Capitol Hill and the next 2 weeks (Trump #118)

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www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4128051-Coup-on-Capitol-Hill-Trump-117

Fast moving threads....

Impeachment (the second) Monday.

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I do take some pleasure in the fact that Trump is even a failure in this regard. I hope it hurts his tiny black soul

@Igotjelly

I do take some pleasure in the fact that Trump is even a failure in this regard. I hope it hurts his tiny black soul

Made me laugh

Ds says that kind of stuff

In a good way I should add

Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall

NEW: Biden is asked if he supports a second Trump impeachment. Says the virus and the economy are his priorities- says it'a decision for Congress.

That's a good reply from Biden.

New campaign...

He's right. I like the way Biden lets other people get on with the job.

www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/01/07/maryland-governor-says-pentagon-repeatedly-denied-approval-to-send-national-guard-to-capitol/?sh=6b08f5386cb4

With anyone as attention demanding as Trump the best thing to do is move on

Good tweet by Biden

Just saw that some of the protestors were wearing shirts with 6MWE on them - apparently an antisemitic slogan meaning 6million wasnt enough. Words fail me for how disgusting that is.

lion reading that article... I can only take from that... Trump refused requests from the National Guard to send in extra troops

The sooner he's gone the better

@Igotjelly

Just saw that some of the protestors were wearing shirts with 6MWE on them - apparently an antisemitic slogan meaning 6million wasnt enough. Words fail me for how disgusting that is.

I can't even begin to comprehend the mindset of someone who would wear this.

More from Lewis Goodall

Biden: "I was told on the way over here that he [Trump] wouldn't be attending my inauguration. One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing he's not showing up."

From Sky News:

"Donald Trump is the "most incompetent president in the history of the United States of America", president-elect Joe Biden has said.

Responding to the US president's announcement that he would not be going to the inauguration, Mr Biden said it was a "good thing".

He said it was one of a few things he and the incumbent president agreed on, before saying Mr Trump had "embarrassed" the US around the world and was "not fit to serve".

"He has exceeded even my worst notions about him," said Mr Biden.

The comments come after Mr Biden spoke about the police officer who died from the injuries he suffered when Trump supporters stormed Congress. A total of five people died following the chaos."

Biden is handling this beautifully....

@DuncinToffee

More from Lewis Goodall

Biden: "I was told on the way over here that he [Trump] wouldn't be attending my inauguration. One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing he's not showing up."

Good one

Snap DeRigueurMortis

www.thedailybeast.com/elected-republicans-derrick-evans-amanda-chase-and-doug-mastriano-were-at-protest-that-became-riot/?via=twitter_page

[quote FinallyHere]Interesting thread

I've also been following a professor of Boston College, Heather Cox Richardson,

on Facebook and on her web site

[[https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/people/4875576-heather-cox-richardson]][/quote]
My kids are at the schools that HCR went to, and DD hopes to study history at Boston College under HCR. I read her stuff every day.

Have you read the NYT article about her?
www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/business/media/heather-cox-richardson-substack-boston-college.html

www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/fbi-no-antifa-capitol-mob?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc

'Some prominent right-wing figures have tried to push the conspiracy of Antifa involvement in the Trump mob, but the feds say there's no evidence for that.'

Pence is welcome at the Inauguration. Good.

Q:Should Trump be impeached?
"That's a matter for Congress."
As it should be

Trump- "I'm not going"
Biden - "well that's okay you weren't invited"

Re the 6MWE shirts. There were other shirts too, including the flag of fictional Kekistan which mimics a Nazi flag. A really sinister rabbit hole when you go down it.

Here's an explanation from the Southern Poverty Law Centre.
www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/05/08/what-kek-explaining-alt-right-deity-behind-their-meme-magic

Now I know why some of the demonstrators wore green frog t shirts.
Lots of dog whistle symbols, when you know what to look for. If you don't, you just think it's a guy in a shirt with a frog on. Neo Nazis were on that rally for sure.

Link to Biden's press conference: