kalm wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 11:54 am
I still would be shocked if any politicians face anything other than harsh words. But yeah…there’s more and more evidence of a greater conspiracy.
Is there??? I'm not that tied into the news on this, but what conspiracy is there that we don't already know about? Trump wanted Pence to not certify the count. And he was plenty good with people from his rally creating havoc at the Capitol. And some other Trumpster Congressfolk were good with that. Is there something more?
How does this compare to the other coup attempt the Dems tried to do in 2016 and beyond? Creating fake reports showing Trump to be a compromised Manchurian candidate doing the walking orders of the Russian government and passing this off the FBI as real. The prior administration making sure "evidence" of this was sprinkled throughout government on their way out so that the subsequent administration would be hobbled with investigations and given the taint of illegitimacy to the point of impeachment (the first one, the second one was legit, but once you go down that well without the goods the first time it makes the next attempts seem to be lesser). We've never had a non-peaceful transfer of power in this country (well, 2000 was questionable as well, Gore didn't really walk away gracefully) and I would argue, with pretty good evidence, that 2016 was anything but peaceful. It didn't have the dramatics of ruffians attacking Capitol police and then the masses wandering around the building taking pictures and stealing things, but it amounted to the same thing - a large segment of this country not assenting to the transfer of power following an election. And don't get me wrong, I think Trump is a despicable human being, but he was elected. We like to tease Jelly for going along with this charade as much as he did, but the fact that such a charade existed in the first place is rather chilling.
