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Retrograde

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4. And the other members of the squad

Reply to IsItJustMe (Original post)

Wed Jan 13, 2021, 05:35 PM

Jan 2021

and every other non-White member of Congress they could get their hands on. I think part of the rioters' plan was to incapacitate as many member they could to ensure the electoral votes were not certified, then have the remaining Radical Right (I think they need their own name now) Republicans use the 12th to vote in Trump.

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AOC feared 'White Supremacist members of Congress' would turn her over to Trump rioters during siege [View all] IsItJustMe Jan 2021 OP

My God. AOC was afraid some of her colleagues would hand her over to the mob. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #1

I'm wondering if one of them will kill her outright. Mariana Jan 2021 #2

Yes of course, it is a real possibility. We are at that point now. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #3

I think some of those members of whom you speak Marthe48 Jan 2021 #5

Well she knows Rep. Ted Yoho has no love for her.. I can see this "Florida man" setting her up... nt mitch96 Jan 2021 #10

And the other members of the squad Retrograde Jan 2021 #4

Yes. Given Ayanna Pressley's panic buttons were ripped out of her office, crickets Jan 2021 #7

I am worried about the Dems Marthe48 Jan 2021 #6

I'm sure she's not the only one Bettie Jan 2021 #8

"White Supremacist members of Congress" Kid Berwyn Jan 2021 #9