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I don't know how many people need to storm the capitol under the instructions of the loser of a recent election before you stop thinking the people commenting o

I don't know how many people need to storm the capitol under the instructions of the loser of a recent election before you stop thinking the people commenting on it are "hysterical".

umvi 6y ago
> I don't know how many people need to storm the capitol under the instructions of the loser of a recent election Not OP, but I will stop thinking people are hysterical if they can provide a single shred of evidence that the people who stormed congress were "under the instructions of [Trump]". A tweet, a video, anything that proves the storming of congress was a pre-meditated move by Trump to stop the electoral count. Saying "oh, well Trump didn't come out and say it, but he chose dog-whistle terms that activated his sleeper agents" isn't going to cut it. Also the part that is rich is the implication that a rag tag handful of protestors have the ability to overthrow the government just because they broke into a building for a few hours.
- Dylan16807 6y ago
  He consistently encourages violence and when his followers do something bad he usually refuses to say it was bad. So sure he only specifically said to march on the capitol while the election was being stolen inside, but his response to the storming was not "this was bad, go home" but "we love you, go home". The man knows how to guide a crowd. He has responsibility here.
ng12 6y ago
The protesters left peacefully after a few hours. The senate isn't holy ground, nor are the people inside it divine. They work for us, after all. All things considered the events left me pretty unscathed.
- arolihas 6y ago
  4 people died.
  - vladTheInhaler 6y ago
    Five, actually. Officer Brian Sicknick died as a result of wounds suffered during the conflict [1]. Details beyond that are still hard to find. This after Giuliani demanded "trial by combat" from the gathered mob. Hard to believe he will face justice though, given that Trump plans to pardon everybody and their mother. [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/08/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-dies-riot-what-to-know/6593692002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/08/capito...
    - arolihas 6y ago
      Thanks I didn’t hear about that
  - ng12 6y ago
    An unarmed protester was gunned down by police.
    - dragontamer 6y ago
      And yet, the mob continued to attack for another hour or two, while the DoD refused to send troops to help out.
      - pfdietz 6y ago
        I have to wonder if Trump intended the DOD to send in troops and use those troops to shut down the certification, and they refused.
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- camel_Snake 6y ago
  incompetence does not overwrite intent. They were gathered there and committed political violence for a specific reason - to halt the peaceful transfer of power to the next administration. And they left after a lockdown was already in-force and they were removed from the premises by force.
  - arolihas 6y ago
    It left him unscathed though, so it’s fine.
  - ng12 6y ago
    What was the intent? Do you know or are you assuming? I think if their goal was to actually take control of the capitol things would have gone much differently. I find it hard to believe this was anything but a protest.
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belorn 6y ago
Out of the total number of demonstrators, how many was that?

I don't know how many people need to storm the capitol under the instructions of the loser of a recent election before you stop thinking the people commenting on it are "hysterical".

umvi 6y ago

> I don't know how many people need to storm the capitol under the instructions of the loser of a recent election Not OP, but I will stop thinking people are hysterical if they can provide a single shred of evidence that the people who stormed congress were "under the instructions of [Trump]". A tweet, a video, anything that proves the storming of congress was a pre-meditated move by Trump to stop the electoral count. Saying "oh, well Trump didn't come out and say it, but he chose dog-whistle terms that activated his sleeper agents" isn't going to cut it. Also the part that is rich is the implication that a rag tag handful of protestors have the ability to overthrow the government just because they broke into a building for a few hours.

Dylan16807 6y ago
He consistently encourages violence and when his followers do something bad he usually refuses to say it was bad. So sure he only specifically said to march on the capitol while the election was being stolen inside, but his response to the storming was not "this was bad, go home" but "we love you, go home". The man knows how to guide a crowd. He has responsibility here.

ng12 6y ago

The protesters left peacefully after a few hours. The senate isn't holy ground, nor are the people inside it divine. They work for us, after all. All things considered the events left me pretty unscathed.

arolihas 6y ago
4 people died.
- vladTheInhaler 6y ago
  Five, actually. Officer Brian Sicknick died as a result of wounds suffered during the conflict [1]. Details beyond that are still hard to find. This after Giuliani demanded "trial by combat" from the gathered mob. Hard to believe he will face justice though, given that Trump plans to pardon everybody and their mother. [1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/08/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-dies-riot-what-to-know/6593692002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/08/capito...
  - arolihas 6y ago
    Thanks I didn’t hear about that
- ng12 6y ago
  An unarmed protester was gunned down by police.
  - dragontamer 6y ago
    And yet, the mob continued to attack for another hour or two, while the DoD refused to send troops to help out.
    - pfdietz 6y ago
      I have to wonder if Trump intended the DOD to send in troops and use those troops to shut down the certification, and they refused.
  - deleted 6y ago
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camel_Snake 6y ago
incompetence does not overwrite intent. They were gathered there and committed political violence for a specific reason - to halt the peaceful transfer of power to the next administration. And they left after a lockdown was already in-force and they were removed from the premises by force.
- arolihas 6y ago
  It left him unscathed though, so it’s fine.
- ng12 6y ago
  What was the intent? Do you know or are you assuming? I think if their goal was to actually take control of the capitol things would have gone much differently. I find it hard to believe this was anything but a protest.
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belorn 6y ago

Out of the total number of demonstrators, how many was that?