DC Unrest Megathread

[Inmate Trump]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1349547450340675584

(Those betting on Donald being dragged kicking and screaming from the White House shouldn't give up yet.)

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/loisbeckett/status/1349525755802185728

[ugabug]

TIL Trump has a Snapchat account

Had

[Sbane]

Many left-wing twitter users are saying it's the real face of America.
They consider it as the worst country ever in the history of mankind.
Their solution is f America to be dismantled, forgotten, erased forever.

https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1346945438939680770

Some leftifts’ hatred for the country is distressing

This is a perfect encapsulation of the threat this country is facing. It is coming from both the left and the right and I hope reasonable people on both sides (like 80% of us) will recognize that. Let's crack down on all these freaks and end this sad episode of American history.

[Sbane]

Also, I do hope more on the left join law enforcement. That will have the double effect of changing policing culture and help community relations while ensuring the right wing populist threat is taken seriously by those in charge of enforcing law and order. And those capitol hill police officers who assisted the terrorists should similarly be charged and tried as well.

[lfromnj]

When Steve Doocy is the voice of reason...

https://twitter.com/revrrlewis/status/1349328568933896192

What is attacking a federal courthouse ?
May not be democracy but very much the institutions

1.Mayor Ted Wheeler did attempt to prevent the violence without escalating the situation.

2.I'm not aware of any prominent Democrats who incited these riots.  I'm not even aware of any Democrats at all who incited the Portland riots.

Mindless false equivalence.  

1. Wheeler knew what he was doing, it was either trying to win reelection because a large minority  of Portland voters literally support rioting and almost all of them hate Trump. Federal help was the answer but he refused it because that would be "working with Trump"

2. I didn't say any prominent Democrat endorsed it, I am just saying the Portland riots weren't just regular riots and did involve attacking a federal courthouse repeatedly for weeks.

[GM Team Member and Deputy PPT WB]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

[Damocles]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

[Sir Mohamed]

Many left-wing twitter users are saying it's the real face of America.
They consider it as the worst country ever in the history of mankind.
Their solution is f America to be dismantled, forgotten, erased forever.

https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1346945438939680770

Some leftifts’ hatred for the country is distressing

Neither is 100% correct. The face of America hardly exists; it's an incredibly diverse country with people from all walks of life, with vastly different backgrounds, ancestry, race, education, political and religious convictions. A segment of the American population embraces racism and authoritarianism, and we as a society have to find a way to deal with it. Certainly with zero tolerance for this kind of lawlessness. But saying the whole country is deranged and racist is neither true, nor solves it any our problems.

What I'm hoping for is that we can agree on a certain set of values like democracy and the rule of law, and that includes conservatives, moderates, liberals and progressives. That also means there is an open discussion on our shortcomings as a society without being immediately labeled as a hater or anti-patriot. The only anti-partiots are those who seek undermine the constitutional republic itsself (which doesn't mean not to realize its imperfection).

[Red Velvet]

Many left-wing twitter users are saying it's the real face of America.
They consider it as the worst country ever in the history of mankind.
Their solution is f America to be dismantled, forgotten, erased forever.

https://twitter.com/Tinashe/status/1346945438939680770

Some leftifts’ hatred for the country is distressing

This is a perfect encapsulation of the threat this country is facing. It is coming from both the left and the right and I hope reasonable people on both sides (like 80% of us) will recognize that. Let's crack down on all these freaks and end this sad episode of American history.

This enlightened centrism of “both sides” is always hilarious to see because people just want to include the side they dislike even when they have nothing to do with the occasion lmao

I don’t see the left threatening to kill politicians they dislike OR refusing to accept election results they lost but ok.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

[The Dowager Mod]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

[brucejoel99]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies & see

[afleitch]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies & see

I'm just a poor boy. I need no sympathy.

[Hindsight was 2020]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies & see

I'm just a poor boy. I need no sympathy.

Because I'm easy come, easy go

[WD]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies & see

I'm just a poor boy. I need no sympathy.

Because I'm easy come, easy go

A little high, little low

[Sestak]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies & see

I'm just a poor boy. I need no sympathy.

Because I'm easy come, easy go

A little high, little low

Anyway the wind blows,

[Ferguson97]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

no escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies & see

I'm just a poor boy. I need no sympathy.

Because I'm easy come, easy go

A little high, little low

Anyway the wind blows,

doesn't really matter to me...

[DINGO Joe]

Alright ya Queens, we know how it all ends--take it to it's own thread.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

Alright ya Queens, we know how it all ends--take it to it's own thread.

Boooo!

[GeorgiaModerate]

We interrupt the glee club to bring you this news:

https://twitter.com/adamgoldmanNYT/status/1349758958374940673

[Alben Barkley]

As Donald Trump puts out statements written by his sane lawyers to try and defend himself, one of his insane lawyers makes a statement of his own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1349521903686455298

Is this real life?

I’m PRETTY sure he was joking there. I don’t think even Rudy is THAT nuts.

[Crumpets]

This is from 2009.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/RepNancyMace/status/1349751253174202370