May Hope and History Rhyme (Trump#116)

[lionheart]

With thanks to Seamus Heaney for inspiring the President Elect.

"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."

Yes, it is because of a terrorist attack on the US. - correcting CNN

@Roominmyhouse

This is insane! Why are the police just letting this happen? They should have been expecting this!

it's a numbers game.

just too many with bad intentions and uncertain levels of arms.

The police are probably letting it happen coz it's white folk

But that's hours away isn't it? (not good on my timings)

CNN saying Police are having to shelter

3hrs 20 mins til curfew

I'm watching CNN with my jaw hanging! Isn't this one of the most aggressively defended buildings in the world? How the fuck did people get to stroll in like tourists?

Aid from the National Guard has been requested

MICAH COHEN
JAN. 6, 2:36 PM
Here’s a statement from the DC mayor, courtesy of colleagues at ABC News:

“Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a citywide curfew for the District of Columbia from 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, until 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 7.

During the hours of the curfew, no person, other than persons designated by the Mayor, shall walk, bike, run, loiter, stand, or motor by car or other mode of transport upon any street, alley, park, or other public place within the District.

The curfew imposed by the Mayor’s Order shall not apply to essential workers, including working media with their outlet-issued credentials, when engaged in essential functions, including travel to and from their essential work.”

It’s not as if they didn’t know there would be trouble.

For the scots amongst us Andrew Neil has said he's seen more people at a st Mirren game😂
Ah he’s their other supporter. 😎

This is going get very ugly indeed.

Trump and Giuliani deserve to be prosecuted for inciting this.

Giuliani said at the rally "let's have trial by combat"

This was always Trumps end game.... and Cruz and friends knew this. I hope there's a punch up in the tunnels where the other senators reprehend those seditious bastards.

The fucker has tweeted. Stay peaceful.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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7m
Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

21m
Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!

"This claim about election fraud is disputed"

Donald Trump Jr.
@DonaldJTrumpJr
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28m
This is wrong and not who we are. Be peaceful and use your 1st Amendment rights, but don’t start acting like the other side. We have a country to save and this doesn’t help anyone.

Haven't heard 'the other side' doing this before

The police are surely thinking that using their guns would not help matters. At all.

Can we not talk about football (or soccer for our US friends), I should be watching the league cup semi final tonight but my blues decided to roll over and lose to the reds

SKY News mentioned tear gas and gas masks.

Pro Trump peeps on twitter are insisting that the capitol invasion is "the other side" pretending to be Trumpers

Reports on the bbc that the protesters are IN THE CHAMBER

Nice of him to tweet a few calming tweets. What a dear.

watching it open mouthed.
Pence 'been taken to a secure location'.

If the rioters were Black
the police would have opened fire on them long ago

the USA is UTTERLY racist

Igor Bobic @igorbobic (huff post)
They’re in the chamber. One is up on the dais yelling “Trump won that election!” This is insane

Shit!
Police have guns drawn
Gas mask are being prepared

@ListeningQuietly

If the rioters were Black the police would have opened fire on them long ago

the USA is UTTERLY racist

This lot would shoot back.