|
Post by stabcaesar on Jan 7, 2021 1:04:40 GMT
I find it hilarious that a dozen or so drunk/high hooligans are considered “terrorists” these days.
If anything this merely shows how the Capitol Building needs to up its security.
|
|
Film Socialism
Based
99.9999% of rock is crap
Posts: 2,556
Likes: 1,388
|
Post by Film Socialism on Jan 7, 2021 1:26:40 GMT
I find it hilarious that a dozen or so drunk/high hooligans are considered “terrorists” these days. If anything this merely shows how the Capitol Building needs to up its security. this was so obviously planned by the feds in some way - it was no secret that there would be massive amounts of people there, and there were no riot control methods used. my guess is this is buildup for patriot act 2.0
|
|
|
Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jan 7, 2021 1:36:57 GMT
Spot on
|
|
|
Post by mhynson27 on Jan 7, 2021 1:48:23 GMT
Let's just take a second to appreciate how much irreparable electoral damage has been done to GOP these past few days and especially today. The Georgia runoff was the petrie dish for Trump's fraud rhetoric and it so far looks to be a failed experiment. The Republican vote was depressed in some rural areas and liberal turnout was supercharged. And now we have Trumpian confederate flag-waving domestic terrorists swarming the capital building. The real civil war all along has been in the Republican party between institutionalists and authoritarian extremists and these kinds of brazen acts of domestic terrorism only weaken them as a party and drive them further apart. Even Trump is disavowing violence now but Ivanka ( Ivanka!) called the rioters "patriots." There are two victims today: (1) America's reputation abroad and (2) the Republican party. Sorry to say, but that's been fucked for some time.
|
|
|
Post by Joaquim on Jan 7, 2021 1:56:53 GMT
|
|
|
Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jan 7, 2021 2:04:32 GMT
Guess who's Twitter account officially got blocked?
Good!
|
|
|
Post by quetee on Jan 7, 2021 2:14:59 GMT
No lies told. And some people need to recognize this and leave their bubble. I am sick and tired of hearing people say: oh that didn't happen because you're black. Ummm... yes it did... bubble dweller.
|
|
|
Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 7, 2021 2:26:41 GMT
yeah, the brazen fearlessness of white rioters (both here and in the Michigan statehouse takeover) really speaks volumes about the reality of privilege hierarchy in America.
|
|
|
Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 7, 2021 2:33:20 GMT
Booker and Romney's speeches were exceptional on the floor. McConnell's too honestly.
|
|
|
Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 7, 2021 3:02:45 GMT
it's surreal hearing the roll-call on the objection. Hearing the names one after another waiting to get to Cruz. Every one of them saying "No" and that motherfucker saying "aye"
Cruz is a sociopath
|
|
|
Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jan 7, 2021 3:13:31 GMT
DC police chief said that at least 13 people have been arrested.... Nowhere near enough
|
|
|
Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jan 7, 2021 5:28:55 GMT
it's surreal hearing the roll-call on the objection. Hearing the names one after another waiting to get to Cruz. Every one of them saying "No" and that motherfucker saying "aye" Cruz is a sociopath
|
|
|
Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 7, 2021 6:38:03 GMT
DC police chief said that at least 13 people have been arrested.... Nowhere near enough There will be more. FBI is currently asking for tips. The man who vandalized Pelosi's office was bragging about it to cameras outside of the Capitol and said his name and place of address so hopefully he'll be getting a knock on the door soon.
|
|
|
Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jan 7, 2021 6:42:23 GMT
121 House Republicans voted to decertify Arizona's electors.
So if the GOP were to control the House, a Democrat couldn’t be elected President. They literally won’t allow it. That's the message they're sending.
|
|
|
Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 7, 2021 7:05:07 GMT
A lot of Republicans are furious about what happened today. Heard several on CNN angrily declaring they intend to burn bridges with the congresspersons who doubled down on the objections. There will be repercussions.
|
|
morton
Based
Posts: 2,811
Likes: 2,954
|
Post by morton on Jan 7, 2021 7:12:33 GMT
DC police chief said that at least 13 people have been arrested.... Nowhere near enough There will be more. FBI is currently asking for tips. The man who vandalized Pelosi's office was bragging about it to cameras outside of the Capitol and said his name and place of address so hopefully he'll be getting a knock on the door soon. I know some of the people I follow on Twitter have been tweeting out accounts that have been identifying the terrorists. I just hope they’re fully prosecuted and not pardoned if they do get convicted.
|
|
|
Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 7, 2021 7:59:34 GMT
It's outstanding how many GOP house members are doubling down on the objections. 134 in the House and counting are siding with Trump and voting against Pennsylvania certification. 134 of them. I am amazed how many of these idiots are validating Trump when he is singlehandedly torpedoing their party. They're digging their own graves.
|
|
|
Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jan 7, 2021 8:24:17 GMT
Our democracy won't be able to sustain itself for much longer with the GOP in existence.
|
|
|
Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jan 7, 2021 8:52:23 GMT
Joe Biden will be President. Formality at this point, but Pence just certified the results. Someone won’t be happy...
|
|
|
Post by jimmalone on Jan 7, 2021 8:52:55 GMT
DC police chief said that at least 13 people have been arrested.... Nowhere near enough That was another thing that irritated me heavily. Not only the pictures of the policemen letting the protesters easily walk through, but that they didn't immediately enter the capitol building and arrested everybody, who was illegaly in there!! I know all of them have been recorded on video and will still be arrested - and they should for a very long time - but this should have happened immediately.
|
|
|
Post by jimmalone on Jan 7, 2021 9:21:56 GMT
Honestly maybe the worst thing about this is, that I'm not even suprised this happened. Since the election I was pretty sure that there would be huge riots and violent confrontations. But I would not have imagined those insurrectionists would really get INTO the capitol. Not only Trump, but every Republican, who refused to acknowledge the result of the election is complicit in the incidents of this day, which is nothing less than an assault on democracy and the trying of a coup d'etat.
Land of opportunity really "extended" its meaning.
|
|
|
Post by Lord_Buscemi on Jan 7, 2021 11:37:00 GMT
Checked online to see what spin the various right-wing internet pundits were putting on these events and almost all of them have decided to focus on that woman being shot and killed. She was climbing over the doors into a heavily barricaded area that was protecting some of the highest officials in government, what the fuck was this idiot expecting? She was given multiple warnings too.
|
|
|
Post by jimmalone on Jan 7, 2021 12:13:19 GMT
Number of arrests has climbed to 52 as of now.
|
|
|
Post by Pavan on Jan 7, 2021 12:37:30 GMT
|
|
morton
Based
Posts: 2,811
Likes: 2,954
|
Post by morton on Jan 7, 2021 14:13:38 GMT
Checked online to see what spin the various right-wing internet pundits were putting on these events and almost all of them have decided to focus on that woman being shot and killed. She was climbing over the doors into a heavily barricaded area that was protecting some of the highest officials in government, what the fuck was this idiot expecting? She was given multiple warnings too. Yeah, she was a veteran too. I mean I know Trumpers are going to believe anything that he or that Fox News or Newsmax or whatever spews, but imagine being a woman and a veteran and being willing to die for Trump when he doesn't give a fuck about anyone but himself and has only disrespected those two groups. And of course some are trying to spin the fact that the police shot a veteran, and not that they shot a terrorist, and that last summer when the BLM protests were happening, it was all "those thugs deserve what they get especially if they're looting." Not surprised but yesterday it was just crickets on my Facebook from all of my family and friends who support Trump whereas during the BLM protests it was nothing but how awful those people were, and how the police wouldn't shoot or arrest them if they didn't break the law. At least I saw a lot of posts from those that I didn't consider to be "political" condemning the terrorists and those that helped cause it, so that gave me a little hope that at least voting wise, maybe the Democrats can do better in 2022 than I had originally thought; although that's still two years away and Americans tend to have short memories. I can't wait until I see/hear about how it's really all antifa's fault or George Soros or whoever's fault that's not Trump and the traitors that supported him in real life because I've already seen it on Twitter from those screenshotting Parler and Facebook to show how deranged some people are, so I'm really looking forward to that.
|
|