US Capitol under lockdown as Trump supporters clash with police

gcode · January 20, 2021, 12:25 PM

Now the Washington Post Admits Trump Did Not Incite the Capitol Riot

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/01/20/now-the-washington-post-admits-trump-did-not-incite-the-capitol-riot-n1398722">//https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/01/20/now-the-washington-post-admits-trump-did-not-incite-the-capitol-riot-n1398722

QuoteSelf-styled militia members from Virginia, Ohio and other states made plans to storm the U.S. Capitol days in advance of the Jan. 6 attack, and then communicated in real time as they breached the building on opposite sides and talked about hunting for lawmakers, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

While authorities have charged more than 100 individuals in the riot, details in the new allegations against three U.S. military veterans offer a disturbing look at what they allegedly said to one another before, during and after the attack — statements that indicate a degree of preparation and determination to rush deep into the halls and tunnels of Congress to make "citizens' arrests" of elected officials.

U.S. authorities charged an apparent leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group, Thomas Edward Caldwell, 66, of Berryville, Va., in the attack, alleging that the Navy veteran helped organize a ring of dozens who coordinated their movements as they "stormed the castle" to disrupt the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college victory.

The arrests this weekend of several people with alleged ties to far-right extremist groups, including the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys and the Three Percenters, suggest that the riot was not an entirely impulsive outburst of violence but an event instigated or exploited by organized groups. Hours of video posted on social media and pored over by investigators have focused on individuals in military-style gear moving together.

TylerBeer · January 20, 2021, 12:34 PM

Pretty sure he used the same language in like 3-4 rallies leading right up to then

RobertELee · January 20, 2021, 01:05 PM

Quote from: TylerBeer post_id=4119 time=1611174854 user_id=116Pretty sure he used the same language in like 3-4 rallies leading right up to then

Pretty sure Pelosi called for more uprisings all over the country and Kameltoe told protesters to not let up. So yeah, they got what they asked for.

Jim at Gentex · January 20, 2021, 01:20 PM

Quote from: RobertELee post_id=4034 time=1611115972 user_id=55And I'm hearing rumblings that dimocrats have introduced a bill to make the wall a permanent structure around the capital building...

Wait...I thought walls and fences were immoral.
Nancy said so.
I wish these dims would make up their minds.

TylerBeer · January 20, 2021, 02:46 PM

Quote from: RobertELee post_id=4123 time=1611176710 user_id=55
Quote from: TylerBeer post_id=4119 time=1611174854 user_id=116Pretty sure he used the same language in like 3-4 rallies leading right up to then

Pretty sure Pelosi called for more uprisings all over the country and Kameltoe told protesters to not let up. So yeah, they got what they asked for.

pretty sure it wasn't to stop a vote

Incogneeto · January 20, 2021, 05:40 PM

Quote from: TylerBeer post_id=4144 time=1611182792 user_id=116
Quote from: RobertELee post_id=4123 time=1611176710 user_id=55
Quote from: TylerBeer post_id=4119 time=1611174854 user_id=116Pretty sure he used the same language in like 3-4 rallies leading right up to then

Pretty sure Pelosi called for more uprisings all over the country and Kameltoe told protesters to not let up. So yeah, they got what they asked for.

pretty sure it wasn't to stop a vote

No They didn't have a reason cept. "Free Shopping"

gcode · January 21, 2021, 06:09 PM

QuoteNothing says, "This was a perfectly normal election, and now it's time to come together as a united nation," like having your swearing-in behind 12-foot-high razor wire surrounded by 25,000 troops whose loyalty you doubt. That's what we witnessed at President Biden's inauguration on Wednesday: a grim testament to the fundamental insecurity and fragility of the re-ascendant liberal elite.

Democrats no doubt hoped that the optics of this military-heavy presidential installation would convince ordinary Americans that the republic is in peril from the populist ferment that sent Donald Trump to the White House in 2016 and garnered more votes four years later than any GOP ticket, ever. It's a peril that can only be addressed by, in James Comey's lovely phrase, "burning down" the Republican Party.

But the whole aura was less Lincoln and more bananas. As in banana republic.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/bidens-militarized-inauguration-showcased-democrats-insecurity/">//https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/bidens-militarized-inauguration-showcased-democrats-insecurity/

RobertELee · January 21, 2021, 08:30 PM

Let's not forget banishing the troops deployed to protect your ass to a parking garage once you're done with them.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220">https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/2 ... tol-461220">https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/national-guard-troops-vacate-capitol-461220

Smit · January 22, 2021, 04:16 AM

Quote from: gcode post_id=4309 time=1611281379 user_id=60https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/bidens-militarized-inauguration-showcased-democrats-insecurity/">//https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/bidens-militarized-inauguration-showcased-democrats-insecurity/

I think your editorial guy must have missed the day when a bunch of brain washed fascist Qanon Trumpian cult members tried to stop the peaceful transition of power and install a fascist dictator in place of a representative republic.

He probably just wasn't paying attention.

neurosis · January 22, 2021, 04:36 AM

You do have to admit - 25000 troops seems a little excessive.

The left complained about a small number of federal agents being sent to Portland to keep the federal court house from being burned to the ground.

Shazam/TPP · January 22, 2021, 04:56 AM

but, but, orangeman bad, that's what cnn tells me

Smit · January 22, 2021, 05:36 AM

Quote from: neurosis post_id=4326 time=1611319001 user_id=49You do have to admit - 25000 troops seems a little excessive.

The left complained about a small number of federal agents being sent to Portland to keep the federal court house from being burned to the ground.

Excessive? Maybe, who knows. I didn't see any Qanon whackos storming nothing that day though.

By Federal agents are you talking about Trumps Secret Police and their black vans?

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neurosis · January 22, 2021, 05:40 AM

Quote from: Smit post_id=4329 time=1611322613 user_id=66Excessive? Maybe, who knows. I didn't see any Qanon whackos storming nothing that day though.

By Federal agents are you talking about Trumps Secret Police and their black vans?

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Yes, I am. And it could have been a lot worse? How many people were killed by Federal agents in Portland?

Smit · January 22, 2021, 05:48 AM

Quote from: neurosis post_id=4330 time=1611322819 user_id=49Yes, I am. And it could have been a lot worse? How many people were killed by Federal agents in Portland?

I'm not sure, that's your neighborhood.

I'm also not sure what this has to do with Qanon whackos storming the capital?

neurosis · January 22, 2021, 05:51 AM

Quote from: Smit post_id=4331 time=1611323322 user_id=66I'm not sure, that's your neighborhood.

I'm also not sure what this has to do with Qanon whackos storming the capital?

The hypocrisy of it. That's what it has to do with it. Nobody gave a shit when people were cementing police in to their precincts and setting the building on fire. Nobody gave a shit when people barricaded federal employees in to a court house and tried to set it on fire. All of a sudden they give a shit?