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bucolic_frolic

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35. Your conclusion is probable, but tenuous

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 11:19 AM

Feb 2021

As more evidence is revealed by more witnesses, the possibility increases that Republicans see conviction as a means to save their party and their careers. They are actually being thrown a political lifesaver but they may never recognize it.

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Tell me where I am wrong with this? Trump wanted even more bloodshed and death on 1/6/21 .... [View all] Botany Feb 2021 OP

Not only that C_U_L8R Feb 2021 #1

When I first saw the reports of the attack on the Capitol I kept waiting for the billy clubs, Botany Feb 2021 #5

Exactly, i kept expecting the usual BLM RECEPTION PirateRo Feb 2021 #9

I kept waiting for a rapid response team using the methods you describe. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #12

He absolutely wanted Mike Pence dead ouija Feb 2021 #29

I think Flynn's Brother was in on it also JI7 Feb 2021 #2

Flynn's brother was working inside the Pentagon trying to stop any national guard ... Botany Feb 2021 #6

Michael Flynn knew ewagner Feb 2021 #11

And don't forget that our "old friends" the Mercers helped pay for "it" too. Botany Feb 2021 #13

YES VA_Jill Feb 2021 #27

Please note: Ginni Thomas did NOT pay for any transportation for the protestors. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #30

Thank you. Always very important to separate fact from rumor. n/t Mister Ed Feb 2021 #37

Thank you for the correction. ewagner Feb 2021 #38

i think the goal was chaos, disrupting the count, maybe declare martial law, gain an advantage. bullimiami Feb 2021 #3

He's always boasted that he thrives in chaos. Oldem Feb 2021 #41

when your losing, overturn the board. he knows this trick. bullimiami Feb 2021 #43

I agree, gab13by13 Feb 2021 #4

Shithole enjoyed watching the attempted coup on tv . . . Iliyah Feb 2021 #7

Don't we know when he knew simply by the newscasts of him, his cabal members and family KPN Feb 2021 #17

Please don't spread disinformation. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #26

Thank you again. Very important. Mister Ed Feb 2021 #39

Thanks for the correction. I did not know that. I saw that video scene once or twice while KPN Feb 2021 #45

Hi, KPN! Thank you for being so gracious. scarletwoman Feb 2021 #47

Same to you scarletwoman! KPN Feb 2021 #48

I think he wanted a literal bloody coup gollygee Feb 2021 #8

I agree with you. The end game was not broken glass and photo ops for the seditionists. Chainfire Feb 2021 #16

Well said! pandr32 Feb 2021 #34

No question North Shore Chicago Feb 2021 #10

+1 pandr32 Feb 2021 #36

Yes...he wanted deaths to high ranking officials and then declare Martial Law... ashredux Feb 2021 #14

Sadly, I have PatSeg Feb 2021 #15

I think he wanted them all killed... Jon King Feb 2021 #18

new elections? RicROC Feb 2021 #22

He would probably promise elections 'in two weeks' Bongo Prophet Feb 2021 #25

Of course, and their Cowardice and weakness will be known worldwide. Jay25 Feb 2021 #19

That was the plan. Trigger a mob, police react with gun fire. Chaos, martial law. grantcart Feb 2021 #20

I hadn't thought of the martial law aspect of this. JohnnyRingo Feb 2021 #21

You are not wrong. 2Gingersnaps Feb 2021 #23

He wanted bloodshed to declare martial law. He wanted Mike Pence to be his "Horst Wesel" ... marble falls Feb 2021 #24

There's never been more recorded evidence of a coup. Recorded on video, Jetheels Feb 2021 #28

Yup! "There's never been more recorded evidence of a coup." Botany Feb 2021 #32

If they are in safe seats, why should they care about our concerns? CTyankee Feb 2021 #33

2 days in infamy. AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #42

Now that I've had time to consider it VA_Jill Feb 2021 #31

Your conclusion is probable, but tenuous bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #35

I know right! Jetheels Feb 2021 #46

good thing that mob was distracted , had they not been, we would have now been hearing AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #40

Well, given all that, they have no other possible course of action. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #44