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kentuck

(111,110 posts)
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 08:48 AM Jul 2022

It Never Happened

Perhaps you remember the worldwide pandemic of 2020?

And the election in November of that year, when Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump for the Presidency of the United States?

And how Donald Trump refused to accept the voters decision? (They now have him on video refusing to say that the election was over)

And how Steve Bannon, adviser to Trump, was quoted as saying a few days before the election, that no matter if Trump won or lost, he was going to declare victory. If he lost the election, he was going to say it was "rigged".

And how the Trump campaign worked with Republicans in battleground states to create "fake electors" to send to Congress and the National Archives?

And how Trump and his associates called state election officials, such as Georgia, to get them to change the votes to favor Donald Trump? (And the Georgia officials recorded them)

And how they attempted to run a fake "audit" in Arizona with the Cyber Ninjas?

And how, when everything failed, decided to send out a tweet to all of Trump supporters, especially the violent ones, to come to Washington on January 6th to "Stop the Steal"?

And how Trump enlisted the help of many Republicans in the House and Senate to "stop the steal" on January 6th?

And how they set up a "war room" to coordinate activities between the Trump campaign and the armed militias?

And how Donald Trump, Rudy Guiliani, Don Jr, Mo Brooks, and others incited the mob to violence on that day, and Trump ordered them to "march down to the Capitol"?

And how the mob resorted to violence against the Capitol Police and threatened the lives of elected officials in the Capitol, including VP Pence and Speaker Nancy Pelosi?

And how the Secret Service detail of Mike Pence feared for their lives to such an extent that they called their families to say a final goodbye?

And how Republicans, including FOX News hosts, pleaded with Donald Trump to stop the attack upon our nation's Capitol?

And how Donald Trump did nothing but watch it all unfold on TV, much to his delight?

And how now, we are supposed to forget that any of that ever happened? Tomorrow, Donald Trump is scheduled to give a big speech in Washington, DC. FOX News is advertising it nonstop on their "news" channel.

We are supposed to return to normalcy. Joe Biden is at 37% in the polls and the Republicans are favored to win the House and Senate, unless some "radicals" interrupt the process?

Nothing mentioned above ever happened. No one broke any laws. No one needs to be held accountable. We need to look forward, not backwards.

You imagined it all. It never happened.

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It Never Happened (Original Post) kentuck Jul 2022 OP
If it turns out that the DoJ thinks that way, FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #1
Yup, it never happened, gab13by13 Jul 2022 #2
And there was no insurrection... kentuck Jul 2022 #3
Main stream media is real good at the amnesia game... FailureToCommunicate Jul 2022 #4
Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2022 #5
The gaslighting of America. StarryNite Jul 2022 #6
It's amazing how many people are refusing to see what's really happening Ohioboy Jul 2022 #7
People refuse to see it because the kacekwl Jul 2022 #9
I know Ohioboy Jul 2022 #10
And that's another thing. calimary Jul 2022 #21
I don't know how many refuse to see it, vs. how many don't care. thesquanderer Jul 2022 #22
I never thought we would devolve this rapidly and the ugliness come roaring back. I was wrong. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #8
........ Tommy Carcetti Jul 2022 #11
And Trump blames Antifa but loves them and does not want to stop the insurrection. keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #12
What are you talking about? dchill Jul 2022 #13
Well, by Jove I'm NOT GONNA deny it. OR forget it. calimary Jul 2022 #14
Never forget, never forgive. n/t sarge43 Jul 2022 #15
K&R!! We need to keep the truth drums beating heavily & loudly onetexan Jul 2022 #16
"We need to look forward, not backwards." 3825-87867 Jul 2022 #17
It's simple, really. When a crime is committed and not prosecuted, the crime never happened. sop Jul 2022 #18
Kick...n/t bluecollar2 Jul 2022 #19
Brilliant!!!...n/t bluecollar2 Jul 2022 #20
Not enough BCS fans on DU. KnR. nt intrepidity Jul 2022 #23
Too quickly people forget RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2022 #24

gab13by13

(21,419 posts)
2. Yup, it never happened,
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 08:58 AM
Jul 2022

and it isn't ongoing.

I used this quote many times, a paraphrase, "What was worse than the evil and death that Hitler brought upon the world, was decent, honest, people who stood back and allowed it to happen." Winston Churchill.

kentuck

(111,110 posts)
3. And there was no insurrection...
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 09:42 AM
Jul 2022

...and they did not attempt a coup against our government. It's all in the imagination of liberals.

Ohioboy

(3,248 posts)
7. It's amazing how many people are refusing to see what's really happening
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 10:38 AM
Jul 2022

This is how we will lose the republic.

kacekwl

(7,022 posts)
9. People refuse to see it because the
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 10:52 AM
Jul 2022

DOJ refuses to see it. All the crimes listed above are facts and are supported by video, audio, witness testimony and can be seen and proven by anyone who wants to. The waiting game played out by Mueller and now Garland is pulling on my and many others who are way more informed than me last nerve. The time for action has long since passed and yes we will lose the republic and more if the rule of law, if it exists anymore is followed.

Ohioboy

(3,248 posts)
10. I know
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 10:58 AM
Jul 2022

Meanwhile, they worry that upholding the law will be seen as "political". Apparently, since coups are political by nature, we can't stop them in this country. It's crazy and it makes me sick.

calimary

(81,523 posts)
21. And that's another thing.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 01:02 PM
Jul 2022

I’m STILL waiting for Garland to do something that impresses me. That goes after justice. That takes the bad guys OUT. Or at least locks ‘em up. Or at least disables them from doing more damage.

If it were up to me, I’d keep ‘em locked up til they were too old and creaky to get into mischief anymore.

thesquanderer

(11,995 posts)
22. I don't know how many refuse to see it, vs. how many don't care.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 01:12 PM
Jul 2022

Heck, they didn't care when they separated families at the border and "lost" the children.

Evolve Dammit

(16,781 posts)
8. I never thought we would devolve this rapidly and the ugliness come roaring back. I was wrong.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 10:47 AM
Jul 2022

I no longer have faith in people or our justice system. Things that I once thought were impossible here are now very possible and vise versa. Nazi playbook is working famously. Tuned into Washington Journal on C-Span (used to listen a lot but the stupidity made it insufferable). Anyhow, thirty minutes was plenty to re-affirm how ignorant most callers are. The dis-information help up as sources of information is palpable. Poorly educated and easily led. Hell, we can't even agree on mass shootings, racism, climate (catastrophe), basic human rights and Constitutional rights, or a well-planned coup attempt that damn near succeeded.

keithbvadu2

(36,949 posts)
12. And Trump blames Antifa but loves them and does not want to stop the insurrection.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:08 AM
Jul 2022

And Trump blames Antifa but loves them and does not want to stop the insurrection.

Start about 9:45 on the timeline.

&t=585s

onetexan

(13,067 posts)
16. K&R!! We need to keep the truth drums beating heavily & loudly
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:18 AM
Jul 2022

All of this happened in front of our eyes, theres no denying it.

3825-87867

(855 posts)
17. "We need to look forward, not backwards."
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:33 AM
Jul 2022

We tried that once before...didn't work then.

Made too many mad when some of us commented against "Let's move on."

The check's in the mail...

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,678 posts)
24. Too quickly people forget
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 03:03 PM
Jul 2022

and we are back into the stupid horse race.

It's like the 8 million more people who voted for Biden don't really matter.

A 50/50 senate and we still can't drive a wedge through permanent minority rule.

The house passed a ton of things, most never even came up for a vote in the senate.

We had two real impeachment trials and most of the senate took it as a joke and helped to create January 6th

We had January 6th and repubs behaved for like 2 days and went straight back to the big lie.

let's keep fighting...

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