Is there any reason to hope the people who set up the gallows at the Capitol will be revealed?

[Judi Lynn]

I hope to god someone has a video and will give it to officials who will do something about it.

Absolutely horrifying.



https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/noose-hung-outside-capitol/

[bth73]

1. Don't count on it.

Unfortunately, Republicans have been able to commit treason without any repercussions for 60 some odd years.
https://sierravoices.com/2020/08/19/the-past-5-gop-presidents-have-used-fraud-and-treason-to-steer-themselves-to-electoral-victory/
The dem's are just too weak, don't make the right arguments, and generally drop the ball every time.
We need someone like "The Rock" to run for office.
Hard to negotiate with dishonest Republicans that dismiss reality.
I went to the DC metro police web page the evening of the 6th, or the day after, and found pages of supposedly 734 arrested individuals from the coup. Never a word about it in the news. Checked a few days later, and all was gone. There are a lot of dishonest bigots in law enforcement and they can't be trusted to enforce the law equally. Just like they let that punk kid walk away with his assault riffle and go home from Wisconsin after committing two murders.
I have no faith that America will ever get better. It has only gone down hill my entire life of 66 years. A little improvement here and there, but it's one step forward, 5 steps backward. With nearly half the population conservative, there is no hope of improvement.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/genius-and-madness/200809/is-political-conservatism-mild-form-insanity

Stay safe and good luck to all,
BT

[cwydro]

2. Well, there's an uplifting post!

[whathehell]

12. My sentiment as well, Cwydro!

[Judi Lynn]

4. Great post, appreciated your personal comment, enjoyed 2nd link, reading the 1st later at leisure.

It's late, and the article looks really interesting, want to read it all.

That's a lot of arrests, you know. Hadn't heard they had that many. What a shame they aren't going to treat the situation with the extreme seriousness it should require.

Be sure to stay safe, also. Thank you.

On edit, just noticed that was your first post, had to come back to say "Welcome to D.U.," bth73. This place has some tremendous Democrats, and it's a great place to come for better information and discussion company!

[Karadeniz]

29. How can you tell when a post is a first? I never see clues!

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Post count is listed by the user names

[malaise]

6. Welcome to DU

Great post

[orangecrush]

9. "The 'dems' are just too weak"

What are you talking about?

We just took the white house, the senate, and we have the house.

We did it despite attempted overthrow, murder and threats.

And we will keep doing it.

Stick around, you will see that the "weak" ones are the unprincipled, self serving ass kissers who enabled and still support Trump.

You will see how WEAK they are as they begin to be prosecuted and flip on the rest of the pack of vermin.

[Joinfortmill]

11. 👍

[whathehell]

17. Yes, we're so 'weak' we just won the Presidency, the House & the Senate

However good the news, the Doom and Gloom Squad are always nearby -- You can bet on it.


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[orangecrush]

23. Not by happenstance

If you ask me.

[whathehell]

24. No, not likely..

[cwydro]

25. Thank you.

[orangecrush]

31. . .

[kcr]

16. "We need someone like "The Rock" to run for office."

This is so stupid.

[obamanut2012]

18. The Rock is also a Republican

So I guess we need a Republican movie actor to run for Presi--

oh wait.

[obamanut2012]

19. It is "Dems," not "dem's"

And please tell me how the Party who won the Executive and both chambers is weak? Hmmmmm

[Hotler]

21. Welcome to DU. Have fun. nt

[malaise]

3. Great question

I also want to know who saw that going up and allowed it

[Judi Lynn]

5. Glad to hear you feel the same about it. I see it as psychological terrorism, at the very least.

That's something a human being doesn't take lightly, nor should he/she be expected to accept it.

Hoping like crazy their sky is going to fall on them soon! Who knew we had so many monsters in this country?

We have more than enough to make the whole world sick.

Thank you, malaise. ⭐️❤️️

[malaise]

7. I raised a question about it in another post the week of the attempted coup

Someone must have seen that going up. What vehicle brought that in, etc., etc. That was seriously frightening.

[orangecrush]

8. Yeah, you would think?

We may not see aggressive investigation and prosecution until Joe cleans house.

[Joinfortmill]

10. We need to get to the bottom of this horror.

[llmart]

13. I was just discussing this with a friend yesterday.

There is no way that people at the mob riot didn't see that being erected or brought in and have pictures or information on who did this.

[soothsayer]

14. Looks to be more of an 'art piece' rather than functional

Don’t know about the other one (I believe there were two).

I suspect they’re mainly symbolic, but wouldn’t want to take my chances with ‘em, that’s for sure.

[obamanut2012]

20. How is it not functional?

It is a literal gallows.

[soothsayer]

22. Looks it would fall apart. Noose rather short

Again, I wouldn’t want to test it. Just doesn’t look sturdy at the top.

Perhaps it is. It’s damn creepy though. I guess the mob could hold the sides up long enough to deal death though.

[Whiskeytide]

27. I agree. It looks like a prop. A prop ...

... for racist, anti-democracy assholes, but still a prop.

I don’t doubt that some of the terrorists had wet dreams about hanging someone, but this appears to have been mostly symbolic. Likely erected by Tea Bagger types for the shits and giggles.

I’m more worried about the guys who looked and acted like trained militia. They had genuine tools and the intent to do real acts of terror.

[soothsayer]

30. Yes indeed

[moondust]

15. When they chanted "Hang Mike Pence"

they were just joking, right?

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

26. Even after all that happened at the Capitol, a lot of folks

are not taking what happened seriously enough.

The fire for accountability and justice needs to be kept burning white hot. Qpublicans are doing whatever they can to douse the flames, and we can't let them do this.

No quarter, ever.

[msfiddlestix]

28. How did this structure get built and erected freely?

This structure does not seem to me to have been built with scraps of wood found on the grounds of the Capitol.

It looks to me, this might have been partly built in advance. Which means all of the pieces, tools and hardware had to be carried by more than one individual. Which means it all had to be schlepped via large enough vehicle, which had to be parked somewhere close enough to the ground where this was erected.

Whenever I participate in a demonstration, including the Women's March, signage could not be attached to anything past a few inches, I think 12 or 14 inches. Otherwise it would be confiscated by the police.

I also find it hard to believe there wasn't CCTV on the grounds surrounding the building considering the laws put in place following 911.