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malaise

(269,263 posts)
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 06:26 AM Mar 2021

So the former terrorist in chief thought he could steal the thunder from President Biden's press

Last edited Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:04 AM - Edit history (1)

conference by spewing shit - his terrorists were no threat to lawmakers on Jan 6.

Please proceed loser.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-claims-capitol-rioters-posed-zero-threat-to-lawmakers-01616731135
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday defended some of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, saying they posed “zero threat” to the lawmakers who had assembled there to certify the Electoral College vote that confirmed Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race.

Trump complained to Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham that law enforcement was “persecuting” the Capitol rioters, while “nothing happens” to left-wing protesters.

Trump did acknowledge that those who stormed the Capitol “went in and they shouldn’t have done it.”

But he added: “Some of them went in and they’re, they’re hugging and kissing the police and the guards. You know, they had great relationships. A lot of the people were waved in and then they walked in and they walked out.”
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So the former terrorist in chief thought he could steal the thunder from President Biden's press (Original Post) malaise Mar 2021 OP
Trump supporters are dumber than dirt if the believe his shit. dem4decades Mar 2021 #1
They do and they are RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #26
MAGA Cop killers. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #2
Hugging a policeman with a door... MiHale Mar 2021 #3
and don't forget the bear spray hugs malaise Mar 2021 #6
or those tossing fire extinguishers to police in case they needed one....... n/t getagrip_already Mar 2021 #32
i saw a mob by officer sicknick i didn't see anyone hugging and kissing him although i did see bear dawn5651 Mar 2021 #4
That's what you thought you saw malaise Mar 2021 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2021 #8
Bear Spray RicROC Mar 2021 #28
It was a love fest! Some people may have been tickled to death soothsayer Mar 2021 #5
I keep waiting for covid-19 to catch up with him. Ilsa Mar 2021 #9
yes demtenjeep Mar 2021 #14
+1,000 malaise Mar 2021 #15
The men in white suits would have been called many times if he hadn't been rich bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #10
So is he admitting that he is responsible for their behavior? joetheman Mar 2021 #11
At the moment, yes. Grokenstein Mar 2021 #13
THIS malaise Mar 2021 #16
it seems like lookyhereyou Mar 2021 #29
HE should be indicted as the ringleader, as his beer hall ranting caused his brownshirts to attack Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2021 #12
Agree malaise Mar 2021 #17
Traitor and a moron. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #18
Vile, lying Nazi sociopath should be in prison by now. Roisin Ni Fiachra Mar 2021 #19
So the cops must realize Norbert Mar 2021 #20
The Re-Birth of the Big Lie kentuck Mar 2021 #21
You nailed it malaise Mar 2021 #23
tell that to the dead you sick fuck. spanone Mar 2021 #22
I detest this monster malaise Mar 2021 #24
"nothing happens" to left-wing protesters ScratchCat Mar 2021 #25
Great post malaise Mar 2021 #27
RIGHT ON ! lookyhereyou Mar 2021 #30
So how does tRump know what his mob did at the Capitol? Grammy23 Mar 2021 #43
Look he knows his terrorists are pissed that he has not defended them malaise Mar 2021 #44
Of course they're pissed. First, he didn't offer a blanket pardon while Grammy23 Mar 2021 #46
You nailed it malaise Mar 2021 #48
It does seem he is admitting some sort of complicity.... kentuck Mar 2021 #35
So the over THIRTY MILLION dollars in damages to OUR Capitol, apart from the danger to our niyad Mar 2021 #31
Sure, sure Grandpa snowybirdie Mar 2021 #33
Oh, just go the f*ck away Donald PatSeg Mar 2021 #34
So if i was the getaway driver for a team of bank robbers . I stayed outside in the car with no.... usaf-vet Mar 2021 #36
But did you hug the police? malaise Mar 2021 #37
I would have but when the silent alarm went off dozens of armed officers showed up.... usaf-vet Mar 2021 #38
No - off to prison for you malaise Mar 2021 #39
Really? I was just sitting in the car. IT IS NOT FAIR! usaf-vet Mar 2021 #40
That BS only works with the terrorist in chief and his ReTHUG goons malaise Mar 2021 #41
And there we have have it! Of course there is always the "I was just kidding" defense..... usaf-vet Mar 2021 #42
A frivolous question, I know but RVN VET71 Mar 2021 #45
he's fading back to a nobody KG Mar 2021 #47

dem4decades

(11,321 posts)
1. Trump supporters are dumber than dirt if the believe his shit.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 06:33 AM
Mar 2021

Arrested for waving at police, well yes Donny, if they're waving weapons at the police's heads.

RVN VET71

(2,699 posts)
26. They do and they are
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 08:33 AM
Mar 2021

Believe that shit, I mean, and are dumber than dirt. 72,000,000 of them. In America. It’s why they voted for him in 2020 -- many of them, of course, sat out in 2016 because they weren’t sure he was their man, but they eagerly went to the polls in 2020 because his 4 years of lying, racist, anti-democracy, authoritarian administration was just what they wanted.

MiHale

(9,795 posts)
3. Hugging a policeman with a door...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 06:43 AM
Mar 2021

and waving a flagpole into another’s head. Patriot love! God what an ass.

dawn5651

(604 posts)
4. i saw a mob by officer sicknick i didn't see anyone hugging and kissing him although i did see bear
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 06:45 AM
Mar 2021

spray being waved in a vicious spray at him.

Response to dawn5651 (Reply #4)

RicROC

(1,204 posts)
28. Bear Spray
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 08:42 AM
Mar 2021

Anyone who brings bear spray to a peaceful gathering is bringing a weapon. Their intent is not peaceful. Bear Spray which is used in a riot should be considered a deadly weapon and prosecuted as such.

bucolic_frolic

(43,465 posts)
10. The men in white suits would have been called many times if he hadn't been rich
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:07 AM
Mar 2021

Trump is Inspector Clouseau without the comedy

Grokenstein

(5,730 posts)
13. At the moment, yes.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:35 AM
Mar 2021

The instant the wind changes direction, so will his story.

trumpkins call that "leadership."

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
19. Vile, lying Nazi sociopath should be in prison by now.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:48 AM
Mar 2021

How is it possible that this walking, talking, evil POS threat to our country and the planet is still freely walking among us?

Norbert

(6,043 posts)
20. So the cops must realize
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:54 AM
Mar 2021

even the one that had his eye gouged out, that these people did it out of love and to back the blue. Yep. I get it.

kentuck

(111,111 posts)
21. The Re-Birth of the Big Lie
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:55 AM
Mar 2021

You did not see what you thought you saw.

The cops were not being beaten with flagpoles or gassed with bear spray or were victims of numerous other violent acts. They were hugged and kissed.

The Big Lie is being re-born.

The Republican Party has officially become the Insurrectionist Party. They are being "persecuted" for their violent behavior. They are not un-American. They are not unpatriotic. They love this country.

It is irrelevant that their actions belie their words.

ScratchCat

(2,017 posts)
25. "nothing happens" to left-wing protesters
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 08:33 AM
Mar 2021

I'm still trying to figure out when thousands of "left-wing protesters" stormed the United States Capitol Building at the direction of a Democrat Presidential Candidate because he didn't win the election..... anybody remember when that happened?

And it seems like he is admitting complicity of some capitol police and house members to. This could also be used in an indictment against him. He sure seems like one of the dumbest people on earth some times.

Grammy23

(5,815 posts)
43. So how does tRump know what his mob did at the Capitol?
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 10:25 AM
Mar 2021

He claimed he was going with them but, of course, that was a lie. He didn’t go and never intended to go. So was he there with them to see with his own peepers what went on? Not on your life. As he often does, he set in motion a group of angry people and then ran and hid while they did the dirty work. He never gets involved directly. He duped others to do what he wanted done.

So again.....how the hell does he know what they did? Oh, wait. There’s video. That tells a different narrative, tRump. So there’s that.

Grammy23

(5,815 posts)
46. Of course they're pissed. First, he didn't offer a blanket pardon while
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 12:04 PM
Mar 2021

he had authority to do so....but lacked the balls to offer it.

Second, he has been late to the party offering any kind of plausible explanation or excuses. He has kinda left them twisting in the wind. But are they really surprised? This is his standard operating procedure. Dupe someone else to do the job, disappear and watch them get convicted and serve time. Michael Cohen can tell us everything we need to know about that strategy.

So yea. This is just too little, too late. That, too, is pretty standard for that skunk. 🦨🦨🦨 No offense to skunks. Pepe LePew, forgive me.

kentuck

(111,111 posts)
35. It does seem he is admitting some sort of complicity....
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 09:21 AM
Mar 2021

....but it isn't that bad, in his mind.

It is no coincidence that this is the first time he has stuck his nose out on this issue. He knows he's guilty of inciting that crowd to attack the Capitol, just as he knows he is guilty of inviting those "types" to our Capitol.

Now, he wants to minimize it.

He should be indicted. Whether or not he will be, is all political.

niyad

(113,798 posts)
31. So the over THIRTY MILLION dollars in damages to OUR Capitol, apart from the danger to our
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 09:12 AM
Mar 2021

Elected officials and their staffs, was just your evil, demented followers showing their love???? How about you forking over that thirty million yourself, you f'n murdering, orange T.rAITOR????

PatSeg

(47,731 posts)
34. Oh, just go the f*ck away Donald
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 09:19 AM
Mar 2021

Play some golf and eat a big beautiful piece of chocolate cake. No one really cares anymore what you have to say. Get used to being irrelevant, it is only going to get worse.

usaf-vet

(6,233 posts)
36. So if i was the getaway driver for a team of bank robbers . I stayed outside in the car with no....
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 09:33 AM
Mar 2021

..... weapons. 5 armed men go into the bank. Shoot and kill the guard and kill two other patrons in the bank.

Am I right in assuming that I am clean as a whistle with no legal jeopardy at all? Right?

usaf-vet

(6,233 posts)
38. I would have but when the silent alarm went off dozens of armed officers showed up....
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 09:46 AM
Mar 2021

.... and I didn't get a chance to. But I said thank you when they put on the handcuffs. Does that count?

usaf-vet

(6,233 posts)
42. And there we have have it! Of course there is always the "I was just kidding" defense.....
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 10:05 AM
Mar 2021

.... Sidney Powell and Fox News are going to try that defense.

RVN VET71

(2,699 posts)
45. A frivolous question, I know but
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 10:33 AM
Mar 2021

how did he answer the ever astute journalist when she asked him what he thought was meant by the crowd’s shouting of “Hang Mike Pence”? What did he say when she asked him about the murder of Officer Sicknick? The feces on the walls? The trashing of congressional offices? The chasing of Officer Goodman? The attempt to crush Officer Hodges in a metal door frame? The torture-beating of Officer Fanone while the mob took his radio, badge, and gun shouting “Kill him! Kill him with his own gun?”

I know Laura Ingraham was shocked and horrified by those things, right? I mean, these were cops the mob wanted to kill -- and successfully murdered in one instance, coming very close in the other two. Surely she cornered Trump with those questions which show, beyond doubt, the tenor of that ugly mob of traitors.

Surely. Right?

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