Anyone Keeping Up With the January 6th Riot?

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Nope!

The second photo with the noose makes it abundantly clear what they wanted to do if they got their hands on Nancy Pelosi or AOC.

Remember there are senators in the GOP who are still defending these thugs as peaceful protestors.

And that is because they fear tourists taking selfies

Who is "they" AS?

“senators in the GOP who are still defending these thugs as peaceful protestors”.

Sorry, I forgot to put (sarcasm). I thought the rolling eyes emoji covered that.

It's interesting how the validation for the riots by members of the GOP is emboldening many of the rioters when they front court
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/17/poli ... index.html

Cause and effect....when politicians give credence to/normalise deplorable behaviour it emboldens extremist behaviour.

I admit this is a bit of a rant, but statements like this try my patience. It's not like responding more carefully and reasonably would make you wake up.

The visceral reaction to Trump was because he is a wanna-be autocrat who brags he can get away with whatever he wants (and often has), and has absolutely no understanding of or respect for the constitution. The man went vindictively after private citizens were dared question him, made painful insults to women, consistently made provably false statements that heavily influenced his fans (and often contradicted what he had said an hour before), and when push came to shove more often than not hung his most ardent supporters out to dry. He thinks of you as cannon fodder. Despite all the stupid things Bush did trying to run the country, I would take him over Trump in a heart beat. It has nothing to do with establishment v not; it has to do with the ability of our country to avoid turning into an autocracy that ultimately serves only those loyal to the autocrat. I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, I wanted him to be the leader his fans thought he was, but his presidency was no more real than his "reality" TV shows. I don't dislike the man - he is, after all, highly entertaining - but I do find him to be a danger to our Democracy, and it continually amazes me how so many can't see it. He could sell swampland infested with crocodiles and make you think it was a utopia, and we barely escaped whatever dangerous plans he was putting in place for a second term.

Russia wasn't a hoax. Some 20 odd Russian born spies were caught in the Mueller investigation. They didn't connect Trump because they didn't try to and, well, Trump knows how to play the game when it comes to avoiding legal consequences.

There is a problem when you are more interested in giving a giant middle finger to all you hate than you are preserving Democracy and the autonomy of our nation. You need to figure out what you are FOR, not just what you want to destroy.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/

According to  This CNBC Article :

A federal judge sentenced former mixed martial arts fighter Scott Fairlamb of New Jersey to 41 months in prison for assaulting a police officer during the January 6 coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol.  This is so far the longest sentence handed down against a January 6th insurrectionist.  Fairlamb pleaded guilty in August to assaulting a police officer and obstructing an official proceeding.

When he was arrested in January, prosecutors in a criminal complaint detailed how video showed Fairlamb shoving and punching a cop on the west side of the Capitol complex.

A Facebook video submitted to law enforcement by a concerned citizen showed Fairlamb at the Capitol carrying a collapsible baton and saying, "What Patriots do?  We f█████' disarm them and then we storm the f█████' Capitol!"

Two days after the riot, on January 8, Fairlamb filmed a video threatening future violence, stating, "They pulled the pin on the grenade, and the blackout is coming.  What a time to be a patriot", and, immediately after being visited by FBI agents on January 15, 2021, said that he would "go again” to the U.S. Capitol".

Prosecutors want an even longer prison term -- 51 months -- for the most notorious face of the January 6 coup attempt, so-called "QAnon shaman" Jacob Chansley.  Chansley (real name: Jake Angeli) is scheduled to be sentenced November 17 in U.S. District Court in Washington by the same judge, Royce Lamberth, who sentenced Fairlamb.

Hundreds of other people have been charged with crimes related to the January 6 coup attempt by supporters of former President Donald Trump who objected to the election win of President Joe Biden.

Let’s hope he’s not put in a Club Fed.

Such places are for wealthy politicians and celebrities who commit white-collar crimes.

People who try to overthrow the government will likely be put someplace with other violent criminals.

They should just be shot.

I understand your sentiment, and I would not shed a tear if they were; but to execute traitors when we are not in the midst of a declared war authorized by Congress would reduce America to their level.

Why when the Rosenbergs were executed.

They were charged with treason, which carries a potential death sentence, and this guy was not.

idk most people have the head in the ass like that bill maher (fake) trophee, butt i suspect thats on purpose

I do not know.  That was before my time.  Maybe you should ask Senator Joseph P. McCarthy.