U.S. lawmakers will set up commission to probe Jan. 6 attack on Capitol: Pelosi

[mtls2005]

18 hours ago, timendres said:

Nancy seriously needs a hobby.

 

Why am I certain you felt this way during the many, many, many Benghazi hearings and inestigations?

 

 

Sheesh, if an insurrection and first-ever storming of the Capitol doesn't deserve an investigation, what does.

 

Colin Kapernick takes a knee, OMG, it's the end of America.

 

A deluded mob of white people storms the Capitol? Best to move on.

 

[Surelynot]

2 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

first-ever storming of the Capitol

Oh.....you mean the kerfuffle.....(Johnson...what a global leader amongst leaders)

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, nauseus said:

 

As I said, I mean all the facts. This commission should investigate all aspects, including all actors.

 

As far as the Trump team lawyers go, as far as I saw, they succeeded in demonstrating that the House impeachment managers provided no direct evidence of guilt but did show that some of the 'evidence' provided was selectively edited or even false. And that was the end of that. 

Of course the video was edited.  It would have taken hundreds if not thousands of hours to show every minute of video taken by every news camera, security camera, and police body camera.  The videos were edited to show events pertinent to the impeachment in context.

 

What evidence was false?

[nauseus]

1 hour ago, Surelynot said:

I have to admit I am very frustrated that the republicans are holding back all the evidence they have of voter fraud.....I can't understand why they are doing that!

 

The probe concerns the Jan 6 attack. The election was on Nov 3. 

[nauseus]

32 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Of course the video was edited.  It would have taken hundreds if not thousands of hours to show every minute of video taken by every news camera, security camera, and police body camera.  The videos were edited to show events pertinent to the impeachment in context.

 

What evidence was false?

 

Watch the defense summary.

[Proboscis]

19 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Most know the truth of the Jan 6 insurrection and majority want Trump convicted. Most also know that the acquittal was partisan and phony. Only those guilty will fear the commission. 

While I agree with the last sentence, there is still a lot that is unknown about the attack on the Capitol. While there was clearly some planning by Proud Boys etc, there is no clear understanding who and what was involved between members of the government, including the White House, and the mob. Who funded it? Who funded and was involved in running the social media behind it? Any foreign involvement? And among those who did some planning, what was their actual stated desired outcome? How long had this been brewing? While there was an indication of some involvement of white supremacist organizations in the attack, did these criminal organizations plan and coordinate the attack?

 

On the other side, it was clear to anyone with a TV that the Capitol was completely underguarded. Given that it was known that a protest was going to happen, why was this so? Was it individually or in combination a result of an antique outdated system of command within DC, extreme bad management, deliberate action by the President or the White House or other cause?

[Jeffr2]

21 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

The probe concerns the Jan 6 attack. The election was on Nov 3. 

You are aware that the attack was called "stop the steal". Preceeded by 2 months of fake news about election fraud. Heck, Trump even mentioned it again today as he was bashing McConnell.

[Jeffr2]

22 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

Watch the defense summary.

Can you give us a link? What I saw was mainly false and misleading statements by the defense. Figures.

[nauseus]

4 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

You are aware that the attack was called "stop the steal". Preceeded by 2 months of fake news about election fraud. Heck, Trump even mentioned it again today as he was bashing McConnell.

 

I didn't see that it actually had that name, no. 

[heybruce]

35 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

Watch the defense summary.

I see.  You can't answer the question, so you divert by insisting I watch hours of video.

 

Ok, I did it.  I didn't see any evidence of the prosecution presenting false evidence.  Your post was wrong. 

[Jeffr2]

5 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

I didn't see that it actually had that name, no. 

Where do you get your news? Wow....

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-trump-and-supporters-rally-against-certification-of-election-2021-1

 

 

[helpisgood]

1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said:

Where do you get your news? Wow....

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-trump-and-supporters-rally-against-certification-of-election-2021-1

 

 

Orwell must be - wherever - saying something like, "I warned you about how they will use language to misrepresent the truth." That book 1984 should be assigned reading for every schoolchild.  

 

Thanks for the great photo!  Looks like it will be in a history book many years from now.

 

PS, should it not be, "Trump won bigly?"   ????

 

Edited February 17, 2021 by helpisgood

[johnnybangkok]

1 hour ago, Proboscis said:

While I agree with the last sentence, there is still a lot that is unknown about the attack on the Capitol. While there was clearly some planning by Proud Boys etc, there is no clear understanding who and what was involved between members of the government, including the White House, and the mob. Who funded it? Who funded and was involved in running the social media behind it? Any foreign involvement? And among those who did some planning, what was their actual stated desired outcome? How long had this been brewing? While there was an indication of some involvement of white supremacist organizations in the attack, did these criminal organizations plan and coordinate the attack?

 

On the other side, it was clear to anyone with a TV that the Capitol was completely underguarded. Given that it was known that a protest was going to happen, why was this so? Was it individually or in combination a result of an antique outdated system of command within DC, extreme bad management, deliberate action by the President or the White House or other cause?

Couldn't agree more.

One of the big areas for me would be why The Capitol was so unprepared for the mob. It's obviously not the norm when you look at the response the BLM protestors met when they marched on the Capitol in June where they met by National Guard troops or police equipped with assault rifles, shields, tear gas and battle helmets. In contrasts, Trumps mob where met by a handful of ill-equiped Capitol police and basically walked into the Capitol building, relatively unmolested.

It smacks of something untoward and needs to be investigated thoroughly to find out whether they were asked to stand down in advance.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, Surelynot said:

I have to admit I am very frustrated that the republicans are holding back all the evidence they have of voter fraud.....I can't understand why they are doing that!

Perhaps they are scared of the bogey man who recently vacated the White House.

[Stargeezr]

I agree Johny,  the big difference from the BLM and the Jan 6th attack is something

that I will think about for a long time.  I also put that squarely on Trump, as he knew

the difference.  Something that his supporters should be thinking about as well.

  I just hope Trump does face some tough times in the future, financially especially, and

   I hope that there is evidence enough to show that he is not going to be allowed to

be a leader of any party in the future.

Geezer

[Jeffr2]

34 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

Couldn't agree more.

One of the big areas for me would be why The Capitol was so unprepared for the mob. It's obviously not the norm when you look at the response the BLM protestors met when they marched on the Capitol in June where they met by National Guard troops or police equipped with assault rifles, shields, tear gas and battle helmets. In contrasts, Trumps mob where met by a handful of ill-equiped Capitol police and basically walked into the Capitol building, relatively unmolested.

It smacks of something untoward and needs to be investigated thoroughly to find out whether they were asked to stand down in advance.

At least 30 active duty law enforcement officers took part in the attack. So much for law and order.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/us/police-extremists-capitol-riot.html

 

At least 30 law enforcement officers from around the country took part in the rally on Jan. 6 that preceded the riot. Many are now being investigated.

[Surelynot]

1 minute ago, vandeventer said:

The truth will come out one day, and all you Dems. that had you hand in the cookie jar will learn what justice means.

You do make me laugh.....keep them coming.

[Jeffr2]

9 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

The truth will come out one day, and all you Dems. that had you hand in the cookie jar will learn what justice means. And it doesn't mean just us.

OMG. You can't be serious. Please. Get a new source for your news. Please.

[nauseus]

3 hours ago, Proboscis said:

While I agree with the last sentence, there is still a lot that is unknown about the attack on the Capitol. While there was clearly some planning by Proud Boys etc, there is no clear understanding who and what was involved between members of the government, including the White House, and the mob. Who funded it? Who funded and was involved in running the social media behind it? Any foreign involvement? And among those who did some planning, what was their actual stated desired outcome? How long had this been brewing? While there was an indication of some involvement of white supremacist organizations in the attack, did these criminal organizations plan and coordinate the attack?

 

On the other side, it was clear to anyone with a TV that the Capitol was completely underguarded. Given that it was known that a protest was going to happen, why was this so? Was it individually or in combination a result of an antique outdated system of command within DC, extreme bad management, deliberate action by the President or the White House or other cause?

 

Other cause.

[Surelynot]

3 hours ago, Proboscis said:

While I agree with the last sentence, there is still a lot that is unknown about the attack on the Capitol. While there was clearly some planning by Proud Boys etc, there is no clear understanding who and what was involved between members of the government, including the White House, and the mob. Who funded it? Who funded and was involved in running the social media behind it? Any foreign involvement? And among those who did some planning, what was their actual stated desired outcome? How long had this been brewing? While there was an indication of some involvement of white supremacist organizations in the attack, did these criminal organizations plan and coordinate the attack?

 

On the other side, it was clear to anyone with a TV that the Capitol was completely underguarded. Given that it was known that a protest was going to happen, why was this so? Was it individually or in combination a result of an antique outdated system of command within DC, extreme bad management, deliberate action by the President or the White House or other cause?

Whilst there is a lot still to be found out, as you point out, just ask yourself this question.......would anything like this have happened without Trump?

 

Can you imagine, in your wildest dreams, anything like this under Obama, Biden or to be fair, any pother previous president?

[Eric Loh]

40 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Whilst there is a lot still to be found out, as you point out, just ask yourself this question.......would anything like this have happened without Trump?

 

Can you imagine, in your wildest dreams, anything like this under Obama, Biden or to be fair, any pother previous president?

This is what happen with Trump. Hate crime up most in a decade. 

https://apnews.com/article/hate-crimes-rise-FBI-data-ebbcadca8458aba96575da905650120d
 

Gun violence and gun crime resulted in highest death toll in last 20 years.

https://time.com/5922082/2020-gun-violence-homicides-record-year/

Highest deaths from COVID-19, the emboldening of extremist right wing groups and the mother of all crimes “insurrection”. 
All happened under Trump’s watch. 

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