Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin, North End, Boston

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

 



The attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol by Trump's armed mob was six months ago today.


The GQP has spent almost the entire time seeking to ensure that we never know its causes and protecting its perpetrators and organizers, which means that the attempted coup has now continued for a full six months.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

And it will stretch on for years. That is just the kind of scum that populates the GQP.

Jerry Critter said...

Republicans would rather protect their members of congress who were involved in the insurrection than protect the American people who elected them and whom they serve.

Mike said...

The Dems need to fight back and get as ignorant as the repucklicans.

Anonymous said...

The demsss need to get SMARTER and WISER and then fight back like pit bulls.

Ray Cranston said...

6 months ago today, Donald Trump tried to end democracy in the United States.

Never forget.

Michael S. said...

The former guy is closer to being arrested in August than reinstated in the White House by August.

He will NEVER be reinstated.
But he WILL be arrested.

Leo T. Lyon said...

This might be a reach but Mike Lindell, who sells pillows for a living and claims to somehow have inside knowledge that Donald Trump will be magically reinstated on Friday the 13th, might not be all there.

Tom said...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) warmed up the crowd at the Save America rally in Sarasota Florida, on Saturday evening, vowing that he'll vote to nominate former President Donald Trump to be the next Speaker of the House WHEN the GOP retakes Congress.NEXT YEAR!

Shaw Kenawe said...

Tom
"Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) warmed up the crowd at the Save America rally in Sarasota Florida, on Saturday evening, vowing that he'll vote to nominate former President Donald Trump to be the next Speaker of the House WHEN the GOP retakes Congress.NEXT YEAR!"


Um, I don't usually publish jokes here in the "comment" section, but this was so freakin' funny, I wanted to share the hilarity with my regular commenters.

Good one, Tom!

Anonymous said...

Does Tom understand that in order to be voted by one's party as Speaker of the House, that person needs to be a member of the House of Representatives? Does Tom understand anything at all about how our government works or is he just another Trump moron spreading idiotic rumors around the internet?

Shaw Kenawe said...

Anonymous Actually, according to the US Constitution, one does NOT have to be a member of the House in order to be elected Speaker:

"Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the Constitution states that "the House of Representatives shall chuse[sic] their Speaker and other Officers," but does not dictate that the House Speaker must be a member of the chamber. Many legal experts who have examined the issue believe that the founders intended for the House Speaker to be chosen from a pool of elected representatives.

"It would have been unthinkable for the most populous house not to have its leader be part of the representatives who were elected by the people," said Cleveland State University constitutional scholar David Forte, according to NBC News."

However, I'd be wary of believing anything Gaetz says. He's accused of procuring and having sex with underage girls.

Anonymous said...

I would not believe a word Gaetz says. On ANYTHING. He's a Trumpublican. IOW a liar, a slimeball, and a worthless human being.

Americans Against Trump said...

“Burning Questions for the January 6th Select Committee to investigate — not necessarily in this order:
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• Why did Trump wait over three hours before calling off the terrorists?
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• Why did he call them “patriots?” Why did he tell them “We love you?”
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• Why did he tweet “Go home with love & peace. Remember this day forever!”
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• Did some lawmakers in fact conduct reconnaissance tours prior to 1/6/21 as has been alleged? If so, which ones?
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• Why wasn't the President taken to an undisclosed location for his own security?
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• Why were the Capitol Police and Intelligence so unprepared?
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• Why, oh why, oh WHY did it take four hours to call out the National Guard?
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• Who tore out the panic buttons in Ayanna Pressley’s office, and why?
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• Why would Republican lawmakers NOT want to know which “tourists” did this to our Capitol?
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• Why would Republican lawmakers NOT want to know who planted a pipe bomb at the RNC and DNC?
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• Why would Republican lawmakers NOT want to know who erected a gallows on the Capitol grounds?
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• Why would Republican lawmakers NOT want to know who savagely beat 150 Capitol police officers?
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• What was Donald Trump doing during the 3+ hours of the attack? And Mike Pompeo? The Trump kids? Roger Stone? Mike Flynn? Rudy Giuliani?
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• Why did the Pentagon initially lie about Charles Flynn’s involvement?
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• Why is Trump now trying to out the identity of the Capitol cop who shot Ashli Babbitt?
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• Why did Lauren Boebert tweet “Today is 1776?”
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• Why did Steve Bannon tweet the day before the insurrection: “All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. Just understand this. All hell is going to break loose tomorrow. It’s gonna be moving. It’s gonna be quick.” ~ January 5th, 2021”

#SixMonthsStillNoAnswers

Anonymous said...

And 35 million people (give or take a few millions) continue with their heads buried in the sand.

Bluebullamerica said...

In the sand? Hmm, seems like somewhere off the ground and kind've stinky more so, imo.

Anonymous said...

Definitely a more apt, albeit a certainly more odorous environment.