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National Guard can't be far off

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Mike Pence just unfollowed Trump on Twitter 😂😂😂

Trump will be fuming!

Send in the National Geographic!

Hope those guys are enjoying their last few hours of freedom. They. Are. Ducked.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if right-leaning media paints them as the new age of Patriots akin to the Boston Tea Party protesters. The fact that we've yet to see a single rubber bullet, tear gas canister or pepper ball used during all this further demonstrates the system's willingness to bend over backwards into a fucking mobius strip to give right-wing terrorists as much grace and leeway as possible.

Might the Republicans fully turn to flush Trump(s) out??

No. They need his supporters, and they'll do anything to keep them on board. I imagine there will be lots of warm words, a sprinkling of 'thoughts and prayers', and then back to the old bullshit-fuelled bile-laden rhetoric.

No. They need his supporters, and they'll do anything to keep them on board. I imagine there will be lots of warm words, a sprinkling of 'thoughts and prayers', and then back to the old bullshit-fuelled bile-laden rhetoric.

It'll be fun to see how they spin a 1000+ person coup as a collection of unaffiliated lone-wolves.

Tear gas and pepper balls were used when people were still inside the building I believe.

Different theatrics planned for this one? Really manipulative, but quite clever if so. By letting the Trumpists in this presents them as (basically) a fringe groups of radicals acting counter to democracy.

Both establishment Republicans and Democrats could use that.

#tinfoilhat

Easy. 'While we cannot endorse or support the protestors who stormed the Capitol, and we condemn any violence, this is a clear indication of the depth of feeling in this country'. Then bang on with complete bollocks about electoral fraud on Fox News for 20 minutes. Bingo bango, thin veneer of not-a-total-cunt and a deep underbelly of cuntitude.

wtf, just watching that feed, supposedly the protestors passing on the news that trump has asked people to be peaceful and there have been calls to attack journalists?!

I’m not sure that’s what it shows.

Too sophisticated. As above, they're white, and US law enforcement agencies don't shoot white people or use non-lethal force unless they really, really have to.

who knows its a 'kin mess.

Tear gas and pepper balls were used when people were still inside the building I believe.

Oh? I'll have to check that out. Cheers.

fuck the police. this one specifically.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/krx0tk/capitol_police_officer_takes_a_selfie_with_a/

that sub is a goldmine for video footage of this insanity.

wtf, just watching that feed, supposedly the domestic terrorists passing on the news that trump has asked people to be peaceful and they have been calls to attack journalists?!

Fixed that one for you.

Biden speaking. Like how he says 'Assaulllll'

Keith Lemon?

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Thanks, changes the message somewhat...

That is Craig David in the green beanie.

Got to say there’s no better show of white privilege than what’s going on in Washington right now.
The difference in approach and action/inaction in relation to a majority white crowd storming the Capitol, and stopping the senate confirming the election results and the BLM protests over the summer are so stark as to be laughable.

Where’s the tear gas, the plastic bullets, the riot police?
And imagine the response if those BLM protestors had come armed?

Fuck me!

I see images going around (won't link to it as it's pretty grim) of a white dude in his forties with a hole in his cheek. Looks pretty grim. Not a lot of blood though, and the guy looks fully conscious. Rubber bullet maybe?

one thing's for sure. no one can deny that America is a DEEPLY racist country anymore, and if they are - you're talking to a racist.

Thanks, changes the message somewhat...

They're not protestors - They're a group of domestic terrorists coordinating a coup in multiple locations across the country. Not attacking you personally, just saying that distinction is important and every time we mislabel them as protestors, we diminish the severity of what is happening right now and legitimize their actions.