DC Unrest Megathread

[NYSforKennedy2024]

Michigan Capitol has reportedly been stormed.

[Gracile]

I'm incredibly worried about Capitol staff/non-politicians who work on the Hill. I hope they can stay safe.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Also like. This is, in fact, legally, treason.

[HisGrace]

Trump needs to concede the election and then resign right now like de Gaulle did in 68 and tell everyone to go home. That's the only chance of peacefully ending this. Of course he's not going to do that, though.

[Crumpets]

Absolutely surreal question to have to ask, but does Congress have to meet in the physical Capitol in order to achieve quorum and pass laws, or can they do it anywhere? Just wondering if we can confirm the election results and maybe remove Trump from power without first having to clear the Capitol.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

I thin DC statehood has become a lot more likely

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Welp, so much for the party of law and order.

Goddamned traitors. Too bad we liberals are supposed to be against the death penalty.

You could always just be pro-gun.

Yes. Because escalating even further would totally fix America's problems.

And the alternative is just letting the side that wants to kill me and the people I care about have all the guns? Good one!

Well no. The alternative is taking their guns.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1346914822278033410

F**k you. Your actions were central to electing the monster who sparked today's madness.

[Alben Barkley]

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1346912905929785344?s=20

Yes, because the current optics are just great. Unbelievable.

This is sending a signal to every terrorist in the world that the US government is so out of control and incompetent we can’t even secure our own Capitol.

Great “optics!” Great defense policy!

[Diabolical Materialism]

Welp, so much for the party of law and order.

Goddamned traitors. Too bad we liberals are supposed to be against the death penalty.

You could always just be pro-gun.

Yes. Because escalating even further would totally fix America's problems.

And the alternative is just letting the side that wants to kill me and the people I care about have all the guns? Good one!

Well no. The alternative is taking their guns.

Good f-ing luck dude. These people are about to pull off a coup because the government took away Applebees.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1346914822278033410

F**k you. Your actions were central to electing the monster who sparked today's madness.

Oh! Kellyanne Conway said stop? I think all the protesters just surrendered

[YPestis25]

Michigan Capitol has reportedly been stormed.

Sources for the news about the state capitols?

[AndyHogan14]

Armed protesters have also taken over the Capitol buildings in GA and KS.

I am also hearing from friends that Sacramento has established a perimeter around the Capitol Building there.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

The rallying cry for democrats for the next 20 years;

“Remember the Capital!”

[Gass3268]

Virginia is sending into DC their National Guard at the request of the DC Mayor.

https://twitter.com/GovernorVA/status/1346916716614451207?s=20

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/ManuelQ/status/1346913744736157714

Fascist enabler. If he had any dignity, he would resign before the day is out..

[GALeftist]

I generally oppose lethal force used by police but this has got to come to an end.

[The Undefeatable Debbie Stabenow]

Michigan Capitol has reportedly been stormed.

Source?

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

Any Trump voters ready to apologize yet?

You won't be forgiven, of course, but you should do it anyway.

[Santander]

China is officially the world's leading power.

[The Free North]

The unfortunate thing about all of this is that once the barrier has been broken down, this sort of thing becomes tacitly legitimized. In the same way Turkish coups became legitimate over the past 70 years as a means of protecting Kemalism , so too may this become a normalized thing in American society.

And its very very difficult to put the cat back into the bag once its out.

Moving out of the country still sounds very nice. Its a shame China is run by a genociding maniac, Shanghai is a lovely city.

[Del Tachi]

Catharsis.  Not just for those protesting/rioting today, but for all of us.  It takes events like this for our national purpose to be allowed to change and update.  Whatever may come of this, we should relish this opportunity to break the "end of history" ethos that has strangled our spirit for the past 30 years.

If we had a more transformative Democrat as president-elect (i.e., not Biden), he would go on national television tonight to announce the immediate establishment of a provisional government, reconstitute the House and Senate (w/ Ossoff and Perdue being seated immediately) and implement martial law.

Use this opportunity to flip the table and unleash all the pent-up social/political change we've needed since WWII.   

[HisGrace]

This is not a "whataboutist" defense of what is going on but I absolutely think the weak ass response to the summer riots contributed to this. These guys might not think they could get away with this if they'd seen the CHAZ clowns getting rolled over by armored cars on TV.

[JerryArkansas]

Virginia is sending the National Guard. 

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/status/1346917094881976325?s=21