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The J-6 Committee will be back in September - with even MORE devastating testimony - just weeks before the midterm elections!
For Trump ass-kissers in the GOP, this will be your last chance to play your "I NEVER liked him" card before America goes to the polls to vote.
Don't wait until the last minute to distance yourself from the Insurrectionist-in-Chief.
ACT NOW - and avoid the humiliation of supporting the delusional loser who's already been proven to be a TRAITOR when the J-6 Committee has now said, "But wait - there's MORE!"
I have a feeling the "more" isn't going to go your way.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)magicarpet
(14,168 posts)Montauk6
(8,079 posts)Will he "out of the blue" remember the nasty things Trump said about his wife and father?
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)sleeping with a dog and his being the son of JFK's murderer?
Montauk6
(8,079 posts)2naSalit
(86,779 posts)We haven't come around to the Pentagon portion of this although I suspect the introduction of Gen. Milley testimony was a precursor to that portion of the investigation.
And we also haven't heard much about the allies in Congress, that will be the big bang I'm thinking. If it impacts the election, so be it. They have done worse in the past and will do worse given a chance.
jaxexpat
(6,849 posts)I wonder if republicans even understand what's hitting them. It's been a long time coming, hope it's not too late.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But I suppose it would be a sign of some vestigial remnant of a conscience for some of these folks to break with the former guy now.
ForgedCrank
(1,782 posts)think this is a very bad idea for us.
Due to the timing, it will probably only serve to support the belief that this is a political operation rather than a serious criminal investigation.
Captain Zero
(6,823 posts)traitors shouldn't get a chance to win an election after which they will shut down investigations into themselves.
KS Toronado
(17,318 posts)Hope they out all the "Tourist Guides" just before Jan 6th.
ChazInAz
(2,572 posts)It's always election season.
Meadowoak
(5,559 posts)ForgedCrank
(1,782 posts)is that is simply not true.
We all know who decides elections, and it's the independents.
Those of us who vote Democratic will always vote Democratic, I can't imaging doing otherwise. But those fence-sitters who are always the swing voters are dramatically affected by things like this. We can pretend they aren't there like we always do and suffer the consequences, or we can recognize it and try to deal with it.
I could be completely wrong on this one, it's just speculation, but I think this is going to hurt us in the end, most especially of no one is ultimately charged and prosecuted. Then bringing it up again right before an election? Terrible optics.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,416 posts)ForgedCrank
(1,782 posts)something like that.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,416 posts)At this point, theyve either provided enough info for the AG to move forward or they havent.
If the AG doesnt move on things by the end of August, then its highly unlikely anything is coming down the pike.
AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)and at this point I think Trump has very little chance of success in a future election. The DOJ operates separately.
Still, there is much more to be uncovered.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)Let them try running from a jail cell
bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,818 posts)I'm going to sleep now.
I've always been a 'night person', and since I am pretty much out of work due to Covid, I've had the luxury of turning my day around.
I now usually go to bed between 9:00 a.m. and noon, and get up around 6 p.m.
Couldn't be happier with the present arrangement!
bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)calimary
(81,467 posts)Ive always been a night person.
YoshidaYui
(41,861 posts)Ron DeSantis to worry about, should he be the front Runner, they may not be all insurrectionists, but they pretty much qualify as anti democractic. We have to win in the fall, or this country will never be the same, we need to Save Democracy!!
Roc2020
(1,616 posts)as Trump only with a ivy league
YoshidaYui
(41,861 posts)All the Republicans are bascially traitors, with a few exceptions.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)Combine his petty, mean, vindictive assholishness with the plan they have in place to reshape American government, and we are doomed if republicons cheat & steal their way back to power.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)How are those red-hatters still listening to him? Think about all those guys who got charged and convicted for the Jan. 6th coup attempt. They didn't get pardons and many are still in prison. How stupid are they?
czarjak
(11,289 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,393 posts)Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)He is excited about the Presidential election. I asked who do you want. He said, I think Trump will win in 2024. Then he proceeded to say that he likes DeSantis and Pence.
Don't ask me what I said. He is bull headed, "not a racist" racist, getting old and loves Jesus. So, I just let him ramble. He is hard of hearing and it's quite impossible to have an intelligent discussion.
The country is still asleep, IMO. I hope we win big in the mid-terms. We must.
Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)Those miserable fucks can burn for eternity as far as I'm concerned...
pressbox69
(2,252 posts)I love this post!
Silent3
(15,266 posts)...in general. Unfortunately, not much of a sign of that yet.
I'd hoped that by now, over 18 months after the insurrection, there would have been many more high-level indictments, and even a few convictions, to expose the entire Republican party for the unprincipled authoritarian threat they represent.
I have been gravely disappointed. Nothing that the DoJ might, just might, do in the future can make up this already-lost opportunity.
Emile
(22,919 posts)the cliff and some will follow him to jail.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)So far, Republican candidates (Missouri and Kansas) for everything are still running ads like theyre the second comin of Trump.
Will be interesting to see if the next round of ads have copy changes.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)I've seen a lot less tRump signs out in the country than last year at this time.
But they usually have just put out a sign for some rightwing judge or other candidate instead. They'll still vote R.
bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)Leaders of our great Democratic Party and leaders of the remains of the Republican Party knew they had to right the ship of democracy, and that involved a level playing field in the 2022 elections. Don't you think Speaker Pelosi and Liz Cheney talked a lot? J6 has thus far over-delivered if that's possible.
Woodwizard
(846 posts)either have always liked him or they could not stand him, the hearings are not going to change the faithful they call it a witch hunt and are not watching it.
I don't care what they think just want to see legal proceedings with teeth to follow.