Speechless (politics)

[elainegrey]

I am surprised how distressed i am about the insurrection. One CNN talking head said this is either the end or the beginning of something, depending on how we unfold responses. I do so hope it's last gasps, and many of the Republicans who are entrenched in power recognize what this means. Ending -- Twitter blocking the president.

I suspect my distress is just as much to the small traumas against justice and my sense of my country over the past four years.

I have been horrified at the contrast the law enforcement response between these protestors and BLM protests.

I am horrified of what information could have walked out with the Trumpists who were going through offices and desks. Fur coat dudes might not have a clue, but surely some folks could.

Can i hope for the 25th amendment to be invoked? Dare i hope?

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[cmcmck]

That or an arrest for inciting violence at the very least!

[threeringedmoon]

They would be charged in DC. There is no point in doing so as long as Trump has his magic pardon power, since he can pardon anyone for anything.

[arlie]

I'm distressed too. Less than I was while waiting for the cops to push the rioters out of the Capitol - but still unsure whether I'll be able to concentrate on work.

By now, I'm mostly distressed at the reaction, which includes a lot of people doubling down on their usual positions, once the initial shock wore off.

This was a riot, not terrorism. My local paper should not be using terrorism to mean "violent political action by our opponents".

The cops acted mostly as they should have acted in all these cases. Not surprised they were on good behaviour with this group, less good behavior in other recent cases. But blaming them for doing the right thing for a change is counterproductive.

A quick search of Fox news via Google didn't find the alleged claim this was a false flag Antifa operation, or rather that Antifa people had infiltrated Trumps followers and convinced them to do this. Shame on Fox if they claimed this; shame on folks in social media if they made up their claim about Fox news.

[arlie]

I need to retract some of what I said above, particularly about the cops. It seems both the AP news feed and my local paper had significant omissions in their coverage, and while they still do have omissions and other problems, some of the missing pieces have now become apparant to me.

[egret]

It’s very upsetting. How do we know that’s the end of it? There were no consequences. Waiting anxiously for the inauguration, fingers crossed.