"January 6 was an inside job." The Lincoln Project

[Budi]

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[Lovie777]

1. Truth! . .. .

[empedocles]

2. January 6 keeps producing more incriminating evidence non-stop. Great.

Makes the prosecutors work easier.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. It's the only thing that makes any sense!

There had to be ringleaders, there had to be money, it had to take a long time (decades in my opinion, but ... that's another story), and the American people must be told the truth!

Lay it all out there. We do this now or we won't be doing anything ever again.

[doc03]

4. Why can't Democrats come out like that and

tell it like it is. Not all this bullshit about my Republican colleges and friends across the isle. The people that backed Trump to turn over the election shouldn't be anywhere near DC.

[Escurumbele]

7. Because they still need to pass bills, but they can use inference and subtle messages without

having the repubs complain.

I South America there is a saying I learned from a friend, I will try to translate it.

"If your mouth burns it is because you ate hot peppers." repubs have their mouths full of hot peppers.

[LiberalLovinLug]

26. "Because they still need to pass bills"

How has that worked out for them?

Democrats are always two steps behind the GOP when it comes to messaging. I say they should be going on the offensive. Way more. They should be screaming from the shining city on the hill as loudly as this ad. Every . Freakin . Day .

They should keep pounding away at the narrative that Republicans are traitors who wanted to impose a Fascist dictatorship.

Why not even be.....gasp.....proactive?! Put out a statement saying that the Democrats cannot work with the Republicans until they accept helping to dig out the truth of that day. Instead of being the ones bending over backwards, and frontwards, to make sure their esteemed colleagues across the aisle get anything they want for the commission, create an independent one. Who cares if the GOP will scream on Fox News how the Democrats are going to run a one-sided inquiry, and that the participants are all D stooges.

Why not invite onto this commission, G W Bush, Colin Powell, Condoleza Rice, or some other past Republican stars. (I know I know I didn't think I'd ever write that) But that is how low the bar is for finding "good" Republicans, who at least SOME Republican still respect as older R statesmen.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Probably not, unless there was different leadership? Hey, one

thing that I pause about with this inside plot theory... Agree it was an inside job... But not sure who was in on it. That day some showed genuine fear and outrage. Yes, it quickly dissipated, but seemingly genuine at time. Maybe they knew but didn't think it was gonna be as bad as it was?

[doc03]

20. We don't need to be nice we have already been

put on notice they won't vote for anything Biden wants.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Of course,. Think being nice is futile and switching to

trump's side horrible. My only point was I'm not sure if all of them were in on January 6th. Some may be much more culpable than others.

[doc03]

23. I am sure most didn't know but now they lie and

say stuff like it was just like another tourist visit. If they can still support it now they are just as guilty as the others

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Wish there was a film of every person in the house

And Senate that day. Exactly what they did and said from under a table with a gas mask.

[doc03]

22. I think a good many knew but thought it would succeed

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Great video

[colsohlibgal]

6. No Doubt

That the Republicans want to sweep this under the rug, combined with all the right wing e shenanigans in States, tell us all we need to know. That party has gone largely crazy and corrupt. It’s time for Democrats and non crazy Republicans to fight to thwart this attempted slide into Autocracy.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. You know it all seems to go back to one thing - communications.

Joe Walsh, conservative radio commentator, was just on CNN. He got fired because he spoke out against Trump. He made some good points in the interview. The audience of crazy Republicans hear only Fox News and conservative talk radio. How do you crack into that?

[Butterflylady]

9. Yes it was

And that my friends has to be repeated over and over and over and over.

[Blue Owl]

10. MIHOP

[George II]

12. That's why they're against a full non-partisan investigation.

[SheltieLover]

13. Absofuckingloutely!

The only factor that is not obvious to me is why so many traitors are still walking around freely & why they are allowed to continue to disrupt our govt.

[Ohioboy]

16. Yep, the traitors are still walking free

That's because the traitors are the lawmakers in this case. We've reached a dangerous point where criminals and con men/ women are in power. They are not going to willingly do anything to exposed their criminal behavior. It's gotten so bad we actually had a president who encouraged a mob to attack our Capitol, and we can't get proper justice. I worry for America.

[NJCher]

27. Yes, it is really bad

when the criminals are in office.

I hope that with trump's grand jury and potential imprisonment, it will lend power toward booting these types of out office. Still: six months for grand jury, a year for trial, and even if convicted, appeals. However, he might not get out on appeal awaiting trial. Most criminals do not.

We are looking at a year to a year and a half for the legal system to kick in to the point where we can leverage it against criminals.

[BigmanPigman]

34. Damn, the midterms will probably occur before

a conviction or a very damaging trial.

[housecat]

14. people need to see this

[Pepsidog]

15. American Taliban aka Republican Party and it's propaganda wing Fox attempt to overthrow government.

[BigBearJohn]

18. POWERFUL!!! I'm spreading this wise and far. Phew.

[dalton99a]

19. Kick

[Maraya1969]

25. I am going to donate in the hopes that this to play on Fox news. Or OAN or any of them

Please join me. You can do it right here.

https://action.lincolnproject.us/donate

[Hekate]

28. Time for me to donate again. They are emphatically on the side of democracy & the republic...

And they have not lost their fire.

[BobTheSubgenius]

29. I'm glad the LP didn't close up shop after the election.

It would have been quite shortsighted of them, but it was a possibility. In their ideal world, they will go back to being "the opposition," but even that is SOOO much better than what we have now. In the meantime, the hope is they will continue to help the Democrats put out the fire.

[Jetheels]

30. Humor me, how can anyone not know this?

Didn’t we all watch it happen in real time on tv and internet? Didn’t we all see and hear former guys rally on a weekly basis for 4 years and build hate on Twitter every day spewing lies and promoting violence, up to Jan 6th when the “tourists” walked from former guys rally to the Capitol.
The alternative being what, that some rednecks just on their own decided to just up and storm the capitol? And on Jan 6th, since former guy was the president, who is by the very nature of the office, an insider........
If it were Obama that gave that speech on Jan 6th, he would have been arrested and be sitting in Guantanamo right now.

[bahboo]

33. boggles the mind...

[SergeStorms]

31. Every person in the country....

should be forced to watch this. Truth matter's.

[peggysue2]

32. Pulls no punches

Nor should it. Want to know why the Republicans are against a January 6th Commission?

They. Are. Complicit.

They know it. We know it. They just don't want their voters to know it or even consider it.

Inside job, indeed.

[Jetheels]

35. Their voters know it too. Everyone just about knows it.

Maybe the democrats will figure it out someday.

[bdamomma]

36. Of course

it was an inside job, that's why they don't want the commission. They knew, and planned it.

[bagimin]

37. k& highly recommended

[calimary]

38. K&R and bookmarking so I can find this later.

Thanks for posting it, Budi!

Glad to see the Lincoln Project folks haven't retired yet.

[Budi]

40. You are welcome

[gordianot]

39. Truth EOM

[calimary]

41. K&R&Bookmarking. Wanna be able to find this later.