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BumRushDaShow

(149,987 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 08:20 AM Dec 2024

Andy Kim says he worries Jan. 6 has been 'papered over'

Source: The Hill

12/29/24 9:04 PM ET


Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), who famously cleaned up trash after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said he is concerned that it is being “papered over.” Kim joined CNN’s Dana Bash Sunday for “State of the Union” where he reflected on that day as it nears the four-year anniversary.

“I mean, we saw with our own eyes, those of us that were in Congress, the American people saw, people all over the world saw, and the idea that it’s being papered over and that people that attacked the Capitol rioted, that they’re being talked as liberators, as prisoners now that are being unfairly treated,” Kim said, highlighted by Mediaite.

“We are a nation of rule of law and it … does break my heart,” he continued. Kim, who was a representative for New Jersey since 2019, was elected to the Senate in the recent election.

As president-elect Trump prepares to take office again, there are concerns about what, if any, emboldened actions he, his administration and his supporters may do. Trump has vowed to seek retribution against his political enemies, including those who sat on the Jan. 6 Select House Committee to investigate his role in the attack.

Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/5059561-andy-kim-says-he-worries-jan-6-has-been-papered-over/

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Andy Kim says he worries Jan. 6 has been 'papered over' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 2024 OP
Senator Kim needn't worry PJMcK Dec 2024 #1
MAGAs know it happened and are proud of it. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #2
"We are a nation of rule of law" maxrandb Dec 2024 #3
No disrespect to Senator Kim but that IS a joke. Prof. Toru Tanaka Dec 2024 #5
A sad fucking joke Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #9
He should have left the crime scene exactly as it was. Boomerproud Dec 2024 #4
Then Rep. Kim showed respect by trying to clean up the ruins Marthe48 Dec 2024 #7
Senator Kim showed respect -- and I respect him, more than words can say Hekate Dec 2024 #8
Fear not Sen. Kim we are going to have that law and order party running the govt.. republianmushroom Dec 2024 #6
Time makes the best whitewash. Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #10
Really helps when you have an entire media ecosystem papering over the truth. maxsolomon Dec 2024 #12
I think the J6 committee helped do this. Shipwack Dec 2024 #11

PJMcK

(23,417 posts)
1. Senator Kim needn't worry
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 08:28 AM
Dec 2024

Trump's first term has been flushed down the memory hole. Few Americans remember what a shit-show the country went through between 2016 and 2021 when Trump left office with an insurrectionist's riot. That is how Trump got re-elected.

America has fucked herself and now we'll get to see the explosion of TRump's second dumpster fire.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,528 posts)
5. No disrespect to Senator Kim but that IS a joke.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 11:47 AM
Dec 2024

If a person is rich and/or has powerful connections, they can beat just about anything nowadays.

Boomerproud

(8,697 posts)
4. He should have left the crime scene exactly as it was.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 11:45 AM
Dec 2024

I felt that way when his picture was posted on DU and I still feel that way. January 6th hardened my heart against those people instead of breaking it. Sorry Sen. Kim, your words are mealy-mouth and soft imo.

Marthe48

(20,362 posts)
7. Then Rep. Kim showed respect by trying to clean up the ruins
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 12:46 PM
Dec 2024

left by criminal traitors.

Now, recently elected as Senator, Kim is saying that in spite of January 6th being a identified as a seditious, traitorous, conspiratorial attack on our country, it is being elevated to something like Bastille Day. In France, the peasants unseated a selfish entitled king and created a democracy. In the U.S.A., the entitled talked a bunch of scramble brained ninnies into overthrowing democracy nd installing a selfish, entitled king, complete with a court full of clowns. The news media aided and abetted, and the courts went along, cheerlfully cutting the head off one law after another, laws that were supposed to protect us from losing our democracy.

I'm glad Senator Kim doesn't forget the reality. With the entertainment that passes for news, he is one of the few people who was allowed to remind us that it was what it. In my opinion, the attack on our country is a day of infamy and should be described as such.

republianmushroom

(19,278 posts)
6. Fear not Sen. Kim we are going to have that law and order party running the govt..
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 12:33 PM
Dec 2024
More than a little.

47 months and counting

maxsolomon

(36,182 posts)
12. Really helps when you have an entire media ecosystem papering over the truth.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:31 PM
Dec 2024

Fox/Sinclair/OANN/AM Hate Radio are relentless and everywhere.

Shipwack

(2,561 posts)
11. I think the J6 committee helped do this.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 04:21 PM
Dec 2024

I have a feeling that the price of Cheney’s and Kinzinger’s cooperation was making sure that the treason of the Republican members of congress be overlooked.

They wanted to make sure that the Republican members”brand” didn’t get tarnished.

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