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View Poll Results: How do you feel about the situation at the capital
Gleeful 37 5.17%
Justified 72 10.06%
A bit conflicted 54 7.54%
Sad 137 19.13%
Disgusted 485 67.74%
Other (please elaborate) 49 6.84%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 716. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-09-2021, 01:05 PM
 
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Meanwhile trump and Giuliani ...
i still think there's the possibility of rudy being thrown under the bus before the 20th.

 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:10 PM
 
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that's the look of it. when i first saw the gallows erected it wasn't a good photo and i just assumed it was cheaply tossed together as a prop. looking at a better photo today i see that it's solid construction ready for operation.
Perhaps those gallows can be put to good use after all. Isn't the punishment for treason death?
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:11 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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that's the look of it. when i first saw the gallows erected it wasn't a good photo and i just assumed it was cheaply tossed together as a prop. looking at a better photo today i see that it's solid construction ready for operation.
Estimates are 800-1000 people invaded the Capital buildings.

There’s a long video posted on YouTube of the effort put into one of the breeches. It’s stomach turning.

As I watched it, how outnumbered the Capital Police were, the fight they put up, the officer who was intentionally crushed, I understood why an officer shot the woman wrapped in a Trump flag, coming through a window. No question the Capital Police had very real reasons to fear for their lives. Were they all armed?

I have to wonder why the Capital Police did not use more force, depending on what they were encountering.

Then there are the videos of others calmly walking between the velvet ropes in the Statue Room, looking around, as if on a tour.

Then there’s a video of a woman outside who had been hit with pepper spray saying it was not fair. Asked why she was there. Her response was “ it’s a revolution, duh”.

Looks to me like some probably got caught up in it. Others, clearly had other motives.
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:13 PM
 
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Originally Posted by BoSox 15 View Post
Yeah and Guiliani calling for "conflict".
MAGA wearing t-shirts saying "Civil War 1/6/2021"
Big Don and Little Don saying to march to the capital and show strength and not weakness
Leaders CONFIRMED as extreme right wing Trump supporters

Yeah those are all ANTIFA things.

Good lord the MAGA crowd is a bunch of mindless sheeple.
Those are professional agitators. Bad people on both sides, no surprise there. They all need to be arrested and locked up. Those that burned down cities and businesses all summer as well, not bailed out of jail to go do more destruction over and over again.
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:15 PM
 
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Don't forget calling for the "power of the people , to take to the streets and force their government to address what is wrong"

Nothing like calling for complete chaos...just crazy.



Oh wait, that wasn't Trump or anyone on his side that made that statement. That was our new VP. Talk about a call to arms, has Trump said anything even close to that ?
https://youtu.be/NTg1ynIPGls
Our future president. Colbert must be so proud.
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:37 PM
 
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Estimates are 800-1000 people invaded the Capital buildings.

There’s a long video posted on YouTube of the effort put into one of the breeches. It’s stomach turning.

As I watched it, how outnumbered the Capital Police were, the fight they put up, the officer who was intentionally crushed, I understood why an officer shot the woman wrapped in a Trump flag, coming through a window. No question the Capital Police had very real reasons to fear for their lives. Were they all armed?

I have to wonder why the Capital Police did not use more force, depending on what they were encountering.

Then there are the videos of others calmly walking between the velvet ropes in the Statue Room, looking around, as if on a tour.

Then there’s a video of a woman outside who had been hit with pepper spray saying it was not fair. Asked why she was there. Her response was “ it’s a revolution, duh”.

Looks to me like some probably got caught up in it. Others, clearly had other motives.
What is the most stunning and frightening to me is the complicity of some of the Capitol police. They're the ones who told the rioters whose office belonged to who because they are unmarked.
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:42 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Nearly every rally between mid 2016- 2021 has included Trump’s reference to impending violence if .....

There are hundreds of examples of Trump stoking violence. Here are a few:

5/2016 - Warns his supporters could riot if he does not get GOP nomination

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/201...calate-n540516

8/2020- Warns of violence if Republicans loose Fall elections

https://apnews.com/article/ba443c467...e71a8c8d3dd423


11/2020- warns of violence if count takes too long

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...uci-1.50055053

1/6/2021- You will never take back our country with weakness

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/u...h-capitol.html

Trump spent 4.5 years stoking for 1/6/
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:49 PM
 
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I predict Trump will just walk out of the White House with his wife and young son , no warning , not a word to anyone , only heads up will be Helicopter waiting .....
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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And here’s Alex Jones claiming credit for funding the 1/6 rally as he played front man for an anonymous donor.

According to Jones, ( making sure you understand his close connection to Trump) he was told he would lead the march on the Capital but too many showed at the rally and he got lost in the shuffle.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RealKelly...06588353212417

One of the most prolific disseminators of misinformation and endless conspiracy theories was in on it.
 
Old 01-09-2021, 01:52 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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This is what happened during CHAZ:
According to media reports from around the area, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, has a festival-like energy where people are peacefully gathering and discussing how to better the world in an experiment of a society without police amid calls around the country to "defund" departments.

News reports describe the occupied area as peaceful and safe. The words "Black Lives Matter" were painted on East Pine Street. Free food has been handed out at a "No Cop Co-op." Speakers, poets and other performers share ideas and art.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ee/3173968001/

Again, Kamala never called them patriots nor said she loved them. No government buildings, especially THE government building were breached.
Utter and complete nonsense. What you wrote here was one of the most uniformed things ever. There were squads of goons going around shaking down business owners. Some young black kid was shot and killed. The goons wouldn't allow the paramedics and police to help him.
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