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Shoeless Louis

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6. Maybe this is why.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 9, 2021, 04:27 PM

Sep 2021

It may be inappropriate to use the word insurrection in so far as the riot occurred in resistance to the election and not against the sitting government as you stated.

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Alabammie, eh? bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #1

Maybe Not (Bomb Placements) modrepub Sep 2021 #2

So, I am wondering OldBaldy1701E Sep 2021 #3

Maybe this is why. Shoeless Louis Sep 2021 #6

Hmm OldBaldy1701E Sep 2021 #11

Trying to kidnap and murder sitting members of congress seems like attacking the government to me. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #15

I agree gratuitous Sep 2021 #9

Which I like better than 'attempted'. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 2021 #12

I put the blame squarely on the Biden Justice Department not the MSM Locutusofborg Sep 2021 #14

The DOJ has been spineless on this so far. nt Progressive Jones Sep 2021 #17

Jan 6 Coup Day RicROC Sep 2021 #4

Sigh...it was not a "riot" n/t hibbing Sep 2021 #5

And you make that claim why? Do your rEsSEaRcH. Shoeless Louis Sep 2021 #7

A riot is spontaneous. This insurrection was planned far and wide for months. panader0 Sep 2021 #8

Sigh. That doesn't make it "not a riot". Stay focused, don't answer the question that wasn't aske Shoeless Louis Sep 2021 #10

This was both an insurrection and a riot StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #16

Thanks for your input hibbing Sep 2021 #13