DC Unrest Megathread

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

How many of these deranged crazies were/are normal, reasonable people before this?

Honestly, I have no idea.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

The GOP is effectively being divided between Lawful Evil (Pence, McConnell) and Chaotic Evil (Trump, Cruz) wings before our eyes.

Plus the Lawful Neutral splinter group (Romney).

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Trump should not be impeached or removed from office. That would turn him into a martyr and further radicalized his supporters.

At this point, his supporters’ needs or wishes are irrelevant.

Trump is leaving office in 2 weeks. Removing him a few days early is not worth the cost.

But what about the cost of not doing it? I'm not concerned about what happens over the next two weeks, but I am concerned about the impact a precedent like that could have for centuries.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

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

Silence Republican.

This country is broken and only by acknowledging it is anything going to change.

No, I’m not a Republican but I still love my country and recognize the need for change. These people see the country as a lost cause and have no loyalty to it.

Denying that this is the real America is denying that deep systematic change is needed. Otherwise it is in fact a lost cause.

Biden is right, this is not what America is. The idea that this is who we are is akin to giving up

Biden does not deserve to be president then. He will not be getting my vote again as he's making it crystal clear he has no intention of changing anything. He chooses to live in the fantasy world centrists have crafted where all is good and the system works only a few people are causing all the trouble. I will not put my support behind that sort of willful ignorance.

Biden absolutely will be changing things. He just happens to believe that America can become better without destroying everything. There's a whole lot of room between "America is irredeemable and the worst country ever" and "American can do no wrong."

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Is it fair to say Hawley and Cruz are screwed as far as 2024?

Never say never, but I do think based on anecdotes that this has seriously damaged their reputations among a general electorate.

I despised Cruz from long before this, and I am certainly not even entertaining the thought of voting for Hawley now. At this point, I may vote for Kamala Harris (who I still dislike) against any plausible Republican nominee in 2024. I certainly would vote for Biden again if he runs for reelection.

We'll turn your avatar red sometime or another.

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i am so pissed off. absolutely vomitrocious. “Make America Great Again” really does = “Make China and Russia great again by making America look like a third world banana republic”

those people who did this today are insane and evil.

RED AVATAR GOOSE!!!!!

Welcome to the team, bruh.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

I have chills. Whatever happens, this has been an insane day in American history.

And once you add in last night. Jfc, I haven't accomplished anything today. Wow.

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The blood is on Josh Hawley’s hands as much as Trumps. I hope he’s prosecuted too.

Josh Hawley's downfall is my favorite development of the day.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

"We will not be kept out of this chamber," McConnell says. Really? So what did I just watch for the past six hours?

Red avatar dule? This keeps getting better and better


Even tho it looks weird af.

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Resist the Mob

--Chuck Schumer

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

YOU CAN'T STOP THE RED AV EXPANSION!!!!!!

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

I changed to a red avatar. Time to close ranks and stand as one.

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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

YOU CAN'T STOP THE RED AV EXPANSION!!!!!!

Hello there.

Yesyesyesyesyes.

(Tbh this has been an obvious flip for years.)

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Running list. This has flipped:

Goldwater
John Dule
Cranehusband
Thunder 98
HillGoose
Damocles
Forumlurker
AndyHogan
Chips

Great job uniting America, Republicans.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Running list. This has flipped:

Goldwater
John Dule
Cranehusband
Thunder 98
HillGoose
Damocles

Great job uniting America, Republicans.

The red avatar is objectively aesthetically hideous, but we are all Democrats today.

I stand by adopting regular colors, but I don't want to be chased out of Atlas.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

As much as I hate red, I'll have the D-CA avatar for a while after today.

EVEN YOU WENT FOR RED!?!?!?!


This is a movement!

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Running list. This has flipped:

Goldwater
John Dule
Cranehusband
Thunder 98
HillGoose
Damocles

Great job uniting America, Republicans.

Am I a joke to you?

You're so much of cultural a red avatar that it went right over my head. Updated.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Running list. This has flipped:

Goldwater
John Dule
Cranehusband
Thunder 98
HillGoose
Damocles
Forumlurker
AndyHogan
Hammy

Great job uniting America, Republicans.

Update. Keep 'em coming.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Now that the dust has settled, I hope we can all at least recognize that those calling for the police to fire on the protestors was absolutely insane.  They handled the situation absolutely appropriately and minimized the carnage.  The Congress is already back in session and it doesn't appear that there is any irreparable damage.  It could have been a LOT worse if people had let their emotions direct them.

Nope!

Yeah.  You're gross.

Dule is ten times the poster you are.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

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

I don't care. He doesn't get to be forgiven.

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Sh!t I just realized this was only for AZ. Brutal.

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Did Harris speak at all?

She's not going to be speaking. Only voting.

Incidentally, when is she gonna resign?

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Toomey: I really wanted Trump to win
Also Toomey: Trump is a dangerous lying demagogue!!!!

Ugh. Horrid. But his speech was good. Wyden however is better.

Wyden being absolutely based should never be a surprise.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Everyone is going to get really pissed when Hawley objects to Pennsylvania.

Hawley has officially joined Cruz and Paul in the "everyone in the senate loathes them" hall of shame.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Democrats need to find "creative" methods of punishing Trump's supporters moving forward.

HB--169 The Missouri Road Removal Act

SB 173 Selling Central and Northern Pennsylvania to Russia Act

HB 211 Put Los Angeles County in Texas Act