Sunday..Trump praised Capitol rioters as "peaceful" and "great people" Some GOP senators refuted Tru

[riversedge]

seems there a few GOP senators with sense--at least on this issue.




https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/that-makes-no-sense-at-all-gop-senators-dispute-trump-s-characterizations-of-the-january-6-rioters/ar-AAM4lUe?ocid=winp1taskbar

Yesterday 5:32 PM




On Sunday, former President Trump praised Capitol rioters as "peaceful" and "great people."
Some GOP senators refuted Trump's description of the mob that breached the Capitol on January 6.


"That makes no sense at all. I dispute his facts tremendously," Sen. Shelley Capito said Monday.



GOP senators disagreed with former President Donald Trump's characterization of the Capitol rioters after he called them "peaceful" and "great people."

Trump appeared in an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, repeating false claims that the 2020 election was rigged, and praised the pro-Trump mob that breached the Capitol on January 6.

"There was such love at that rally, you had over a million people, they were there for one reason, the rigged election, they felt the election was rigged," Trump said during the interview. "That's why they were there and they were peaceful people, these were great people, the crowd was unbelievable and I mentioned the word love, the love in the air, I've never seen anything like it."
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"I think that what people saw with their own eyes reflects a different reality," GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told HuffPost's Igor Bobic.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who previously served as President pro tempore of the Senate, declined to comment on Trump's remarks ....................

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[leftieNanner]

1. "Over a million people"

Wow.

Glad a few Senators are pushing back.

Not enough.

[MerryHolidays]

4. No, but it is a signal that they know how bad this is for the Rs

I look forward to the House Select Committee hearings be eye-opening and hopefully carry on through much of 2022.

[viva la]

2. It's not just that he's lying. He's delusional, mixing this up with maybe his inauguration?

"There was such love at that rally, you had over a million people,

Remember how he kept insisting that there were a million people at his inauguration (though there were probably fewer than 300K) and it was bigger than Obama's.

This is a sign of dementia, really, stray obsessions merging into other obsessions.
He'll bring up windmills and flush toilets next.

[Beartracks]

3. Love for violence, fascism and/or anarchy were definitely in the air. n/t

[Walleye]

5. Any kind of mild outrage from GOP senators will be immediately walked back

[Chainfire]

7. Of course it will, we have seen it too many times.

The Republicans are scared to death of their voters.

[magicarpet]

6. trDUMP is a fucking Fascist liar.

He constructs reality from the fecal matter he finds in his golden toilet.