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Posted: Jan 10, 2021 - 3:01pm



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Very fine people.
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Posted: Jan 10, 2021 - 2:11pm

“No one should be ashamed of what happened,” Lorraine concluded. “And no one should be blaming antifa for what happened. American patriots did this. And it’s a good thing. It’s not a bad thing.”
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Posted: Jan 9, 2021 - 10:22am

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Hey Antifa apologists, yes you!  Still proud of your black-clad anarchists?
 
LOL. Still several degrees better than your inbred MAGA buddies at the Capitol.
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Posted: Jan 9, 2021 - 10:03am

Of course, to the QAnon types the FBI is part of the conspiracy...
 
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Posted: Jan 9, 2021 - 9:58am

Hey Antifa apologists, yes you!  Still proud of your black-clad anarchists?

Andy Ngo, in the NY Post:


In August, NPR gave an unchallenged platform to Vicky Osterweil to promote her book “In Defense of Looting.” During the interview, the author argued that rioting and looting were legitimate acts of protest. Both local and national media rigidly only referred to the far-left rioters as “protesters.” The Associated Press, which sets guidelines for journalists, amended its stylebook to discourage use of the word “riot,” given protesters’ “underlying grievances.”

Hours after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, Antifa tried to break into the Multnomah County Courthouse in downtown Portland. A mob of black-clad Antifa militants proceeded to smash businesses and public buildings using hammers. On one wall, they spray-painted an Antifa logo and the warning, “The state can no longer suppress us.”

Protesters then confronted Mayor Wheeler at a restaurant and hit him. But by morning, no national media had reported on the anti-government violence in Portland — the third riot in the city since New Year’s Eve.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 7:48pm

These Are the Pro-Democracy Demonstrators Who Petitioned the Nation’s Capitol 
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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 7:28pm



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A new spin on the garish and grotesque implicit in nouveau riche.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 6:24pm

It will be interesting to see if the  "BRING YOUR ARMS " national gatherings take place on 17th of Jan  as planned ,in the light of the Capital storming.
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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 1:52pm

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 R_P wrote:
US Capitol Police turned down help from the Pentagon and the Justice Department before Trump supporters rioted inside the Capitol building
Both Acevedo and Ed Davis, a former Boston police commissioner who led the department during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, said they did not fault the responses of clearly overmatched front-line officers, but the planning and leadership before the riot.

"Was there a structural feeling that well, these are a bunch of conservatives, they're not going to do anything like this? Quite possibly," Mr Davis said.

"That's where the racial component to this comes into play in my mind. Was there a lack of urgency or a sense that this could never happen with this crowd? Is that possible? Absolutely."
 
IOW, white people would never get this violent.
 
Not a violent bone in their lily-white bodies. Law and order!
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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 1:13pm



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US Capitol Police turned down help from the Pentagon and the Justice Department before Trump supporters rioted inside the Capitol building
Both Acevedo and Ed Davis, a former Boston police commissioner who led the department during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, said they did not fault the responses of clearly overmatched front-line officers, but the planning and leadership before the riot.

"Was there a structural feeling that well, these are a bunch of conservatives, they're not going to do anything like this? Quite possibly," Mr Davis said.

"That's where the racial component to this comes into play in my mind. Was there a lack of urgency or a sense that this could never happen with this crowd? Is that possible? Absolutely."

 
IOW, white people would never get this violent.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 12:53pm

US Capitol Police turned down help from the Pentagon and the Justice Department before Trump supporters rioted inside the Capitol building
Both Acevedo and Ed Davis, a former Boston police commissioner who led the department during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, said they did not fault the responses of clearly overmatched front-line officers, but the planning and leadership before the riot.

"Was there a structural feeling that well, these are a bunch of conservatives, they're not going to do anything like this? Quite possibly," Mr Davis said.

"That's where the racial component to this comes into play in my mind. Was there a lack of urgency or a sense that this could never happen with this crowd? Is that possible? Absolutely."

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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 12:31pm

The rabble...
“We the people are pissed off … We flew by a private jet, God wanted us here today. Trump is my president.”
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Posted: Jan 8, 2021 - 10:22am



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Too bad Trump can’t rightfully be indicted for involuntary manslaughter.

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Posted: Jan 7, 2021 - 9:35pm

U.S. Capitol Police officer dies from injuries in riot by Trump supporters



JANUARY 8, 20214:02 PM UPDATED 31 MINUTES AGO
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Posted: Jan 7, 2021 - 8:51pm



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 kurtster wrote:
Indeed, an event manipulated to put an oak stake through Trump's political heart.

I see. Trump's the victim.
 

Strange. He's such a strongman, but he consistently gets taken advantage of and rolled over by others.
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Posted: Jan 7, 2021 - 6:23pm



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Wow, I have to spell it out for you. This poorly planned and thought out event was a golden opportunity for Congress and the alphabet agencies to orchestrate and allow operatives and true protesters to waltz into places that they could have easily prevented them from doing so creating the environment to get Trump to finally concede and remove his power and influence to facilitate an orderly transition of power and silence Trump once and for all. These are the same tactics used in the BLM protest when operatives, some police, some FBI and some Antifa were caught on film perpetuating the violence and even providing cases of bricks strategically placed in hot spot locations. They were successful. I cannot believe you would be so naive to think that protestors could just waltz into the capitol so easily without inside assistance and coordination. Quite frankly I cannot believe I am having to spell this out for you and I have nothing more to say about it. You believe what you like, neither of us have any power to do anything about it anyway.


 
All I can say is WOW... that is a pretty wild fairy-tale that you concocted. You mean some members of Congress orchestrated this knowingly putting themselves in harm's way in an effort to hurt Trump with the end game being him conceding an orderly transition? 🤣 That is some wild shit there bro.
 
If there was anybody behind a dangerous half-baked scheme like this then my money is on Trump... not Congress.

 

I'm with you, VV. "Congress and the alphabet agencies" did not set a trap for Trump in an attempt to discredit him. The Capitol Police simply did not plan for an attempt to storm the building and did not have sufficient number of policemen in place to deal with the situation on the fly. Many people in the Capitol Police are going to lose their jobs. 

Trump screwed up. He didn't sufficiently think through the consequences of inciting protesters to go over to the Capitol building. It's possible that he never thought the protesters would try to get into the building. As it is, according to a poll posted here, 45% of Republicans thought storming the building was justified so Trump likely didn't lose much support from his popular base. 

We'll see if this damages Trump's chances in 2024. I really hope so. He is completely unfit to have any serious visibility in American public life. 
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