Terrorist invasion of Capitol building by Trump/MAGA supporters; shots fired, Senate evacuated, 5 dead including cop [See threadmarks for updates]'
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I wonder how many House Republicans will be expelled? I don't think we'll get all 140 that had been reportedly planning to vote in favor, but I bet we can get north of 60, though obviously it will depend heavily on how many vote in favor of objecting the election results
Seriously
The only way Pence does anything right will be because he feels an overwhelming pressure and support from his own party(which won't happen) and sees an opportunity for a light at the end of his dead end career choice of being a toady to a fascist. Which also is not gonna happen.
It will be "we need to certify and respect the democratic process. This violence stops and ends with these rioters and they should be dealt with to the full extent of the law....ELECTION STOLEN, STOP THE STEAL, WE STILL NEED ANSWERS!"
like they always do, Republicans will pay lip service just as much as is needed and then continue the creep toward outright fascist governance by stoking fear and hatred of the "other" because it is the most expedient way to generate enough broad support for a party that works on behalf of the rich.
So, what happens when this bullshit starts up again tomorrow? And the next day? This is going to keep going
There were more than a few MAGA-gear wearing POC in that crowd that made it into the Capitol building.
No doubt it helps to have a protective sea of whiteness around to duck behind. I mean, just sayin'.
when you want the smoke
When you get the smoke
When the smoke was too much to handle
😂😂😂
Inauguration Day is going to be stress inducing. I'm already getting visuals of horrible things happening that day.
Especially when these fuckers have been in DC for a few days and have stormed state capitals in the past.
Exactly. People outside the US aren't enjoying the last season of a reality show, they're seeing how the country with a big number of the people who influence what happens everywhere else, and posses one of the worlds most numerous, dangerous and risky destructive complex of the whole planet, is both losing control of itself and letting lose unacceptable behaviors produced by designed, consented and applied systemic bad faith.
If there was any moment america should had been held under the world's watch, it's this one.
Barely anyone has been arrested that's just a goon, so an actual House Repub????
and what happens if the votes are turned to ashes? This is TWO THOUSAND AND FUCKING TWENTY TWO FOR FUCKS SAKE. WE INVENTED COMPUTERS.
To be fair, even white domestic terrorists like McVeigh, Boston Bomber (who I'm pretty sure is on death row), and the Unabomber never got to/will get to see the light o day again. Hopefully the book gets thrown at all these terrorists as well...and if it means packing the Supreme Court to make sure it happens, I say so be it.
to these hogs? of course nothing will happen.
the police are fucking helping them down the stairs for gods sake.
Meanwhile I'm wondering what the building's IT staff are doing with everything on the LAN. There was a "journalist" there who took a photo of Pelosi's desktop PC open to her Outlook account. I wonder if anyone in there is trying to lift hard drives from PCs.
There are lots of receipts, those were just ceremonial. I thought the same thing initially.
Legit one of the most harrowing photos I've seen in my life. Like one of the most printed pictures of all time material.
Sad but not unsurprising
So what you're saying is that the guards are useless?
I get your point, I really do, but at some point you gotta ask what they were doing there. It's the Capitol building, not a Walmart. I don't want anyone dead, but these fuckers would have murdered Nancy Pelosi if she was in close vicinity. They attempted an actual coup. When DO you use guns if not then?
I know, this would have led to further escalation but ugh, it's just so frustrating. Doesn't help seeing them help down some terrorists down the stairs.
I'm sure they're taking their time to try and get the crucial 14th one
It makes me want to throw something. But I'm black and would get shot on sight if I did.
Oh, here I was digging up a good explanation, but you edited your post from the original, where you stopped at "automatically gets the job back".
There is plenty of room for interpretation, however, as well as I'm sure years of legal challenges, but if there were ever a time to test and clarify the vague wording of the Amendment, now is it. He is currently actively using the tools and the powers of the Presidency to incite violence and insurrection attempts.
Here's the link I pulled up anyway, for those questioning the potential use of the 25th Amendment:
Sounds about right. Guessing most of them just changed back into their uniforms or were helped out the back door by police.
And some of the supermutants have a coherent plan, unlike this rabble of nazi inbreds.
it'd be like your rival team stealing your schools mascot and burning it. But really, it was an important picture of Washington from the 1700s and the First Lady and a teenage slave were the ones to save it
pence is this
when everyone is acting like he's this
im dead at the creme egg mayo.
seriously good mayo is the bomb tho. seriously.
He is complicit scum trash and spent the last 4 years helping Trump achieve his opus today.
Are those gas masks in case of...chemical attacks? Holy shit.
Also did people breach the chamber when they were actually in there?