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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump again today said "there were no guns" at the US Capitol attack. BULLSHIT-It was an armed insurrection.
Trump again today said there were no guns at the US Capitol attack.
There are in fact multiple Jan 6 defendants who were accused of having guns who have either pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial
Link to tweet
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Link to tweet
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https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/06/15/fact-check-were-firearms-other-weapons-capitol-jan-6/7621149001/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/january-6-armed-insurrection-congress-guns-trump-lie/
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coprolite
(214 posts)Isn't as sharp as it might have been.
eppur_se_muova
(36,384 posts)Uglicans don't bother with consistency because they know it doesn't matter one whit to the hateful idiots who constitute their base.
BeyondGeography
(39,438 posts)2naSalit
(87,839 posts)They don't matter in his parasite infested brain.
Straw Man
(6,657 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 9, 2024, 05:02 AM - Edit history (1)
Stop the presses!
Just kidding. It brings to mind the old joke, paraphrased here:
Q: How can you tell when Trump is lying?
A: His lips are moving.
getagrip_already
(15,355 posts)Armed is not just guns even though, yes, guns were also present.
But those other weopons were used against police.
They were deadly force weopons. Less lethal, perhaps, but still weopons.
It was an armed rebellion.