When they say, "Trump did so many good things ..." they are telling you who they really are.

[Samrob]

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When they testify against the insurrection but need to say that Trump did anything good for the country they are saying that had he won, they would still be serving him and if he runs again, I will support him and vote for him.

[madaboutharry]

1. They love the fascism.

They just don't like it when everyone can see it on television.

[barbaraann]

2. Exactly. n/t

[onecaliberal]

3. That really is it. Trump is too stupid to stay quiet about it

[wnylib]

26. Not only that, but it allows Republicans to reject Trump

while embracing his agenda to vote for someone like DeSantis.

Remaking the Republican Party image as good guys who reject a lawless, violent man like Trump. They could have rejected him in 2015, but embraced him in order to hold power.

[The Mouth]

27. What scares me is that Trump still had many 10s of millions voting for him

and, in my opinion, many of the Biden votes were *only* because Trump was so loathsome, egotistical, and blatant.

We live in a country where Adolf Hitler would get 45% of the vote.

[wnylib]

30. All true, sadly.

[EnergizedLib]

4. Well, trump *did* do *one* good thing for the country

He left a White House he had no business ever being at in the first place.

[COL Mustard]

19. After he threw dishes and ketchup against the wall

And probably pissed in all the corners to mark his territory. Some stains won't come out.

[dameatball]

5. It surprised me when a female acquaintance said the same thing. When I asked her what she thought

were the good things he had done, all she could come up with was "Well, I liked how he stood up to that Korea guy."

Whooo boy!

I decided to let it ride. She had the scissors.

[Turbineguy]

6. I'm wondering if I missed something

what are these "many good things" of which you speak?

[PatSeg]

21. I know

It unnerves me every time one of the witnesses says something like that. I can't recall Trump ever doing anything one could call "presidenting". It was one big photo op for him - a four year, 24/7 reality TV show with lots of temper tantrums. Of course, occasionally he took credit for something that had nothing to do with anything he did. He relished the power, but didn't embrace any of the responsibility.

These "many good things" seem to be as invisible as all that compelling evidence of election fraud.

[katmondoo]

7. Please tell me, what has Trump done in his presidency that was so great????

I keep hearing over and over from his supporters that he was destroying his legacy by not stopping the Capitol riot.

[emulatorloo]

9. They never have an answer.

[TNNurse]

18. Well, they wanted to destroy the integrity of the Supreme Court.

Mission accomplished.

[llmart]

10. That phrase - destroying his legacy - bothers me the most.

He never had a legacy to destroy. All he ever did was lie and tweet and make derogatory comments about others. He and his stupid family made our country look like fools across the world stage (pushing other world leaders aside physically so he could steal the limelight, Ivanka insinuating herself into discussions she couldn't understand even if she tried, Jared being assigned a gazillion roles/titles, none of which he was qualified for or accomplished anything).

Well, after this, he will certainly have a legacy, but it won't be one he'll want to brag about. And hopefully his grifting family will disappear from our lives. I'm sick to death of hearing about the whole lot of them.

[Turbineguy]

22. "Destroying his legacy"

That would mean he turned out to be a good president after all.

[subterranean]

28. "He moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem."

I've seen that cited as one great thing he did. I never understood why that was so important to some people or how it benefits Americans.

[mnhtnbb]

8. His supporters are really proud

of placing three justices on the Supreme Court.

That's his legacy.

[llmart]

11. Three very compromised justices.

Three who don't deserve the seat at all.

Legacy as they use the term is meant to be a positive quality. For him, it will always be a negative legacy. The history books will not be kind. His so-called legacy will be even worse than Nixon's, and Nixon's is bad enough.

[mnhtnbb]

12. His supporters are proud of those justices

because they will vote--and are already voting-- to turn back the clock to the era of straight white patriarchy.

[llmart]

14. Well, his supporters are a small minority of this country and getting smaller by the day.

The country is never going back to that imaginary time when people like his supporters would be at the top of the heap. There may be the occasional set back, but it'll never take hold just because they're the loudest voices we hear.

[Samrob]

16. Three Justices against democracy. Great legacy! nt

[2naSalit]

13. It's the "tell".

It let's me know they aren't worth much of my time if I have to interact with them for some reason.

[agingdem]

15. Not one of the Republican "witnesses"

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is anything other than a GOP stooge..four years of Trump’s vengeful depravity, his malignant disregard for 300,000 covid deaths, his stupidly, narcissism, overt racism/ethnic hate, mugging with despots and monsters, his craven greed, plotting a coup, fomenting an insurrection…all just swell, but the mob determined to “Hang Mike Pence” …OMG!!!

[Meowmee]

17. Exactly

They all supported him and were happy to work for a psycho fascist who murdered over 1 million people and more.

[Rebl2]

20. Yep

That should be cut from their testimony when they are showing taped testimony.

[krkaufman]

23. What I hear...

… is them saying that if the coup had been successful, they’d still be working right alongside him.

[SheltieLover]

24. Absofuckingloutely!

[Jokerman]

25. I think it's disgusting but it may be an important part of the testimony.

It makes it more difficult to portray them as "Trump Haters" with an agenda to bring him down.

[wnylib]

29. That's one "value" of their comments

regarding the validity of their testimony.

The other value is only for Republicans. It lets them reject Trump, keep his agenda, and rebrand themselves as rational instead of as lunatics.

[Texin]

31. Just once I'd like to hear a Jan 6 Committee member reply to "...but he/tRump did 'good things'

with the phrase, "for example?" And when the respondent stutters for explanation, the Jan 6 Committee member(s) simply ask them to list all those "good things" tRump supposedly did.

[calimary]

32. Indeed. They must want the same apocalypse he does.