The trump tweet of that video statement has this twitter disclaimer: This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, reTweeted or liked due to a risk of violence.
Work sucked, as per usual. Thanks for asking! Let me turn on the television here… Holy Fuck! Looks like Trump supporters can no longer hide their disdain for democracy and my country. Trump supporters, losers, you lost.
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What makes you think Trump would leave if impeached?
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For people still following the law, he would cease to have the authority of the president. It would matter. Like for who is giving the military orders, and who can declare martial law if necessary.
Nah, not much. Nothing on One America News Network, except that Trump gave a speech earlier today and then nothing happened.
I was wondering where the fire hoses and dogs were.
It looks like they are slowly gaining ground on the protestors.
The good thing is they are on video, they will be uploading selfies, they will be easy to find.
It’s mob boss language. Set up the expectation, then subvert with a weak dismissal to maintain deniability. “The Gambinos, they insult us, they defy us. In a just world they would pay a price, they would suffer, their families and businesses and homes would burn. We would be justified in visiting our vengeance upon them. But we are civilized men, and is that what civilized men do? All right, everyone, getoutahere.”
that’s even better
I’m watching ABC because it’s easy for me to stream on Hulu, but I suspect most of the media sources are like this. Why is everyone still softballing Trump? They’re still acting sometimes like this is a spontaneous, unexpected thing that no one is guilty for. No one is saying “Trump supporters are doing exactly what Trump has been telling them to do for months”, it’s all passive, it’s all trying to make Trump seem better and less culpable than he is. My experience with other news sources are like this, too.
They’re so fucking afraid of calling out right wing behavior even when it’s obvious and factual because they’re dreading the “liberal bias! liberal bias!” cries for reporting right wing misbehavior. The right wing tactics have worked - the media bends over fucking backwards to paint them in a positive light even when they’re pure fucking evil - and I’m sick of it. Call it how it is, you stupid, gutless fucks. By being afraid to be called biased when you accurately, factually call out the bad behavior of republicans, you are doing PR work for them. That’s not being “balanced”, that’s being controlled by the right wing.
Fox finally called the Ossoff race.
They’re thinking about who pays their bills. I’m not defending it. Just pointing out the impetus.
CAN WE STOP CALLING THEM PROTESTERS? THEY ARE INSURRECTIONISTS!
(I need a complete sentence. What the fuck?)
not sofballing on CNN and MSNBC. Wallace, some other guy I can’t remember, on FOX talked a little about how Trump encouraged this. Of course none of the nighttime hosts will do this
I couldn’t put into words what I was thinking when he was speaking. This is close.
CNN is not pulling punches. They are saying that this is clearly what he wanted, and questioning whether he’s fit to hold office for even the next 14 days.
This is correct, and it has led to many ills.
The Editor in Chief of the Washington Post has told his reporters to start calling them a mob.
One of the people who invaded Nancy Pelosi’s office was a “reporter” for Glenn Beck.
I’m thinking that maybe the title of the thread should be changed to “6 January 2021; Another Date Which Will Live In Infamy”.
CBS was talking to Kevin McCarthy and trying to get him to say that the president called for this all along. He condemned the violence but wouldn’t put it on Trump. When he was off the line the newscasters expressed their disappointment in him not admitting it out loud. Now I’m watching PBS News Hour and they are expressing the same sentiments, that this is Trump’s fault.