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Some of ‘em did burn cars and buildings, I assume they would’ve fallen in line for storming Capitol Hill too.
Never underestimate those who will get violent because their preferred candidate didn’t win.
One side did and one side you're just saying that the could have.
What's the difference between those two?
On another note: What a username
👏 Golf Clap 👏
Never said there wasn’t a difference lol, nor would I.
But you did and now you’re straight up lying.
…uh, okay?
blame the left all you want it was trump and his supporters who attempted a coup.
…why the fuck would I blame ‘the left’ for Trump’s attempted coup?
Still no evidence Trump supported a coup
Also a coup that just followed the red velvet rope around? Yeah scary shit
And coming dangerously close to our elected officials while chanting they wanted to hang people with the gallows they built outside. And remember people died there. And there's tons of evidence trump led it, why do you think he's getting charged for it.
No one was in the building
right. sure no one was in the building.
ya know other than all the people actually inside the building. like that one idiot who was shot because she refused to comply with police orders as she was trying to break into where members of congress were at.
No official, but yeah change the comment lol
i didnt change anything.
also there were officials in the building. all of congress was in the capitol building when magats stormed it looking for blood.
There were not, I don't remember that woman's name that claimed she was crying inside as she could hear them.. turns out she was across the road. They evacuated everyone way before.
You're just behaving like good little Nazis, remember "blame the Jews"? Now it's "blame the maga" lol
well when the maga does the crime they get the blame. facts over feelings. plenty of members of congress were in the capitol building that day. mike pence was there was well. but sure you can believe whatever nonsense fox "news" has told you.
The only reliable news are the ones that agree with me
Never mind the evidence and testimony, I'm told there were people in there and they were under actual threat lmao
"the only reliable news are the ones that agree with me" sure it is buddy. sure it is. thats why you believe no one was in the capitol building and that it was just tourists on a normal tourist visit.
hey next time im in your town how about i visit your house and treat it the same. after all its just a normal tourist visit. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Notice how you keep saying no one when I said no official
That's how your kind gas light people, it's so disingenuous it's disgusting to anyone with half a brain that can see you little facists running your mouth
dude there were members of congress in the senate chamber. youre lying through your teeth. there were congressional aides in there. there were other people in there doing their jobs. there were officials there. there was mike pence there. nancy pelosi was there. there were officials there.
She wasn't in that building so how can anyone believe anything you said was true
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/14/do-you-believe-this-new-video-shows-how-nancy-pelosi-took-charge-in-capitol-riot
But I'm sure a video of that day showing her not in that building will be dismissed as russian misinformation by you facists
the supporter of a coup leader is calling me a fascist. rofl.
also you dont think they could get from the capitol at 10am to a secure facilty two miles away at 2:45
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1069977469/a-timeline-of-how-the-jan-6-attack-unfolded-including-who-said-what-and-when
but youll call it "fake news".
once again for the dense THERE WERE OFFICIALS IN THE BUILDING
An angry person smashing the window of a Starbucks is not a fucking threat to the Republic, dude.
People burning down cars very well could be, if some lunatic spent some time brainwashing ‘em.
"If. Could be."
Didn't happen though...
…again, I never said it did. Do you have poor reading comprehension?
You keep imagining a reality that never happened and then criticizing that universe. I guess I'm puzzled as to what you're trying to achieve but to make it sound like everyone is as bad as each other. It's just not the case.
I’m not sure how you got that out of what I said, but cool ig
If wishes were fishes I could feed the world, buddy. There's a reason that left wing agitation is a threat to windows and right wing agitation is a threat to the Republic. It's the difference between an insurrectionist traitor and an angry child.
Yes, that reason is that Republicans let a lunatic come into power, and he was able to consolidate his insane voterbase and stir ‘em up into a frenzy.
And conservatives are unified enough to rally behind a strongman leader. Leftists and liberals just aren't. People on the left are motivated by different ideas and ideologies. This isn't Imperial Russia where a small, motivated group of leftists can mount a military coup. Taking power from the left means coalition building here, and if someone goes fucking crazy in power that coalition disintegrates.
That’s another thing, yeah; the American Right, especially lately, is beyond cultish.