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Claustrum

(4,846 posts)
2. Shocking as in how did America "elect" someone like that as president.
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 04:46 PM
Jun 2022

You are absolutely right about it not being surprising though. I think everyone on DU saw it coming.

LuckyCharms

(17,460 posts)
4. Same here. But for me,
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 04:51 PM
Jun 2022

a lot of my shock is due to the fact that people who could not recognize who he was from day 1.

Everyone here knew.

Anyone who is normal and sane had his number immediately, years ago.

Something like this is always a shock though, even if we knew.

The details are shocking.

usonian

(9,904 posts)
7. He obsessed on the size of the crowd, and when the cameras switched to the Capitol
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 05:31 PM
Jun 2022

he went ballistic to be part of the show.

The show went on without him.

Haggis 4 Breakfast

(1,454 posts)
8. Too bad Bobby Engel didn't have him arrested for assault.
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 06:05 PM
Jun 2022

Or punch him in that disgusting orange face of his.

For anyone who has been driving and had someone in the car turn violent and grab the wheel, this is NOT something you can forget. Or forgive.

Hekate

(90,840 posts)
10. It was amazing to behold: Jane Dean, as it were
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 07:29 PM
Jun 2022

It was the raw eyewitness account that did it for me — taking it from the realm of hearsay and supposition right down into the snakepit.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
11. Yes! Also super that the whole story is being told by involved Republicans.
Tue Jun 28, 2022, 08:04 PM
Jun 2022

"Mogul," though. Yuck! Haven't thought of a putrid rhyme for it.

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