I'm going to admit that I've been teary eyed all day. Re: Ruby Freeman.

[LuckyCharms]

I'm a 63 year old man, and today's testimony tore me up. Maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention, but it caught me off guard.

Because...

It made me think of my departed mother.

I imagined how I would feel if tfg did that to my mother.

My rage cannot be overstated.

Out of all the shit this guy has pulled, this has hit me the hardest. Today's testimony somehow made this all personal to me.

I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I can't get to sleep.

There is not a word that is adequate to describe how depraved tfg and his cronies and supporters are.

[JI7]

1. This is what his entire support is based on .

[Skittles]

3. CORRECT

it is indeed

[elleng]

2. I'm sure you're not the only one losing sleep about this.

She/they'll be on our minds, and in our hearts for a long time.

[calimary]

4. She left an unforgettable impression.

God Bless her, and her brave and marvelously poised daughter, Shaye Moss. Unsung heroines, both of them. My heart just ached as I watched brave Shaye testify, maintaining her composure so impressively - during what had to be a pretty doggone terrifying time! And to do it on live nationwide TV. DAYUM. When she enters the room, I will stand up.

[LittleGirl]

7. International! It was broadcast to the world on CNN. nt

[Trueblue1968]

5. me too, i cried. i imagined Donald Rump harrassing me and my mom. I cringe about being attacked.

[Hamlette]

6. there are gofundme pages for them

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16827982

[NJCher]

8. She was so nervous

Just the testifying alone was hard for her. What really got to me was how she described the favorite parts of her job. Then after trump called them such horrible things, how she regretted being an elections worker. That got to me because I believe one should enjoy one’s work. It seems clear that she is just the kind of person who loved her job and was good at it.

[hlthe2b]

9. Yes, the mother, the daughter, the grandmother (not shown but equally impacted)...

They broke my heart with their testimony and tears still well up...

And the dying daughter of the AZ Speaker of the House--the latter who HAD BEEN MAGA through and through UNTIL this demand from Trump, but paid the ultimate price with the Trumpists MAGATs making his near-death daughter fear the threats and violence of the angry crowds outside her window. He may be someone who I would have detested (for good reason, given his extremist views and attempts to disenfranchise AZ voters, especially Hispanics), but I cannot help but feel tremendous anger and sadness on his behalf. This is just so wrong.

[Effete Snob]

10. I have no sympathy for the AZ speaker

We knew for a long time that the racist POS wannabe dictator was not going to accept an electoral loss.

This guy actively supported the lies, the hate, the corruption, and the sheer idiocy of it all. Then, when the beast he cherished turned on him, I’m supposed to feel sorry?

Fuck no. The next time the mob turns on one of their own, they should go all the way and not just fool around.

Fuck those clowns.

[Effete Snob]

13. Update: Bowers would vote for Trump again

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-capitol-siege-biden-presidential-election-2020-5f0f2eeae477437a5fed9fffe9ce286a

But while Bowers said the efforts by Giuliani and other Trump backers have been hurtful, he does not levy any criticism on Trump directly and would support him if he were on the ballot.

“If he is the nominee, if he was up against Biden, I’d vote for him again,” Bowers said. “Simply because what he did the first time, before COVID, was so good for the county. In my view it was great.”

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He doesn't give a shit about his daughter. That was just a show.

[Novara]

11. I think about what she said ...

... about the president of the country targeting a citizen like her. How bewildered she is that he targeted HER. And for WHAT??

And it makes me FURIOUS.

[zanana1]

12. If that happened to my mother...

I don't think I could be held responsible for my actions.