IECVCT January 6, 2021

[batmagadanleadoff]

I dont think that a 25th amendment removal would prevent the president from running again in 2024, which I think, is most of the point of removing Trump now, with just two weeks remaining in his term.
And even with a successful 25th amendment removal which took effect immediately he'd still be able to cause mayhem from the sidelines, maybe even more so.

I doubt Trump can win in 2024 anyways. He lost convincingly to Biden, squeaked by by a micro-hair in 2016 and is damaging his electability more and more with each passing day. I think he's shot.
Today's protesters and hooligans are the fringe who appear larger in numbers only because of the noise they make.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I hope they're considering a change of venue for the inauguration.

[Lefty Specialist]

I hope they're considering a change of venue for the inauguration.

Absolutely. It'll have to be in a secure location. These people have resolved to come back with more weapons.

Trump, Hawley and Cruz and all the others have a lot to answer for. This is so shameful.

It looks as if they're letting these people just walk away; if they were black, they'd be beaten and arrested.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Wow. A black person's life is at risk for simply forgetting to switch on his turn blinkers. But a white person can Infiltrate the US Capitol with a gun and walk away scot-free with law enforcement's knowledge and permission.

[MFS62]

When Steve Bannon slithered out of his hole and became a Trump advisor, we read that his aim was to create total chaos, undermine America, and re-establish it in his own totalitarian vision. Even when he left the regime, he stayed in contact with Agent Orange.(at times reportedly on a daily basis)
This looks like it is straight out of the Bannon playbook.
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[whippoorwill]

I hope they're considering a change of venue for the inauguration.

I commented to my husband that a battleship in the middle of the ocean would be good.

[Chad ochoseis]

The CBS coverage helpfully notes that it's a largely white and male crowd, and they're not from DC.

[Edgy MD]

But the female gunshot victim has reportedly died.

[Benjamin Grimm]

All of those idiots marching into the Rotunda, taking pictures with their cell phones. I hope they didn't think to turn off their GPS (and I'm not even sure that that would have worked) so that Google and Apple can identify exactly who entered the building.

[Benjamin Grimm]

But the female gunshot victim has reportedly died.

Is it wrong for me to hope that she was one of the invaders, and not someone who was legitimately in the building?

Because that's exactly what I'm hoping.

[whippoorwill]

That’s what I’m hoping and that she voted for donnie

[ashie62]

I saw the photo of officers with guns sighted on the doors to enter the chamber. Terrorists were trying to breach the house chamber.

[Chad ochoseis]

I believe it was reported that she was part of the chicken coup.

A congresswoman said that the entire House has been evacuated to one large room. In an act of gratuitous douchebaggery, some members of the Republican delegation are refusing masks.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I believe it was reported that she was part of the chicken coup.

A congresswoman said that the entire House has been evacuated to one large room. In an act of gratuitous douchebaggery, some members of the Republican delegation are refusing masks.

And some pols are refusing to evacuate with the maskless Republicans out of coronavirus fears, so they are evacuating to a less secure area (less secure from the rioters), balancing the risk with the coronavirus.

[Lefty Specialist]

Apparently only 13 people have been arrested. This is why.


https://twitter.com/i/status/1346920198461419520

[batmagadanleadoff]

I don't care. I just know that 100% of them should.

If that's the case, Trump would've already been removed about a year ago.

I called for it then, and I've called for it every day since.

I'm totally with you. You should know that. I'm just sayin' that it ain't gonna happen. You should know that, too.

[whippoorwill]

If I’d have been the cop helping that old bat in the tan coat down the stairs a few hours ago, I’d have given her a gentle push

I am getting more pissed by the minute

[Fman99]

This is so outrageous that we already forgot about Trump's "godfather" talk to the Georgia Sec'y of State of a few days ago.

That's how these things go. The whole "Trump didn't pay taxes at all/only paid $750" got pushed out of the headlines by him getting Covid 2 days later.

[Fman99]

CNN going on and on about the 25th Amendment, which of course won't happen any time soon because Mike Pence would have to make a move he's not shown any inclination on for the entirety of this term.

More significant to me is that Shitbag's Twitter account has been shut down. He can't explain himself now or continue to egg on his deplorable army.

[TransMonk]

Yeah, I'm having a hard time with Capitol Police on this.

How could they not be expecting this to happen? Trump has been telegraphing this for days. There were a lot of MAGAs there, but a relatively moderate amount compared to the size and frequency of other protests in DC.

It completely blows my mind that these people were able to get guns, flags and backpacks into the Capitol with such ease. And 13 arrests? C'mon, man.

[Fman99]

Compared to the thousands of extra troops and cops called out for the BLM protests last year, which, of course, contained no violent acts from any protesters towards any American institutions.

Of course, most of those protesters were people of color, women, and confirmed snowflake libs.

[whippoorwill]

Love to know the story of the dead woman

[Benjamin Grimm]

Love to know the story of the dead woman

She was an Air Force veteran, an avid Trump supporter, and was one of the "protestors" who invaded the Capitol building.

[Edgy MD]

How goofy to see Lindsay Graham try to roll out his folksy persona again. I thought that it had been retired to the Smithsonian, alongside Fonzie's jacket and Archie Bunker's chair.

[ashie62]

Biden certified at 3:32 a.m.