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Link to tweet
Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
At the America First rally in Maricopa tonight, Marge Greene claims that Trump had intel that there was going to be violence at the Capitol on Jan 6, and wanted to put 10,000 troops around the Capitol but someone (Pelosi) refused.
brush
(53,782 posts)10,000 troops at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Oh, please.
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)He wanted the military to support the insurrection. I really hate that rag.
RockRaven
(14,971 posts)subpoenas which compel testimony, in this order: Greene, Trump, Pelosi. And only if this order.
Greene says -- so she must be interviewed under oath to confirm or disavow -- that...
Trump knew and wanted -- so he must be interviewed under oath to confirm or disavow -- but...
Pelosi refused -- so she must be interviewed under oath to confirm or disavow -- and yet...
We all know that the chain will be broken. The only question is if it will be Greene or Trump. So Pelosi should embrace being investigated, as the last link in the chain, to expose the cracks in the prior ones.
soldierant
(6,880 posts)Make7
(8,543 posts)Is that the narrative they want to go with?
Now, it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we're going to walk down, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down, we're going to walk down.
Anyone you want, but I think right here, we're going to walk down to the Capitol, and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.
Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966396848/read-trumps-jan-6-speech-a-key-part-of-impeachment-trial
Dan
(3,564 posts)Dale in Laurel MD
(698 posts)That leaves "American" in fourth place at best.
Kid Berwyn
(14,907 posts)Catapult the propaganda, heh heh heh.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,672 posts)He is such a great business man (those bankruptcies are just part of the process)
Such a powerful leader (he lets kim jong il give him nuggies)
Such a great lover and family man (paid off porn star while wife is home with baby)
Offers great home treatments for Covid (Bleach)
Stole money from his donors (can you blame him )
Ran a successful university with him name on it (ha they sued and won )
How stupid is this man, he would still be president IF he had listened to the medical people and just told people to wear masks. (Sorry for the all the people who got sick and died, but it's a very scary that he was so close to reelection )
MTG is proof you can be a total idiot and be in congress, she makes Louie gohmert seem smart!!!
Things that are wrong with that lady are limitless...SAD
Grins
(7,217 posts)RSBNETWORK = Right* Side Broadcasting.
An all-Trump network.
* Or as I call it, Reich-Side Broadcasting.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Easy peesy to guess whose would set the machine on fire.
rampartc
(5,408 posts)"positive thinkers" tend to believe their own lies for as long as convenient.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)I don't buy the "insanity defense" with that one. Catch 22 -- Mr. 45.
tetedur
(820 posts)Remember the military was announcing that they would not cooperate with the suggestion that they seize the voting machines or work on Trump's behalf to take over the country like Mike Flynn wanted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/24/could-trump-declare-martial-law-try-steal-election/
From Dec 24, 2020
What he was "mulling":
What this would do: Trump would put the military in charge. It would implement and enforce curfews, keep people in their homes. Former Trump national security adviser Michael T. Flynn has suggested the military could force states to rerun elections. It could even stop members of Congress from coming to work on Jan. 6 to certify President-elect Joe Bidens win.
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Use the Insurrection Act to somehow get control
What this would do: This is slightly different from martial law in that its an actual legal tool the president has that allows him to use the military in extreme ways. The Insurrection Act allows the president to call in troops for domestic law enforcement, not unlike what he did this summer in Portland, Ore., during Black Lives Matter protests. Its supposed to be used only in times of emergency.
But what emergency is there right now that would warrant the military taking to the streets? There is none. Trump could try to gin one up by encouraging protests across the nation on Jan. 6 as Congress certifies results, said Meredith McGehee, an expert in ethics in politics and the director of Issue One.
To that end, Trump allies are planning a rally in Washington that day. Trump is encouraging them: Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild! he tweeted last week.
tanyev
(42,559 posts)Trump told Miller to "fill" the request, the former defense secretary testified. Miller said Trump told him: "Do whatever is necessary to protect demonstrators that were executing their constitutionally protected rights."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/congresswoman-says-trump-administration-botched-capitol-riot-preparations-2021-05-12/
Maraya1969
(22,482 posts)I can't wait to hear her questioned.