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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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knittingaddict · 06/01/2021 22:50

Oh dear. Bad news already?

chomalungma · 06/01/2021 22:50

Trump has blood on his hands today.

The woman who was shot has died.

DuncinToffee · 06/01/2021 22:51

@lionheart

Pelosi wants to get back in to resume the business of the day.
As does Lindsey Graham
RedToothBrush · 06/01/2021 22:51

Ana Cabrera @AnaCabrera
The Sergeant at Arms has announced that the U.S. Capitol building is now secure, according to press pool reporters.

mathanxiety · 06/01/2021 22:51

@PerkingFaintly - I agree 100%

DuncinToffee · 06/01/2021 22:52

Let's not forget Georgia

Jon Ossoff won in Georgia, joining the Rev. Raphael Warnock and ensuring Democrats will have the thinnest of advantages in the Senate. Their victories were overshadowed by violence from President Trump's supporters in Washington. www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/warnock-loeffler-ossoff-perdue-georgia-senate

mathanxiety · 06/01/2021 22:52

Fairfax, VA, police uniforms spotted at the Capitol. Officers clearing people from around the Capitol.

Police who are visible are dressed in riot gear.

tobee · 06/01/2021 22:52

Let's hope stuff dissipates on the street now.

FrankieStein402 · 06/01/2021 22:54

I thought there was an earlier comment on CNN that the congress had been relocated to Fort McNair - which is the 'emergency' congress location. Makes sense as they couldn't rely on being able to get back into the senate/house this evening.

Roominmyhouse · 06/01/2021 22:54

@tobee

Let's hope stuff dissipates on the street now.
I feel like the few left are the real hardcore, I think they'll kick off.
Roussette · 06/01/2021 22:55

Sleipnirthewonderhorse

We need a little humour at times like this and I did laugh at that tweet...

"Waaaaaahhhhh boooohooooo I'm meant to be in a revolution waaaah"

inquietant · 06/01/2021 22:56

It's really sad to watch. I know America has a whole heap of problems, but the way power passed from one president to the next was really something to be proud of.

DuncinToffee · 06/01/2021 22:56

@RedToothBrush

Tom Winter *@Tom*_Winter NBC News: The woman shot today inside the U.S. Capitol building has died, multiple law enforcement officials say.

1 death.

This thread is moving so fast, it's easy to miss posts This is horrible news Sad
JamieLeesCurtains · 06/01/2021 22:56

I'm watching Peston.

I'm on subtitles which show Baroness Warsi saying rioters were in the White House. She means Capitol building. Or the subbies are wrong.

PhoebeSnow · 06/01/2021 22:57

Trump reminds me of a character played by Martin Sheen in a film called The Dead Zone where a candidate for president uses a child as a human shield. All that bullet proof glass, he is a coward, a bully and a big jessie!

JamieLeesCurtains · 06/01/2021 22:57

And Jeremy Hunt is on mute. Sigh.

tobee · 06/01/2021 22:58

All You Need is Love on in background of CNN report. Surreal

DuncinToffee · 06/01/2021 22:59

A bit of light relief, video in the tweet link

Obsessed with these Trump protestors who broke windows to get into the Capitol Building but then stayed inside the red ropes t.co/UqnseAbEb1

RedToothBrush · 06/01/2021 22:59

A 24-year-old male who was climbing the scaffolding on the west front of the US Capitol building fell more than 30 feet.

He is being taken to the hospital in critical condition, according to a source familiar.

mathanxiety · 06/01/2021 23:00

Police reporting that the mob deployed chemical irritants against police during the assault.

Law enforcement clearing the east side of the Capitol grounds.

The curfew is less than 2 mins away.

Roussette · 06/01/2021 23:00

What a long day it has been. Couldn't sleep last night, checking Georgia about 2-4am, then woke to much better news that Warnock/Ossoff would clinch it. Such a bright day for Biden and his team.

Now this shitshow that is all down to Trump AND his enablers who should be ashamed. Have any of them... the likes of Cruz and Scalise, Jim Jordan condemned this?
Just going off to check....

lionheart · 06/01/2021 23:01

Curfew shortly.

tobee · 06/01/2021 23:01

[quote DuncinToffee]A bit of light relief, video in the tweet link

Obsessed with these Trump protestors who broke windows to get into the Capitol Building but then stayed inside the red ropes t.co/UqnseAbEb1[/quote]

Yes! I was thinking that while watching footage!

DuncinToffee · 06/01/2021 23:02

Mike Hanns @mjahanna

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

mathanxiety · 06/01/2021 23:02

Pres GW Bush states this is how election results are disputed in a banana republic.

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