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(30,613 posts)He's one of the top coup plotters.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)radical right to have a chance at the presidency originally wasn't he?
No, actually, not much convincing was involved. Trump simply said, "sure I can do that"
Justice matters.
(6,935 posts)ShazzieB
(16,437 posts)Just clarifying, because "he said he wanted him" is a little ambiguous.
Justice matters.
(6,935 posts)woodsprite
(11,916 posts)Nevilledog
(51,137 posts)Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Sharon - Shih Tzu Mom
@Brindlepooch
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Jul 28, 2021
Replying to @AMHotFlash @BidenSquadron and 5 others
I suspect mtg knew too. She was at the WH the night prior to the riot and she made a video I front of the Capitol that same night . A key word in her message was fight
I bet they believed the govt overthrow attempt was gonna be successful.
Biden_Squadron
@BidenSquadron
VIDEO Jan 5th
Marjorie Taylor Greene says "get ready to fight for America tomorrow, while in front of the US Capitol. Greene also says "Trump was re-elected," and that the Electoral College vote was "stolen."
#NeverForgetJanuary6th
#Treason
6:30 AM · Jul 28, 2021
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)"trump won in a landslide ( in his delusional mind)"
Or
"trump (should have) won in a
(our planned rigging) landslide"
Nevilledog
(51,137 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)Delusion piled on delusion.
calimary
(81,350 posts)Lock Her Up.
KS Toronado
(17,274 posts)she's done flushed any reelection chances down the drain,
plus what's really funny is she's too stupid to know it.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)Since the district's creation, the worst a GOP candidate has done in a federal election was TPG, and he got 73%. I believe the "R" behind her name is all she needs in Georgia's 14th.
RVN VET71
(2,692 posts)And MTG is absolute proof of that statement.
plimsoll
(1,670 posts)KS Toronado
(17,274 posts)I'm guessing gerrymandering is the reason?
zuul
(14,627 posts)usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)..... mentioned as giving guided tours before 1/6/21.
Guilty by her own admission.
Bluethroughu
(5,172 posts)Lock her up.
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)He's one of the most loathsome.
kentuck
(111,106 posts)Cannot be trusted.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)The battle-dressed helmeted ones with the kidnap gear were going to run the operation, or at least provide a tactical distraction. I really hope they can put the screws to them and get the details.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)crickets
(25,981 posts)I believe they thought the day would ultimately end in martial law. The Joint Chiefs held against them, the few Capitol Police, local police, and National Guard that were there held against them until reinforcements arrived, and it all fell apart. Thank goodness.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)For the rest, it was their white supremacy fascism dream. Filthy T***p would sacrifice the country for himself.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)too. They provided cover. They could not have pulled this off without those people.
There is no way this all took place spontaneously. And what about what I just read that Mo Brooks slept in his office the night before? And had a bulletproof vest on??
Geez if only we had some good hackers who could have recorded trump's telephone conversations that week
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)NJCher
(35,690 posts)Its going to be quick.
When I read that, I gasped.
What an arrogant fool, to have thought and put something like that in writing.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Bad man.
LymphocyteLover
(5,647 posts)and it will likely work in court unless there's more substantial info that they knew about the attack on the Capitol.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)we finally begin speaking plainly. There is no antifa. There are 3-Per Centers, Proud Boys, and Oath Keepers, to name but a few. The Southern Poverty Law Center lists many by affiliation (https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/groups) These groups are organized and have named leaders. Antifa means anti-fascist. I am antifascist. My father fought in Europe in WW2. He was antifascist. There is no organization, no leader, no national structure. The word is a boogie-man created by the rights fear and their medias help. Ask one of these traitors to name one person whos an antifa leader. It will be case closed.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,647 posts)even it is their own delusion and it might hold up as a valid excuse.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Too many rubes planning to descend on Washington. Not sure many knew it would go like it did, or that the Capitol steps -- and then the building -- would be breached.
NH Ethylene
(30,813 posts)Heck, I was scared leading up to 1/6. That's why it's incomprehensible to me that full security was not in place and ready for the attack. The 'We didn't get the memo' defense is ludicrous.
Ohioboy
(3,243 posts)brush
(53,794 posts)I'm pretty sure Bannon knew what was coming too.
oasis
(49,393 posts)orangecrush
(19,581 posts)KG
(28,751 posts)Champp
(2,114 posts)Lock him up
ffr
(22,671 posts)LOCK HIM UP!
paleotn
(17,931 posts)Forgot that part, drunk Steve.
Joinfortmill
(14,438 posts)dalton99a
(81,534 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I can't imagine there are many of them.
As for Steve Bannon, another one to be filed in the "No shit, Sherlock" file. That son of a bitch helped plan it all.
Bluethroughu
(5,172 posts)Lock them up!
Blue Owl
(50,448 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,206 posts)If there is a play book for Jan 6 insurrection, it was November 1917, what is known as the Bolshevik Revolution but what was called at the time an insurrection. A cadre of high level leaders targeting power and drawing together the shock troops to seize it. Lying to, about, and in some cases for the opposition, also known as enemies. Dividing the legislature into factions, and even though their party is in the minority, knowing how to marginalize, dismiss, rabble rouse their own followers and the public.
This is much about maneuvering to the time, place, the threshold of power and its transfer into their own hands. In 1917 other legislative bodies were dismissed, supportive leaders and forces were recalled from the front, the current government was in disarray, and Bolshevik proclamations propagandized popular ideas, put words in the opposition's mouth, and proclaimed victory all along.
I submit to you, in my opinion, the cadre surrounding TFG, the angry power-hungry elites, would have known all about these tactics which were historically tested as effective. None more so than Mr. "All hell is going to break loose ...."
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)from a failed Hollywood screenwriter. Talk about "create your own reality."
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)If they had planned a rally on a non-consequential day, this would have had a completely different spin.
twodogsbarking
(9,768 posts)spanone
(135,851 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,438 posts)A prison cell is waiting for this creepo.