And Sleepy Joe Will Get The Credit: US Politics January 2021

_Putin is probably jerking it so hard right now_


Who cares? This is an American problem

Sorry but none of America's problems are ever only American problems.

.@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location

“This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he said w fury in his voice.

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 6, 2021

is it okay yet to call this a “riot” jfc

ACAB x1000

Horrific image of a gravely injured woman being wheeled out of the #capitol just aired on @MSNBC

— John Morales (@JohnMoralesNBC6) January 6, 2021

That’s not what I mean, I mean this stuff is homegrown in origin, a lot of people have been fooling themselves about nefarious foreign influence to make themselves feel better about their own problems

Jon Morales is Miami's NBC 6 metereologist -- damn.

is it okay yet to call this a “riot” jfc

― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:07 PM (forty-three seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

i'd call it terrorism.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/06/us/politics/electoral-college-certification-live-stream.html

http://i.imgur.com/kFl81HK.png

Why not both? One more than the other, of course.

xp to gyac

We are absolutely fucked.

BREAKING: DC paramedic source tells me one person shot in Capitol. CPR in progress

— Lindsay Watts (@LindsayAWatts) January 6, 2021

holy fuck they're ambling around the Senate chamber like it's the Hall of Presidents at Disney World

Insane photo from @AP at the doors of the House chamber pic.twitter.com/sFpMwUmvrn

— Keaton Fox (@keatonfox) January 6, 2021

these morons are acting like a dog who caught a car

BREAKING: Protesters are on the Senate floor now: pic.twitter.com/k4Q0ln8pZs

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) January 6, 2021

This is going to be like Columbine where this is a reality we have to live with for the rest of our lives.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErEwmB3VQAQZEoR?format=jpg&name=large

So fucked that these people didn’t get stopped well before it got to this point.

What is this BS of "Capitol police were caught off-guard?"

AND THESE FUCKING PEOPLE ARE JUST FUCKING MILLING AROUND!! WTF

THIS IS INSANE

Georgia Capitol building also evacuated? Surrounded by militia.

has that one sweetgreen raised its drawbridge yet

— JP (@jpbrammer) January 6, 2021

Ooooh, Mitt’s furious now!

im seething right now

Reminder that none of this would have happened had the cops done their fucking job. It’s a coup because they’re letting it happen.

the I Think You Should Leave hotdogman.jpg is getting a pretty strenuous workout right now

well, insurrection is a capital offence...

just called my friend in Virginia. she answered the phone and I just started uncontrollably sobbing

Reminder that none of this would have happened had the cops done their fucking job. It’s a coup because they’re letting it happen.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:14 PM (twenty-seven seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is literally what a coup is

Exactly.

i hate this dumb country of dumbasses so much

That’s the confederate flag flying outside the Senate chamber pic.twitter.com/1XB5TlAsuv

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021

Anarchists, Agitators or Protestors who vandalize or damage our Federal Courthouse in Portland, or any Federal Buildings in any of our Cities or States, will be prosecuted under our recently re-enacted Statues & Monuments Act. MINIMUM TEN YEARS IN PRISON. Don’t do it! @DHSgov

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2020

BLM protest response last summer:

this was the capitol during the BLM protests, for context. pic.twitter.com/4RzJq1ILdA

— slackbynature (@slackbynature) January 6, 2021

lol

Photo of Senate right now. 'Where's Pence, show yourself!' protester shouts pic.twitter.com/xGVKMnsf3T

— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) January 6, 2021

This was a planned event! There was plenty of notice! No reason to have been caught off guard. Except that Trump is still in charge and still pulling the strings. Every one of these assholes who has been caught on camera needs to be arrested, if not now, then on day 1 of Biden’s presidency. Along with Trump that fuck.

I can't stop shaking. I just threw up.

Watching video of a lot of these jokers, this is mostly a big selfie opportunity for them. There is a strong lulz component to all of this.

1 person shot in the chest, CPR was administered

Where the fuck is law enforcement?

I can't stop shaking. I just threw up.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:17 PM bookmarkflaglink

I'm so sorry jon. believe me, this is one of the times where I'm not saying 'don't panic'. i'm with you.

<3

Law enforcement is clearly in on this. That's the only answer.

I miss my Dad.

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 6, 2021

What sucks worst is that there are at least a million Americans out there cheering on these yahoos and hoping they somehow overturn the election. they won't they are a disorganized rabble. but the fact they were symbolically successful will, to coin a phrase, embolden the fuckers even more.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mm9LdNV45wI/X_YbRbuJhsI/AAAAAAAAC1A/ilyml2pA4CkC24hRnSzYXeyKtAFFN6wnACK8BGAsYHg/s0/2021-01-06.png

yeah i'm feeling pretty shaky myself right now. with police so demonstronbly on their side.. not much further on this trajectory to 'everything up in the air' and 'power vacuum'

So are the GOP Senators & House members going to continue with the Electoral charade?

What I can't get over is...how few people there are! Several hundred? A thousand. I mean it's crazy capitol police was not better prepared for this.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 6, 2021

wondering if Senators and Reps will stop objecting if they realize it'll speed up the count and get them out of harm's way faster.

Where the fuck is law enforcement?

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:19 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

thats them in the navy outfit

That’s the confederate flag flying outside the Senate chamber pic.twitter.com/1XB5TlAsuv

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 6, 2021