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In reply to the discussion: Jan. 6 Organizers Used Anonymous 'Burner Phones' to Communicate with White House and Trump Family, S [View all]Ford_Prefect
(7,873 posts)20. It was not a riot, which would have been a spontaneous event. It was a planned assault which
was intended to accomplish specific interference with the counting of the electoral votes. There is far more here than we've seen in the press up to now. More coordination and more planning. They built a lynch mob and Trump lit the fuse to set them off but they were not a headless group simply out of control. There is evidence of coordination and control within the groups like the Oath Keepers hidden in the crowd and who were also using burner phones. The crowd were directed to those particular windows in order to break in. That was not spontaneous nor was the trashing of the office where the vote tallies were kept.
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Jan. 6 Organizers Used Anonymous 'Burner Phones' to Communicate with White House and Trump Family, S [View all]
demmiblue
Nov 2021
OP
If they haven't been held to account, then they haven't stopped the overthrow.
Eyeball_Kid
Nov 2021
#51
The idea that 1/6 was a protest that ran outof control has been dead for a long time.
Girard442
Nov 2021
#6
It is a mistake to view this as either innocent or unrelated to the larger event.
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2021
#28
You are trying to be cute. Five people died. Democracy is on a gurney. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2021
#39
It was not a riot, which would have been a spontaneous event. It was a planned assault which
Ford_Prefect
Nov 2021
#20
That's like spreading gasoline around because you know people flick lit cigarettes away
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2021
#40
The riot was cover for the tactical teams that ransacked for 50 states certificates & Pelosi's lapto
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2021
#47
Using burner phones for what would otherwise be legal is a strong indication of illegality. Get real
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2021
#41