DC Unrest Megathread

[brucejoel99]

I’m officially recanting my statements of being unhappy that the GOP lost the senate . The Republicans deserved to lose it

Might be the first time I've ever genuinely regretted voting for Ted Cruz or, on a larger scale, thought about leaving the Republican Party.  

Come to the left side, we have cookies & we share them with everybody!

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/1346940983431335938

"When protestors tried to take the Capitol" hahahaha

It literally says the Capitol steps. Can you read?

Actually, you're from Alabama, so maybe not.

"Alabama, Russia" maybe.

[brucejoel99]

Hi - it's page 38 and I just got here. Can someone please give me a quick rundown of what I missed?

Just put on a TV

So much for that muting.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1346954970910707712

[brucejoel99]

So, is the inauguration even gonna be able to occur as planned?

[brucejoel99]

It would probably be a good idea for Biden to scrap the outdoor swearing-in ceremony and just do it in the WH.

I posted a picture of the inaugural platform on fire but nobody responded, Idek if they'd be able to do it outside at this point.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1346982839703650308

When you've lost Sarah Palin...

[brucejoel99]

I now be a D flair. There's only one solution right now for this madness.

Welcome home.

[brucejoel99]

Dear Senators,

Nice speech. Well written. Bravo. Maybe just tweet it out though. You don't need to use up all five minutes. Certify the results.

Thanks

Doesn't the law require 2 hours of debate before voting to certify?

*Up to* 2 hours of debate. They could vote to end at any time.

[brucejoel99]

Y'all realize that Trump will just dismiss his whole Cabinet before they're able to invoke, right?

[brucejoel99]

Someone's phone is going off loudly in the Senate lmao, what a Boomer ringtone

You can tell it's a flip phone too.

[brucejoel99]

Is.. is this the return of the old Lindsey Graham?

[brucejoel99]

Who was the one absent? Harris?

[brucejoel99]

I have literally been waiting for the moment Donald Trump is officially a LOSER since he came down that f--king escalator in June 2015. That will happen the moment Vermont's electors are certified. These Republican assholes just keep dragging it out longer and longer, and every second that goes by just ensures more and more I will NEVER vote for someone in their party EVER no matter what. That might sound like an empty threat but I bet I'm not quite alone among people my age.

Your new Senate Budget Chair, everyone!

Hot take: Labor Secretary, after all. Perhaps he's the reason Biden evidently waited for the runoffs before naming one.

[brucejoel99]

Absolutely shameful that they still objected after all this. Really not a good look to all but the die-hard MAGA fans.

That's unfortunately the idea.

[brucejoel99]

And with that, Joe Biden & Kamala Harris are officially your President-elect & Vice President-elect of these United States. 13 days, 8 hours, 18 minutes, & 24 seconds to go, y'all!

[brucejoel99]

And with that, Joe Biden & Kamala Harris are officially your President-elect & Vice President-elect of these United States. 13 days, 8 hours, 18 minutes, & 24 seconds to go, y'all!

They could have cut it quite a bit closer by challenging all 50 states and DC.

So because math is "fun," I just did some: not including the insurrection, the joint session & the individual chambers' debates lasted a combined total of approx. 7 hours, 59 mins. So ~8 hours for just 2 objections equates to an average of 4 hours of time used up per objection. Extend that out to 51 individual objections, & without any breaks or recesses, you reach final adjournment on Jan. 15th at ~6:20am ET. Add in the obvious sleep/eating/restroom/shower breaks & recesses that would have to take place, & yeah, a very determined Senator & Representative could royally f**k things up if they really wanted to.

[brucejoel99]

So has Ossoff and Warnock been sworn in?

No, this won't likely happen until the Senate reconvenes on Jan. 19.  The counties haven't even finished counting yet; overseas ballots can arrive as late as tomorrow and still be counted, and provisional ballots can still be cured by the same deadline.  The counties must certify their results by Jan. 15, and the state should do so shortly thereafter since both races are outside the recount margin.  Once that occurs, they can be sworn in.  Loeffler remains in the Senate until Warnock is sworn in, since she's filling Johnny Isakson's unexpired term; Perdue's seat is vacant until Ossoff is sworn in.

Based on this timeline, Loeffler won't even be able to deliver a farewell speech.

[brucejoel99]

Schumer is firing the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms.

How?  Until the two Georgia winners and Harris' replacement are sworn-in as Senators and Harris is sworn in as Veep, McConnell is still Majority Leader.

I just took the comment you replied to as meaning that Schumer will fire the Sergeant-at-arms upon becoming Majority Leader.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1347298800570949634

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1347318268219039744

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/kristin__wilson/status/1347328325019164680

[brucejoel99]

The video:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1347334804052844550

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1347347972414173185

[brucejoel99]

The video is actually very good. He should have recorded this video on November 6 or 7 when it became clear that he had lost the election.

He should resign now to avoid being impeached and Pence should pardon him.

God's how in God's name can you say he deserves pardoned? Is this just a way of pardoning your own conscience for supporting this neo-Nazi?

No. It's just an embarrassment to the country to have a former President prosecuted for crimes and possibly convicted.

The country deserves to be embarrassed for electing this man to be our President.