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Coup on Capitol Hill (Trump#117)

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ZZTopGuitarSolo · 06/01/2021 20:46

The ongoing Trump saga.

Continuing from www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4110252-May-Hope-and-History-Rhyme-Trump-116

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RedToothBrush · 06/01/2021 22:22

twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1346942367543091200

Noose

chomalungma · 06/01/2021 22:22

The attack on the media is frightening - and something that was going to happen after all the rhetoric over the years.

This is what rhetoric can lead to.

Blubellsarebells · 06/01/2021 22:22

I cant believe what I'm watching.
Attacking the press, just awful.

pleasefeedthecat · 06/01/2021 22:23

Just how bad do things have to get before they can forcibly remove him from office?

RJnomore1 · 06/01/2021 22:23

Ah sorry! It’s his personal account I’ve linked to and yep the photos ambiguous isn’t it

Lweji · 06/01/2021 22:24

this photo

Coup on Capitol Hill (Trump#117)
Roussette · 06/01/2021 22:24

And here.... holding the hand of a protestor to help her down the steps of the Capitol building
mobile.twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/1346940983431335938

knittingaddict · 06/01/2021 22:25

I was looking at the twitter account for Mike Pence and not the official vice president one. I think a previous person is right and it's not Biden and Harris. it's him and his wife from the back. Also still following Trump on that account. Let's get our facts straight.

heLacksnotluster · 06/01/2021 22:25

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Marmite27 · 06/01/2021 22:25

One question I’ve got seeing the police moving in, do they not use horses for crowd control in America like we do? I’ve not seen any horses.

BlowDryRat · 06/01/2021 22:25

Mike Pence's personal Twitter account.

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Roasteros · 06/01/2021 22:26

@mathanxiety

It's a photo of Pence and his wife.
It is indeed.
RedToothBrush · 06/01/2021 22:26

Mike Hanna @mjahanna
The acting Secretary of Defence confirms it was Vice President Pence NOT #Trump who authorised deployment of National Guard

BiarritzCrackers · 06/01/2021 22:26

That's definitely Mike and Karen Pence in the photo. Look in the crowd - not many caps, but there's a cluster of red ones to the left. And it's Mike Pence's head shape, not Biden's.

knittingaddict · 06/01/2021 22:27

@RJnomore1

Ah sorry! It’s his personal account I’ve linked to and yep the photos ambiguous isn’t it
It's not ambiguous. In a normal situation you would expect it to be a photo of him and his wife and that's exactly what it is.
JacobReesMogadishu · 06/01/2021 22:27

I worry for Biden’s life once he’s president...some Trump supporter is going to try shooting him.

Beebityboo · 06/01/2021 22:27

@Marmite27

One question I’ve got seeing the police moving in, do they not use horses for crowd control in America like we do? I’ve not seen any horses.
I thought this too, I know they use them in NYC
TartrazineCustard · 06/01/2021 22:27

@Marmite27

One question I’ve got seeing the police moving in, do they not use horses for crowd control in America like we do? I’ve not seen any horses.
The horses would just get shot by the protestors, I suspect.
RedToothBrush · 06/01/2021 22:28

There is some twitter discussion as to whether the VICE president has the power to deploy the National Guard...

...and if he doesn't how was Pence able to authorise this without the 25th?

DuncinToffee · 06/01/2021 22:28

Pence has 2 accounts

Mike Pence @Mike_Pence
Vice President Mike Pence @VP

Blubellsarebells · 06/01/2021 22:28

Are they waiting for the rest to break the curfew before moving them?

duckinatruckwithmuck · 06/01/2021 22:28

I think Trump is soon going to be bumped off by the authorities and he expects it- speaking behind bullet proof glass tonight. I've never before known of someone with such fragile ego, low self-esteem/self-awareness that he'd rather risk this than concede.

titchy · 06/01/2021 22:29

@chomalungma

I am looking at the official VP account.
It's the personal mike_pence account, not the VP one.
DeRigueurMortis · 06/01/2021 22:29

@AcornAutumn

Oh...does he have two official accounts?

I believe he has 3 @mike_pence @VP and @GovPenceIN.

What's he's done is quite clever.

He's signalling that he "personally" concedes the election even if as "VP" he can't do so.

Essentially he's already distancing himself from Trump without saying anything he can be quoted on.

covetingthepreciousthings · 06/01/2021 22:31

I worry for Biden’s life once he’s president...some Trump supporter is going to try shooting him.

This is just what I thought, it's to be hoped the security is much higher for his Inauguration Day..

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