I got a bad premonition of tomorrow's line of defense...

[Generic Other]

Always they turn tables on us. I have wondered why all PB leaders were mixed ethnic...That is Don Lemon's OKEY DOKE. Gaetz, Nunes, Gohmert and Jordan -- awful lawyers plan to turn the tables tomorrow -- Q-ANON and PB's all really ANTIFA Paid by Soros. How do we prepare? Am I wrong? I have a very bad feeling....

We need a list of PB rap sheets, profiles. Prove they are NOT protesting BLM or some ANTIFA boogieman...

Ethnic America knows this bait and switch. We need to be prepped for it...

The ones recanting are saying "They THOUGHT the president called on them...Q said March 4 and Storm Coming. JFK, Jr. This is Bannon, Miller, Trump kids, Gaetz, Jordan level nasty.

Let's cut the white supremacist Cavalry off at the Pass this time.

For your country. This is our Vichy moment.

[Irish_Dem]

1. We must stop being so afraid of these people. Time to be strong and confident.

[Generic Other]

2. I am not afraid...

IGNORING YOU if you do not back down now.

[Generic Other]

3. Mixed ethnic people's experiences always get that response...

If you are white...thanks for the ethnic-splaining.

[iemitsu]

5. If we are not aware of our enemy's tactics we will always lose.

Generic Other has seen what will likely unfold tomorrow when republicans have the floor.
We, on DU, need to be prepared for the fight and need to support each other. Not poo poo information.
Generic Other is a person of color and has seen this before.

[Irish_Dem]

7. I hear you. But I am tired of being afraid. Afraid of Trump, GOP, Covid.

I know the GOP enemy is vicious. I know they will stop at nothing.
I just can't be afraid any more.

But I do accept other people's info and respect other points of view.
My intent is not to upset any one.

We all have been upset enough for two lifetimes.

I considered telling people to be strong and confident as supportive.
Apparently it was not perceived that way. I am sorry.

[iemitsu]

10. Thanks for your response.

I'm not living my life in fear either but I don't want any blinders on when facing tomorrow.
I know that it seems supportive to encourage strength (and sometimes it is) but other times it comes off as dismissive.
Take care. We are in this together.

[iemitsu]

6. According to Jake Tapper.

Jake Tapper: if you are wondering why cameras not showing GOPers with feet on desk, reading comic books, etc.--GOP insisted only show speakers at podium. They want base to know they are not taking seriously--but afraid to show it.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215086122
Looks like the republicans know what is coming.

[BootinUp]

8. No reason though for BLM/Anti-fa to attend a Trump

Rally. Interesting thought. I haven’t been watching the trial. I’m sure these groups will come up.

[CatWoman]

9. first

what's a "PB"?

[iemitsu]

11. Proud Boys

[G_j]

12. Must be Proud Boy nt

[Generic Other]

13. I wrote a MLK day article at school

I got death threats. I responded with snark. I was accused of making war on white people...
I trust my intuition. We need 17 good GOP. They are sitting reading comics and not allowing anyone to put them on camera today??? Rand Paul was doodling yesterday. Reading....

That is soooo cocky. Bannon/Miller cocky. We need to win this fight... I do not want to pick up spirits after the fact. I wanna fight while we can....Our side needs to be prepped. The conclusions need to make sure no loose ends target POC.

Yeah, I care. People I know and care about are not safe on the streets of America this last year because of the slant of their eyes, the politics they espouse....have their backs or do not ask for their support...

No one asked me to collate every article on this shite for 16 days...from every DUer I spotted...I did it. My creds are now under fire because I say we ain't won it yet? Damn. I am leaving without nursing this thread. I may not post my latest transcript... I am that defeated by the comments of some...

[CatWoman]

14. i'd like to hear more

kick

[WarGamer]

15. No, that's NOT their defense.

They're going to play video of DEMS saying the word "fight" 146 times

Going to show politician speeches by DEMS with aggressive language and then show burning cities from the Summer

Going to "call" Sicknick and "raise" with David Dorn.

False Equivalency and Whataboutism, coming RIGHT up...

[CatWoman]

16. that is all they have now, and all they've ever had

[WarGamer]

17. there's LITERALLY no defense.

Other than playing Trump saying "Go Peacefully" 20 times, what can they do to defend him?

Their goal is to say "Hey why you goin after Trump when others do it too??" aka the World's weakest defense

[Generic Other]

19. They are using people as human shields

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories

Every ethnic person on this list will be thrown in our faces. I am so disappointed to see even one person. I am dumbfounded, unable to process why/how, etc.

Like Tulsi G. and Nikki H. and Clarence T. WHY????

[David__77]

18. I don't think that that will happen.

There's no evidence or facts to point to that might help validate that position. There is little basis for such assertions to actually "stick," in my opinion. If they tried it, I think that would be disadvantageous to them.

[Generic Other]

20. Enrique Tarrio, the chairman of the organization (Proud Boys)

told DCist/WAMU he was responsible for destroying the [BLM] banner. His comments echo claims he made in a post on the social media site Parler, which is popular among fringe groups and on an episode of War Boys, a podcast affiliated with the Proud Boys, that aired Thursday.

"In the burning of the BLM sign, I was the one that lit it on fire," Tarrio claimed on the podcast. "I was the person that went ahead and put the lighter to it and engulfed it in flames, and I am damn proud that I did."

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/12/21/948794990/proud-boys-leader-takes-credit-for-burning-d-c-church-s-black-lives-matter-banner

I have been puzzling over it for a while. Why? He will be blamed to allow white members to plead their innocence. He seems like someone who would cut off his nose to spite his face.

Rove, Bannon, Miller, and Stone did not meet with him and Trump for no reason.