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TexasTowelie

(118,517 posts)
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:34 AM Jan 6

It Happened - The Lincoln Project



We know what we saw. We know what we heard. It wasn't spontaneous. They came prepared for battle. Body armor, chemical weapons, zip ties. Their mission? To overturn an American election. We will never concede.

Outnumbered, brave law enforcement officers fought hand-to-hand to save our democracy. Many were wounded. One died the next day. Post-traumatic stress syndrome drove four January 6th heroes to suicide. Donald Trump calls this violent terrorism a day of love. That was a day of love.

He's promised to pardon these violent criminals. That's wrong. Evil. - Those people have suffered long and hard. Let me just- - And I think it's very unfair.

Don't let one man rewrite history. We know what we saw. We know what we heard. There are no alternative facts. Only the truth.
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It Happened - The Lincoln Project (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 6 OP
Such a sad day for all of us. samplegirl Jan 6 #1
Haven't watched but recommending because your OP states the truth. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 6 #2
Equating felons with patriots will never fly with the American people bucolic_frolic Jan 6 #3
It already did johnnyfins Jan 6 #9
If they pardon these thugs, we need to keep track of these people and their names, make sure that their acts of SWBTATTReg Jan 6 #4
...or repeated. Think. Again. Jan 6 #10
The media will make the pardons seem reasonable. rainy Jan 6 #5
Not the media orangecrush Jan 6 #17
Terrorism perpetrated by our president on our country. Hope22 Jan 6 #6
Where is this aired? I only see these great Lincoln Project segments on DU. Bluepinky Jan 6 #7
There is no doubt that if Trump had conceded like a normal president, Ashli Babbitt would not have been killed Walleye Jan 6 #8
Not too sure about that. mdbl Jan 6 #11
Maybe, but Trump committed crimes that resulted in her death. Felony murder. Walleye Jan 6 #12
No argument from me on that point mdbl Jan 6 #15
Nor would have... Think. Again. Jan 6 #13
Yep, it was a true tragedy of violence perpetrated by the sitting president Walleye Jan 6 #14
We had four years to hold him accountable and failed to do so. jalan48 Jan 6 #16
Never forget. bagimin Jan 6 #18
Somebody should play that in the House when they gather today. KS Toronado Jan 6 #19
Just woke up..made coffee..turned to DU..looked at that disgusting Felons and Orange Felon. chouchou Jan 6 #20
Guess who also condemned the attack on January 7, 2021? tetedur Jan 6 #21
Stunningly Incomprehensible that this DEGENERATE has returned. MagaSmash Jan 6 #22
MAGAs must be very flexible Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 6 #23

bucolic_frolic

(48,382 posts)
3. Equating felons with patriots will never fly with the American people
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:50 AM
Jan 6

We are lied to every day by Trump and his minions.

SWBTATTReg

(24,679 posts)
4. If they pardon these thugs, we need to keep track of these people and their names, make sure that their acts of
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 06:58 AM
Jan 6

evil on that day against our institutions and police officers isn't forgotten.

rainy

(6,252 posts)
5. The media will make the pardons seem reasonable.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:17 AM
Jan 6

Because of Media all too many believed the election was stolen. Media did not flat out say it wasn’t stolen when the evidence was clear. Letting Trump’s many lies go unchallenged consistently is what is so terribly wrong in this country!!!

Hope22

(3,419 posts)
6. Terrorism perpetrated by our president on our country.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:19 AM
Jan 6

It doesn’t get any lower than this. Not holding him accountable was a crime against every citizen. Nothing can erase this. The lowest of low. This man is not fit to lead. We are rudderless as the gale approaches.

Bluepinky

(2,347 posts)
7. Where is this aired? I only see these great Lincoln Project segments on DU.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:47 AM
Jan 6

I would love to see this shown on Fox channel, where MAGAs can see it.

Walleye

(37,440 posts)
8. There is no doubt that if Trump had conceded like a normal president, Ashli Babbitt would not have been killed
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 07:57 AM
Jan 6

mdbl

(5,600 posts)
11. Not too sure about that.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 08:13 AM
Jan 6

Just because her stupidity wouldn't have killed her there who knows where else she would show up.

mdbl

(5,600 posts)
15. No argument from me on that point
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 08:20 AM
Jan 6

I just didn't want to take away the stupid credit from Ashley Babbitt. It wasn't Dump's fault she was a moron, he just exploited it.

Think. Again.

(21,234 posts)
13. Nor would have...
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 08:18 AM
Jan 6

Officers Kyle DeFreytag, Jeffrey Smith, Howard Liebengood, Gunther Hashida, and Brian D. Sicknick, as well as rioters Kevin Greeson, Benjamin Phillips, and Roseanne Boyland.

jalan48

(14,642 posts)
16. We had four years to hold him accountable and failed to do so.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 08:30 AM
Jan 6

What seemed like a sure thing in 2020 somehow turned into, Let the voters decide,

KS Toronado

(20,382 posts)
19. Somebody should play that in the House when they gather today.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 09:13 AM
Jan 6

To remind everybody it was an insurrection when we bring up the 14th Amendment.

chouchou

(1,552 posts)
20. Just woke up..made coffee..turned to DU..looked at that disgusting Felons and Orange Felon.
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 09:30 AM
Jan 6

I feel like driving down to south Florida..and I can't say much more.

tetedur

(1,189 posts)
21. Guess who also condemned the attack on January 7, 2021?
Mon Jan 6, 2025, 09:31 AM
Jan 6


I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans I am outraged by the violence
lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders. America is and must always be a nation of law and order. The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol
have defiled the seat of American democracy. To those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country and to those who broke the law you will pay....


We all knew when he said this it was all a pack of lies and he didn't mean it. But I will remember it when he lets those criminals go. I wish the media would remember it too.
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