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People with riot gear and zip ties stormed the capital with the express purpose of stopping the certification of a free and fair election. They were literally t
by freen 5y ago
People with riot gear and zip ties stormed the capital with the express purpose of stopping the certification of a free and fair election. They were literally trying to overthrow an election. That was the point.
It was coordinated with the highest levels of The GOP, including the president.
There were two bombs.
It has the full throated support of the entirety of the GOP leadership, who are doing everything in their power to block any investigation.
More people died because of Jan 6th than the Beer Hall Putsch, which was substantially less successful than January 6th.
If it wasn’t an insurrection, what was it?
- Auracle 5y agoThe zip tie dude apparently got them from within the capitol and took them so they couldn’t be used against them. The rally was coordinated by the president, not breaking in to the capitol. We don’t know who placed the bombs. From their placement it seems to me they could have been used to kill people at the rally, but who knows. Let’s be real: it was a bunch of idiots that found an excuse to do something they thought would be fun, the same with all the other riots we’ve seen recently. If those people really wanted to mount an insurrection they would have brought and used firearms that they almost certainly own.
- malermeister 5y ago> The zip tie dude apparently got them from within the capitol and took them so they couldn’t be used against them. If you believe that the guy in tacticool gear randomly found zipties and didnt bring them himself, I have a bridge to sell you.
- pfarrell 5y agoTo not take it seriously is an invitation to future escalation.
- dragonwriter 5y agoThe people arguing against taking it seriously know that already.
- freen 5y ago“We wanted to shoot Nancy Pelosi in the head” Storming the capital in riot gear… If they had been brown, or, heaven forfend, muslim, it would have been an absolute massacre of epic proportions, and you’d want to invade someplace that happen to have a lot of brown people that live there.