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highplainsdem

(49,022 posts) Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:15 AM Jan 2021

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Trump "borderline enthusiastic" about storming of Capitol since certification was being derailed

Tweet from Kaitlan Collins half an hour ago:

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White House officials were shaken by Trump's reaction to a mob of his supporters descending on the Capitol today. He was described to me as borderline enthusiastic because it meant the certification was being derailed. It has genuinely freaked people out.

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Trump "borderline enthusiastic" about storming of Capitol since certification was being derailed (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 2021 OP

Saw that. He loves this. It's all about him. They are doing it for HIM underpants Jan 2021 #1

Derailing official business is a component of sedition unblock Jan 2021 #2

so much so that the social secretary to the first lady has resigned lapfog_1 Jan 2021 #3

What shocks me is that any White House official would be surprised by that. subterranean Jan 2021 #4

Terrorist Leader Donald J. Trump n/t DSandra Jan 2021 #5

underpants

(182,861 posts)

1. Saw that. He loves this. It's all about him. They are doing it for HIM

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:17 AM

Jan 2021

He wanted this too as Sen. Durbin pointed out.

unblock

(52,286 posts)

2. Derailing official business is a component of sedition

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:17 AM

Jan 2021

So basically, he's giving comfort to seditionists.

lapfog_1

(29,218 posts)

3. so much so that the social secretary to the first lady has resigned

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:18 AM

Jan 2021

oh my stars!

subterranean

(3,427 posts)

4. What shocks me is that any White House official would be surprised by that.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:24 AM

Jan 2021

I wonder what they mean by "borderline enthusiastic." Did he crack a genuine smile?

DSandra

(999 posts)

5. Terrorist Leader Donald J. Trump n/t

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:26 AM

Jan 2021

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