the other House members- but yes, her “1776 ” tweet is encouraging the riot and destruction, and apparently, death of one of the female rioters.
Wonder how she feels about that?
Boebert kept her Glock holstered, because she was busy tweeting in support of the rioters.
No where does it say secondaAmendment solutions require gunfire.
Ya.
You don't need to shoot anyone to take away their 1st Amendment rights.
Just pointing, brandishing or open carrying a gun can be sufficient.
Sad, but likely on point.
Colorado Pols can we not call them protesters or say this was a rally. This was an invasion egged on and incited by the President of the United States. Days ahead of time the conservative twittervers was calling for violence at the capitol.
Department of Defense has denied the National Guard permission to protect the Capitol.
1) Burn the Reichstag
2) Declare martial law
3) Cancel the Inauguration.
Sound familiar?
Two questions: who are the dudes pointing their guns? and when are the authorities going to start arresting people?
Act as if it were Antifa or Black Lives Matter. Tear gas, rubber bullets, tanks, tear gas, overwhelming force, prisoner vans, mass arrests.
Who am I kidding? If these weren’t white extremist terrorists, all that would have already happened.
Exactly. And there would have been more than capitol police guarding Congress.
The dudes pointing their weapons from inside the chamber to the barricaded door are apparently part of the Capitol Police force … one source who tweeted like s/he knew something said it was upper echelon CP.
If Pence and the Cabinet had any integrity, they would invoke the 25th RIGHT NOW, since Trump is clearly unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office (which include the peaceful transition of power):
But who am I kidding.
Just saw a picture on TV of Jason Crow crouching in what must have been a chaotic and dangerous situation reminiscent of war time.
So….who had this one in the betting pool?
I did not, but I do wish I could say that I'm surprised . . .
Hope nobody took "Violence by Trump supporters" as a phrase in the 2020 Campaign Drinking Game.
A woman who was shot during the invasion earlier today has died. MSNBC, hours ago, had close up video of her being rushed out on a stretcher, very bloody, CPR being performed. Do we know yet if that was a member of Congress, a staffer, a law enforcement officer, a traitor?
She was a civilian, probably one of the rioters, as she was draped in a flag. There is video somewhere of her getting shot, possibly by her own side, possibly by Capitol police. I saw the report on news this pm, probably MSNBC.
I saw the same MSNBC video. The video linked from this description of the event is more complete (very bloody, violent and graphic) and seems to fit up to the end of the MSNBC video.
She was a civilian.
She was wrapped in a trump flag.
After she falls, some guy appears on the same side of the door (does that make him a rioter) w/an assault-style rifle. None of the rioters surrounding the woman reacts to the guy either.
The MSNBC video covered the time that led up to the shooting. the MSNBC video showed the shattering of windows that led into the House(?) Chambers with a helmet. Not sure if the photo of CPD officers w/guns drawn is the inside view of the shooting.
Edit: Review of the MSNBC video shows the police escorting the stretcher used to transport the woman. The cops were dressed the same as in the video from buzzfeed, et al.
2nd edit: Got another look at the door that was being guarded by CPD officers from the inside w/guns drawn. Those doors had a grid on the windows. The doors where the woman was shot did not.
Here is what Boebert has been up to – she was cheering on the people that sacked the Capitol, and tweeting things like this –
Great start to a legislative career – cheering on a violent assault on the legitimacy of the institution you just joined, and which you just swore to uphold.
Some folks would regard that as a flying start. Should be interesting Colorado Caucus the next two years.
Really don't want the 25th, because then Pence, in his final act of fealty, could pardon Trump.
It makes me nauseous just to say that.
He does not need the 25th for that to happen. He could resign January 19th and the acting could still pardon.
But I believe the ego is just too big – Trump will pardon himself. Or try to.
And what do you want to wager … Trump will try to pardon the rioters too.
Remember when every last protestor who set foot on the Capitol steps during the rapey alcoholic manbaby's confirmation hearing was arrested and hauled off? Yeah, those were the days.
On the plus side, it took hours, but some of the liberal (lol) MSM finally stopped calling these violent insurrectionists "protestors" and started using the term "rioters."
Took 160 some odd years, but violent racist loons waving confederate flags finally managed to invade the Capitol and shut down the U.S. Congress.
One of the more common expressions I heard as a child whenever the talk turned to yankees and such was, "save your Confederate money, boys. The South is gonna rise again". I am sure there are places it is heard yet today.
Duke, my triple great-grandparents had a barrelful of it. They used it to paper the walls to keep out the cold after the war ended; and they were dead broke as the stuff was useless as currency.
"The south will rise again" is the name of my neighbor's internet network. No joke, this thinking is alive and well even in CO. I'm sometimes tempted to name my network "March to the Sea."
I like it!
Obligatory link: South Postpones Rising Again For Yet Another Year.
terrorists
– white
– christian
– terrorists
It helps to say it out loud.
So this is where we are:
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