Twitter has now, belatedly, taken it down.
I’ll just keep updating this for awhile.
Ivanka Trump was fiercely criticized after she described the rioters who stormed the US Capitol as “American patriots.”
The president’s daughter said in the now-deleted tweet, “American patriots – any security breach or disrespect to our law enforcement is unacceptable.”
It was Pence who sent in the National Guard.
The acting secretary of defense, Christopher Miller, said in a statement that he discussed the deployment of national guard troops to the Capitol with Mike Pence, not Donald Trump.
“Chairman Milley and I just spoke separately with the Vice President and with Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Senator Schumer and Representative Hoyer about the situation at the US Capitol,” Miller said in the statement.
“We have fully activated the DC National Guard to assist federal and local law enforcement as they work to peacefully address the situation. We are prepared to provide additional support as necessary and appropriate as requested by local authorities.”
Just Pence, not Trump. Trump was busy cheering the insurrectionists on.
Staffers saved the electoral college ballots.
Give that staffer a medal. First, though, remove Trump from office.
Ilhan Omar is drawing up articles of impeachment.
There had been some rumblings among Democrats about impeachment after Trump’s call with the Georgia secretary of state was made public, but some Democratic lawmakers said they did not think impeachment was necessary because Trump’s term will end in two weeks.
So that turns out to be a big mistake.
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7 responses to “From great patriots”
Trump wants a photo op in front of a church but peaceful BLM protestors are in the way: gas those people!
White conservatives force their way into the Capitol for purposes of overthrowing the government: well, we wouldn’t want to do anything violent to them!
No tear gas ready? No rubber bullets stockpiled? Somebody decided they would not be necessary. Funny how they were needed for protests and disturbances by brown people much farther away from the institutions of government.
If Trump is impeached and convicted, he cannot run for office again.
Do it.
I can’t decide whether I’d rather see him taken out in handcuffs or a straitjacket. I suppose the best answer is both Arrested, convicted, and committed all in a single afternoon. That would make it just about perfect.
I will say I was astonished to hear journalists actually calling lies lies tonight. Maybe if they were willing to do that all along, we might not be in this mess.
Police letting people through a barricade, walking along with them:
https://mobile.twitter.com/sugaspov/status/1346919943238000645
Of course. The rioters probably just flashed their sheriff’s or cop’s badge. Anything to help one of the Brotherhood.
I must be dumber than dirt and blind as a bat, because I can’t tell at all from that video who anyone is or what anyone did.