DC Unrest Megathread

[Joe Republic]

Now Congress will know what it feels like when a school get's locked down.

Let’s see if the protestors start going office to office and gunning down legislators and staff.  This could turn into a suburban middle school pretty quickly.

[Joe Republic]

Add “inciting a riot” to the list of Trump’s crimes.

Inciting insurrection, you mean.

[Joe Republic]

Ironic to think that wearing a mask might also have reduced their risk of getting arrested.

[Joe Republic]

How does this effect the GOP’s chances of winning in the future?

Meh, the "G"OP won the White House back in a landslide only six years after they initiated the worst presidential scandal of the 20th century.

[Joe Republic]

Donald Trump to armed insurrectionists who have taken over the US Capitol building: "I love you."

[Joe Republic]

Let's not lose sight of the big picture here, which is that Hillary Clinton deleted 33,000 emails. Where did they go? The truth must come out.

Armed people taking over the House and Senate chambers during a constitutionally-mandated ceremony is problematic, but what about Hunter Biden's laptop?  We need to refocus the narrative towards that.

[Joe Republic]

Live shot from inside the Oval Office:

[Joe Republic]

https://twitter.com/Politics1com/status/1347269980841078784?s=20

This, and her other moderate quotes and realistic attitude, makes her by far my favorite GOP Congresswoman and I would want her to stay if she wasn't replacing another excellent Dem representative.

Pretty surprised at this from her. I voted for Joe Cunningham and always felt Mace was just another Trump Republican, but so far she surprised me.

It makes sense to ride the Trump train into office, and then jump straight off when it became apparent that the train was heading into the dead end siding of defeat and irrelevance.  It’s amazing that more Republican officeholders still haven’t adopted the same strategy.

[Joe Republic]

Of the three people who died due to medical emergencies, one of them suffered a heart attack after accidentally tasing himself in the testicles, and another lady who was wearing a 'Don't Tread On Me’ flag as a cape was tragically trampled to death.  Patriots all.

[Joe Republic]

Many, many Trump supporters are utterly embarassed at what has happened, IRL and on forum.

Sure, but the question therefore is; are they still Trump supporters?  The answer to that will tell us all we need to know.

[Joe Republic]

"We are being oppressed!!  We are being unheard!!!  WE ARE THE SILENT MAJORITY!!!!"

*sigh* "Okay, go ahead. What would you like to say?"

"Thaaaank you.  Okay first of all, here’s why the blacks shouldn’t be allowed to vote..."

[Joe Republic]

The clarifying part about this episode is that the Trump cult has in the past claimed that violence in DC was due to BLM and DC people instigating with Trump supporters.  Now they have no excuse.  It was just them. 

Oh you haven't heard?  This riot was started by Antifa agents posing as Trump supporters.

[Joe Republic]

https://twitter.com/joshscampbell/status/1347749675777011714

https://twitter.com/rexchapman/status/1348347827173412866?s=10

https://twitter.com/GreggFavre/status/1348275257132638210

The contrast to BLM protests couldn’t be any more jarring.

[Joe Republic]

Trump Terrorists are being added to the no-fly list:

https://twitter.com/RayRedacted/status/1348388601118273537?s=20

At first I was wondering what that high-pitched squeaky buzzing sound was, and then I realized it was the sound of the world's tiniest violin playing a soundtrack.

[Joe Republic]

If this isn’t white privilege, then I don’t know what is:

https://twitter.com/melissablasius/status/1348805638525050880?s=21

[Joe Republic]

"Strict shaman diet" is only a thing if you’re, you know, an actual shaman.

[Joe Republic]

So members of Congress can be trusted to vote on every piece of legislation affecting the country,

Usually.

[Joe Republic]

Any word from the state capitols/DC today? I was hearing rumblings that protests were going to kick off on the 16th up through the 20th, though I'd assume that the crackdown on social media has greatly diminished these efforts.  

At 4.55pm yesterday, we (Nevada Capitol) were informed that the building will remain closed through Wednesday.  We were already off on Monday due to the holiday, but we now have a five-day weekend.  Thanks, traitors!

[Joe Republic]

This is hilarious:  https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_601d60d2c5b69749da3d2ded

A group of Trumpers from PA chartered a bus to take them to DC.  When it was time to go home, two of them showed up drunk, an hour late for departure, and bragging about being inside the Capitol.  So somebody called the Feds on 'em.