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(3,451 posts)We have an illegitimate POTUS currently. That has not changed just because SCOTUS made sure he was on the ballot. He is illegitimate per the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
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spanone
(141,042 posts)Coldwater
(957 posts)Officer Eugene Goodman



Coldwater
(957 posts)but many of the January 6th rioters had served time in prison before they were pardoned by trump which may have had a lasting effect.
The report, shared with The Hill, notes that at least 23 individuals charged in connection with the sprawling Jan. 6 case committed new crimes between the attack and President Trumps second inauguration last January.
These crimes include plotting the murder of FBI agents in retaliation for investigating the case; violent assault; strangulation; possession of child sexual abuse material and reckless DUI homicide.
Link
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5672259-crimes-jan-6-rioters-report/
llmart
(17,330 posts)You mean like ICE? Because that's where a whole helluva lot of them are currently "employed".
MustLoveBeagles
(14,805 posts)PatSeg
(52,226 posts)At the time, there was no doubt that there was a violent insurrection, but since then, many have rewritten history. How pliant memories can be.
MustLoveBeagles
(14,805 posts)PatSeg
(52,226 posts)Almost like they endorsed the actions of the mob.
MustLoveBeagles
(14,805 posts)It was worse than 2016. It felt like a betrayal.
PatSeg
(52,226 posts)In 2016, sane reasonable people were quite certain that Trump was not qualified to be president, but in 2024 we all knew beyond a doubt that he would be a horrible president. He'd already shown us.
There is something seriously wrong with tens of millions of voters who thought he deserved a second chance and that he was more qualified than Kamala Harris. Better a vile, corrupt white man evidently, than a highly qualified woman. Can't blame racism, as the country already voted for a black man twice. This country still has serious problems with women in positions of power.
AverageOldGuy
(3,367 posts)They shot and killed on rioter.
Should have been issued automatic weapons and lots of ammo then stacked the bodies up about 10 deep around the Capitol.
In every other instance of a failed coup that I know of, the coup plotters and their troops on the ground were either:
1. executed, or,
2. imprisoned for a long time, or,
3.exiled and never allowed back in the country.
I'm in favor of #1 but 2 or 3 works for me.
dalton99a
(92,182 posts)or worse
AZ8theist
(7,103 posts)It should have been a bloodbath. We would not be so fucked as a country as we are today if the Capital police just opened fire on the FUCKING TRAITORS.
Kid Berwyn
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Traitors.
niyad
(129,663 posts)Clouds Passing
(7,049 posts)Jimi du Ranty
(41 posts)as they were telling people to wear all black to look like antifa.
That the police were not prepared proves it was a premeditated setup at the highest levels.







