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

Do they not understand what 'secession' means

@realDonaldTrump

These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:05 PM (seven minutes ago)

fuck me I thought this was a parody

sad lol sic yes I had that same thought about that earlier post. What a day.

Jfc that tweet. How am I still shocked by his bullshit

"Remember this day forever" -- yeah, probably so.

didnt want to link xp

Makes his public statement then hides behind his Twitter account to speak what he actually meant. Fuck this guy forever and the terrorist collaborators at Twitter and Facebook that shelter him.

xp
appreciate for sure, the timing after jon's post was just too otm

a sacred landslide election victory
so unceremoniously & viciously stripped
from great patriots who have been badly
& unfairly treated
Remember this day forever

thanks rob, i just couldn't bring myself to even c&P it

his public statement was pretty much the same: go home peacefully, i guess, but i love you, and this election was stolen and you should fight it

Don’t know numbers, but it’s coming from every wing of the party as far as I can tell. If it’s a representative sample.... https://t.co/TaZFTJNpq5

— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) January 6, 2021

BREAKING: Statement from former Pres. George W. Bush: "This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic—not our democratic republic." https://t.co/als6oDM6AZ pic.twitter.com/yzYT9bSDGJ

— ABC News (@ABC) January 6, 2021

yeah i mean theyre gonna impeach him, he sent his goon directly after them

That's insulting to banana republics tbh.

GOP House & Senators are texting and meeting... they might let the Arizona obstruction be the sole, symbolic one. I'll believe it when I see it.

My dad brought up the case of Ray Blanton as an example of someone being unceremoniously ousted. To be honest, I think adopting "impeachment, Tennessee-style" might be the right way to go here, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanton#Pardons_and_liquor_licenses_scandals

That's insulting to banana republics tbh.

― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 11:21 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

especially since the banana aspect came from george w. bush's party

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/5914/Will-the-Senate-convict-Donald-Trump-on-impeachment-in-his-first-term

Low but climbing!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErFXos1VcAIMOAE?format=jpg&name=900x900

images that encapsulate the USA in this embryonic stage of the year 2021

Just heard on the ABC (Australia) live coverage a cop megaphone blurt out ‘don’t blame us we’re just following orders’

boy thank god for the Good Ones eh.

A Bill of Impeachment should be the first order of business put before the House this session. It should be voted on by Friday.

Yeah, I hope some of these so-called police will be guarding Subway Sandwich shops in the near future

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/5914/Will-the-Senate-convict-Donald-Trump-on-impeachment-in-his-first-term

Low but climbing!

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:24 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

i cant see them peeling off enough republicans to convict but who knows conservatives have a weird way of starting to care about bad things when it affects them, but its prob not worth the trouble for them when they can just hunker down until hes out of there

Why? Hunkering down means more of this shit. They should impeach him and run out the clock that way.

Sounds like at least one gop vote if they do it

MITT ROMNEY: "What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States." pic.twitter.com/jGO6eTsU1h

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 6, 2021

want to read one of the worst hot takes

i understand the impulse to ask "where are the police??" and the hypocrisy in their absence here. but the impunity with which the alt right are allowed to protest and to commit property damage is something we should all have.

— everest (@everestpipkin) January 6, 2021

The newly elected GA senators should be enough to remove McConnell as Majority Leader if they can be sworn in by Monday.

his public statement was pretty much the same: go home peacefully, i guess, but i love you, and this election was stolen and you should fight it

Looks like twitter deleted his video statement and his follow up statement

xp -- I don't think it's a bad take to point out certain major inconsistencies with the standpoint "I think we should abolish the police, but also we need the police to stop this with force"

The entire Congress should be treating this as a national emergency and moving with the highest urgency and dispatch to remove Trump, protect the Capitol and all departments of the government from violence.

Nov 3:

If @realDonaldTrump were to lose (he won’t) his supporters will go to work tomorrow just as we do everyday. When Biden loses, his “supporters” will likely loot and riot. Tells you everything you need to know! #Trump2020

— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) November 3, 2020

xp -- I don't think it's a bad take to point out certain major inconsistencies with the standpoint "I think we should abolish the police, but also we need the police to stop this with force"

_xp -- I don't think it's a bad take to point out certain major inconsistencies with the standpoint "I think we should abolish the police, but also we need the police to stop this with force"_


Would be nice if they did the job they were supposed to do which is protect the Capitol and the people who work there.

I...don't think I disagree w that tweet, Karl? But say more?

abolishing the police doesnt mean people should just be able to smash whatever they want, thats what people who oppose it pretend lol

Right? Impunity from damaging property? Does that mean if my neighbor looks at me sideways, it's cool for me to kick all his windows in and piss on his bed?

The rest of that thread:

demanding equal retribution will only be used to raise budgets for, and more heavily arm, law enforcement- and to demonize protestors writ large. this police know this! lawmakers know this.

the police will never take our side. they are an instrument of right wing power. they will never tear gas the proud boys, because they are the proud boys- but they also shouldn't, because tear gas is reprehensible no matter who it is used on.

this must be allowed to change nothing in our demands to defund the police.

weird, you can still see the video if you get there from a quote-tweet

President @realDonaldTrump calls for Capitol protestors to go home in peace. ⬇️ https://t.co/SnEKmGeOj7

— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) January 6, 2021

Right? Impunity from damaging property? Does that mean if my neighbor looks at me sideways, it's cool for me to kick all his windows in and piss on his bed?

from the looks of it on cnn, seems like the curfew is more of a suggestion

While I don't totally agree with the tweet in question, I also think Katherine and others are right to say: it is law and order rhetoric that brought us here. Maybe let's not cheer for one team of fascist thugs to stop another team of fascist thugs.

there are more tweets that follow that i think are incoherent, but it's probably just me

i understand the impulse to ask "where are the police??" and the hypocrisy in their absence here. but the impunity with which the alt right are allowed to protest and to commit property damage is something we should all have.

this one starts off the argument, and is least objectionable i guess. my main problem with it is that he's making a comparison between dumbass altrighters trying to "storm the capitol" with

demanding equal retribution will only be used to raise budgets for, and more heavily arm, law enforcement- and to demonize protestors writ large. this police know this! lawmakers know this.

this is where it goes off into cuckoo land. "demanding equal retribution" - who? when? a couple hours ago? and if capitol police were to somehow keep rioters out of the capitol, that would lead to budget raises for law enforcement, and to demonize all protesters? police know this? lawmakers know this?

the police will never take our side. they are an instrument of right wing power. they will never tear gas the proud boys, because they are the proud boys- but they also shouldn't, because tear gas is reprehensible no matter who it is used on.[

you got that right bub

this must be allowed to change nothing in our demands to defund the police.

huh

xpost
the heart wants what it wants

Law enforcement officials are creating A LOT of work for themselves by not processing these people now. They’ll never be able to hunt many of them down.

— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 6, 2021

thanks for coming! watch your step!

While I don't totally agree with the tweet in question, I also think Katherine and others are right to say: it is law and order rhetoric that brought us here. Maybe let's not cheer for one team of fascist thugs to stop another team of fascist thugs.

― Pere Legume (the table is the table), Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:43 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah one thing about living in a police state is its logic worms its way into your brain and beliefs

lol

Half of right wing twitter right now is saying this is a false flag by antifa and the other half is posting pictures from the capitol saying this is me! i'm doing this!

— metal dot txt (@metaltxt) January 6, 2021

Just emailed my senators and rep to remove trump asap. Can't hurt to try.