Coup on Capitol Hill (Trump#117)

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The ongoing Trump saga.

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

twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/1346942367543091200

Noose

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.

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

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

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

this photo

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

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.

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.

Mike Pence's personal Twitter account.

@mathanxiety

It's a photo of Pence and his wife.

It is indeed.

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

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.

@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.

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

@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

@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.

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?

Pence has 2 accounts

Mike Pence @Mike_Pence
Vice President Mike Pence @VP

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

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.

@chomalungma

I am looking at the official VP account.

It's the personal mike_pence account, not the VP one.

@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.

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..