"your reminder that all of these people knew that Donald Trump was a fucking lunatic and not one..."

[orleans]

Link to tweet

your reminder that all of these people knew that Donald Trump was a fucking lunatic and not one them of thought it important to tell the American people

[Novara]

1. To be fair, we could see it for ourselves.

[Pobeka]

3. To be fair, a whole swath of the public could not see it.

A little help disclosing the truth from top officials would have made it easier for the GOPers with some functioning grey matter see what was going on.

[Novara]

8. They chose not to see it

Finally someone gave them permission to let their inner racists out. They're loyal forever.

[Jack the Greater]

11. Exactly!

That is exactly the reason why he said he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and not lose any voters. He had them at 'Mexican rapists'. Every white supremacists' ears perked up when they heard that and they all thought the same thought, "Hoo boy! We got ourselves a PRESIDENT!"

[Novara]

13. There is no understating the kind of loyalty that buys

[Wounded Bear]

2. They were too busy making money off of his reign...

[rubbersole]

5. Yes.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Yep! (n/t)

[gratuitous]

4. And not just tell the American people

But they continued to prop up his fraudulency and support his lunatic rantings in the face of the stark reality on display at the hearings. Some of them will now, no doubt, reappear in public and want a cookie for the candor they showed in private, far from the cameras and microphones.

[Blue Owl]

6. It's The Emperor's New Clothes gone horribly wrong

[joet67]

9. I agree, but I would just say that everyone of us

I agree, but I would just say that everyone of us could already see that on our television in our homes daily. It was all broadcast live to the nation including his narcissistic rants always stays as he's about to takeoff from somewhere with a very loud helicopter in the background 🙄

[kairos12]

10. MAGA Zombies would never hear it. Still won't.

Otherwise preaching to the converted.

[Scrivener7]

14. Nope. They're aiming every bit of the hearings at those few republiQans who can be convinced.

That's why EVERY witness so far with only one exception has been either a prominent republiQan or a member of law enforcement. And the one exception was filming what he saw.

And the committed understands that we don't need many. They are doing this exactly right.

[Scrivener7]

12. I kept thinking that all through the hearings today. "Glad you're saying it now,

but where the hell were you on January 5 and 7th??"

[twodogsbarking]

15. Fear of Trump. Rightfully so.

[usajumpedtheshark]

16. An updated version of the Washington cherry tree story for today's Republicans

"Father, I can not tell the truth unless you force me to provide a deposition under oath"

[Alien Life Form]

17. I just went to FOX

Big story about Nancy Pelosis husband getting arrested for drunk driving..not a fucking word about the committee hearning. I posted that FOX is the place for STUPID, UNINFORMED DEPLORABLE PEOPLE THAT HATE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!
then i left..no sense in waiting for the blowback as their asses all do the talking!
Fuck them all!

[NullTuples]

18. But he was such a useful lunatic, and that's what 2017-2021 were all about

Mutual grifting. Who cares if the figurehead is a self-centered Caligula when there's profiteering to be done? That's the best time to them.

[Duppers]

19. I don't understand the warning. Just click.

Link to tweet

[orleans]

20. i find those warnings a lot on twitter

and i don't recall ever running into something that actually deserved that warning
--unless you're a fucking snowflake republican i guess; then maybe you need to prepare yourself

[Upthevibe]

21. I guess his sycophants were making money

and obtaining power during his reign.

To better understand the masses, I HIGHLY recommend the book, Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers. It really dissects the personality of those who idolize him.