Breaking News, Politics version
Breaking News, Politics version
SomeDudes are Rioting at the Capitol Following Encouragement from Trump.
Yikes.
Yikes.
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Re: Breaking News, Politics version
Is it that often what happens right now - CNN talks with 2 republican congressmans that both advice Trump to call it over ...
Some guys just broke a window and entered Capitolia.. reminds me for Europe in 1989...

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1346911809274478594
If you can view this you can see that if the police had used 1/100 the amount of force they'd routinely use against certain other protestors.....this crowd would have easily backed right down.
Hard to believe if all the protestors were black they would have been treated with such deference and kid gloves and zero aggression towards them.
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I can view the tweet, but I don't know what you're talking about. (Edit: now I do, because I switched to CNN)
The Capitol police called for additional aid.
The Capitol police called for additional aid.
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I'm curious whether the die-hard Trump supporters here have had their personal lines crossed by recent events.
Update: Trump has apparently called for the protestors to go home peacefully. So he's not egging them on.
Update: Trump has apparently called for the protestors to go home peacefully. So he's not egging them on.
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He has egged them on for 5 years. One pitiful last minute plea is going to do what? And he still talks about his landslide win in the video. Dick.
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Of course breaking into the Capitol building and committing any kind of violence is unacceptable.
But the easy and intellectually lazy response is "it's all Trump's fault". As often happens with these fast-moving events, it will take time to discover and understand all of the details and sort through the competing narratives.
But the easy and intellectually lazy response is "it's all Trump's fault". As often happens with these fast-moving events, it will take time to discover and understand all of the details and sort through the competing narratives.