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As it happened: 'You did not win' - America left reeling after Trump riot cleared from US Capitol building

A woman has died after being shot during the riot.

LAST UPDATE | 7 Jan 2021

THE US CAPITOL Building has been secured after riot police cleared scores of Trump supporters who had stormed the building, leaving one person dead. 

The building went into lockdown, with politicians inside, as a protest by pro-Trump supporters became a mob which broke into the building and occupied offices. 

President-elect Joe Biden has condemned the “extremists” who started this “chaos”.

The US National Guard is now being sent in to quell the protests.
The mayor of Washington DC has also ordered a 6pm curfew – that’s 11pm Irish time.

US media is reporting that a woman has been shot inside the Capitol building.
According to multiple reports, a video of the incident has been shared on social media. The woman can be seen bleeding heavily as she is stretchered away by paramedics.

Vice-president Mike Pence is calling for calm. 

He had earlier refused Trump’s request to block the formal confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidential win. Trump then turned on Pence and said he didn’t “have the courage” to “protect our country”.

So how did all this start? 

The violence has been developing over the last couple of hours – and began after protesters breached barricades amid violent clashes at the Capitol Building. 

President Trump had addressed a rally of his supporters earlier. 

Both chambers of Congress abruptly recessed as they were debating the Electoral College vote to rubber-stamp the Joe Biden presidency.

There was confusion in the House chamber initially as the Capitol doors were locked and debate was suspended.

A representative from the Capitol police spoke from a lectern on the dais and told politicians to remain calm, and that more information would be available soon.

The skirmishes first occurred outside in the very spot where president-elect Biden will be inaugurated in just two weeks.

Protesters tore down metal barricades at the bottom of the Capitol’s steps and were met by officers in riot gear.

Some tried to push past the officers who held shields and officers could be seen firing pepper spray into the crowd to keep them back. Some in the crowd were shouting “traitors” as officers tried to keep them back.

Trump earlier riled up his crowd crowd of supporters with his baseless claims of election fraud at a rally near the White House ahead of Congress’ vote.

“We will not let them silence your voices,” Trump told the protesters.

President-elect Joe Biden is due to address the American people in the next hour, according to US media. 

Some protesters even made their way into the offices of some prominent US politicians. 

One man broke into Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s office and left a number of messages on her desk. 

Nancy Pelosi herself has just issued a statement calling on Donald Trump to order his supporters leave the Capitol building and its surrounding areas immediately. 

Biden is addressing the US nation.

“What is happening today is an assault on the rule of law, an assault on the most sacred of American undertakings – the doing of the people’s business. The scenes of chaos at the capitol do not represent a true America or who we are. 

“What we are seeing is a small number of extremists dedicated to lawlessness. This is not dissent – it’s disorder, chaos and it borders on sedition.”

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Joe Biden has also just called on Trump to go on national television and tell his supporters to leave the Capitol. 

Micheál Martin has been tweeting…

Interestingly, Twitter has placed this warning below Trump’s video statement. 

It says it has disabled users from retweeting, replying or liking the video due to “a risk of violence”. 

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on supporters of Trump to “stop trampling on democracy”. 

“Trump and his supporters should finally accept the decision of American voters and stop trampling on democracy,” Maas tweeted.

“The enemies of democracy will be pleased to see these incredible images from Washington DC,” he added. “Inflammatory words turn into violent actions.”

Boris Johnson has also condemned the “disgraceful scenes” at the US Congress by Donald Trump supporters and urged a peaceful transition to Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency.

“Disgraceful scenes in US Congress. The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,” Johnson said on Twitter.

The condemnations continue with European Union officials expressing their shock at the scenes unfolding in Washington, DC.

“To witness tonight’s scenes in Washington DC is a shock,” European Council president Charles Michel tweeted.

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“In the eyes of the world, American democracy tonight appears under siege,” the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell added.

“This is an unseen assault on US democracy, its institutions and the rule of law. This is not America. The election results of 3 November must be fully respected,” Borrell added.

The entire DC National Guard has been activated to help deal with the ongoing situation unfolding at the Capitol.

Acting US Defense Secretary Chris Miller announced the full activation in a statement, saying he was prepared to provide additional support if requested by local authorities.

Interestingly, the Pentagon chief mentioned that he consulted with Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi but not President Donald Trump.

Here’s Miller’s full statement:

Chairman Milley and I just spoke separately with the Vice President and with Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Senator Schumer and Representative Hoyer about the situation at the U.S. Capitol. We have fully activated the D.C. National Guard to assist federal and local law enforcement as they work to peacefully address the situation. We are prepared to provide additional support as necessary and appropriate as requested by local authorities. Our people are sworn to defend the constitution and our democratic form of government and they will act accordingly.

Politicians had been meeting to rubber-stamp Biden’s presidency today. 

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Twitter said it is limiting the reach of tweets which promote the actions of rioters in the US Capitol, including Trump’s video message about the riot.

“We have been significantly restricting engagement with tweets labeled under our Civic Integrity Policy due to the risk of violence,” the Twitter support team said.

“This means these labeled tweets will not be able to be replied to, retweeted, or liked.”

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The sergeant at arms has announced to lawmakers that the Capitol Building has been secured.

The politicians reportedly burst into applause after the announcement.

Live footage from the scene showed police removing protesters from the area.

A woman who was shot inside the Capitol during the riot has reportedly died from her injuries, according to multiple US news outlets.

DC police chief, Robert Contee, said that 13 people have been arrested so far in connection to the “riot”.

A curfew has come into effect after an extraordinary day in Washington, DC.

An announcement played at the Capitol informing people in the area that anyone still on Capitol grounds after 6pm would be subject to arrest.

Reports from the scene indicate that most of the protesters have left the area.

President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to revel in the actions of his supporters, justifying their actions by citing unfounded claims of election fraud.

“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,” he said.

Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!

Twitter placed a warning on Trump’s post and prevented it from being retweeted, liked or replied to. It took a similar step with a video post Trump tweeted in recent hours.

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Former President George W Bush has issued a scathing statement about the rioting at the US Capitol.

“It is a sickening and heartbreaking sight. This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic – not our democratic republic,” the Republican said.

Without mentioning Trump, Bush said he was appalled by the “reckless behavior of some political leaders since the election.”

“The violent assault on the Capitol – and disruption of a Constitutionally-mandated meeting of Congress – was undertaken by people whose passions have been inflamed by falsehoods and false hopes,” he added.

DC police have now confirmed that the woman who was shot while the mob stormed the Capitol Building has died.

Hi folks, Christine Bohan here taking over from my stalwart colleague Ceimin Burke on this extraordinary evening. I’ll be following what happens as police disperse the crowd outside the US Capitol building and the reaction to what’s happened in the past few hours.  

Thanks for sticking with us here. If you have a comment or a question you’d like to throw my way for the liveblog, mail me (christine@thejournal.ie) or tweet me (@christinebohan). 

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has sent a letter to all her colleagues to say that the plan is to reconvene tonight to complete the counting of electoral college votes and validate Joe Biden’s election as US president (if you can cast your mind back to six hours ago, that’s why they were originally all there in the first place). 

This looks set to take place at 8pm (1am Irish-time), all going to plan. 

Here’s an interesting one. Mitt Romney, US Senator for Utah, former presidential candidate, and one of the few Republicans who has spoken out in recent years against Trump’s most egregious actions, has given probably the strongest statement from any Republican yet about what happened tonight. 

“What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States,” he said. 

“Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit by objecting to the results of a legitimate, democratic election will forever be seen as being complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy.”

“They will be remembered for their role in this shameful episode in American history. That will be their legacy.”

 

It’s the second time that Romney was in the news today. You may have seen this video of him on Twitter earlier: pro-Trump passengers on board a flight he was a passenger on chanted ‘Traitor’ at him repeatedly during the flight, unhappy with his opposition to outgoing president Donald Trump. 

We can expect to see some striking front pages tomorrow, and here’s an early contender for one of the best from The Times of London.  

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On a night of firsts, here’s another one: Twitter has locked Donald Trump’s account for the next 12 hours – and said it won’t unlock it unless he deletes three of his tweets that violated its policies. 

This is unprecedented. I don’t have the words for how big a step this is for Twitter to finally take this kind of action. The big social media companies have (rightly) been criticised for their inaction over the last four years as Trump used their platforms to spread lies and misinformation – something that they have only begun to change since the US election in November. 

Twitter had already labelled some of Trump’s tweets tonight in which he repeated his baseless claim that the election was a fraud, not allowing users to like or tweet them. 

This is much bigger though. Trump has played Twitter like a musical instrument over the past four years, using it to express his moods, to encourage his base or just to sow chaos. What’s he going to do without it, even for twelve hours, when things are already on a knife-edge? 

The tweet was sent two minutes after midnight, so that means Trump has until just after midday today (Irish time) to delete the tweets. Start the timer. 

Melania Trump’s Chief of Staff, Stephanie Grisham, who was also the White House press secretary for a time, has resigned effective immediately in the wake of the protests, CNN is reporting

The article doesn’t give a reason for her departure, but notes that Trump’s incitement of tonight’s violence, and refusal to condemn it, “is causing increased discussion among his aides about resigning”. 

  

When the dust settles, there are going to be a lot of questions about the policing of what happened tonight

A reader named Ruth emailed to ask about this, particularly in the context of how some Black Lives Matter protests in the US were dealt with much more severely by police in recent months. “Seems inarguable that there’d be many more dead if this large a group of black Americans showed up to storm the Capitol,” she writes. 

Almost since the moment the mob first broke through the barriers at the US Capitol soon after 7pm, the policing appeared unusually light-touch (in one tweet that has been widely shared, a security guard or police officer in the Capitol building poses for a selfie with a rioter). 

The mob made it to the Senate chamber and to Nancy Pelosi’s office, as well as many other rooms in the heavily-guarded Capitol. 

The question is how they were allowed to do this. Was it a deliberate strategy? Were police and security understaffed or overwhelmed? Was it not understood as the threat that it was? Do police in the US – and elsewhere – just automatically treat different protesters differently, whether it’s due to race, class, training or other reasons? 

There’s likely to be an investigation to get to the bottom of this, particularly given that ro-Trump supporters had been planning for weeks to meet at the Capitol today so authorities should have been prepared. Let’s see what happens.  

On an adjacent note: this is well worth a read from BuzzFeed’s misinformation reporter Jane Lytvynenko about how the rioters planned today in plain sight, “openly planning for weeks on both mainstream social media and the pro-Trump internet”. 

Sure look, it’s not like you’re getting any sleep at this stage anyway. 

The House has now reconvened to count the electoral college votes and verify Joe Biden as president. 

It kicks off with a brief speech from Vice President Mike Pence opening the session. 

“To those who wreaked havoc in the Capitol today, you did not win,” he says. 

“Violence never wins. Freedom wins. And this is still the people’s house.”

He ends by saying, “Let’s get back to work,” to loud applause. 

Barack Obama has spoken, and has placed the blame on Trump, the Republican party, and the right-wing media for what happened tonight. 

“We’d be kidding ourselves if we treated [this] as a total surprise,” he said. 

Criticising their unwillingness to accept the outcome of the November election, he said that “their fantasy narrative has spiraled further and further from reality, and it builds upon years of sown resentments. Now we’re seeing the consequences, whipped up into a violent crescendo.”

He placed the responsibility on Republican politicians to clean things up and stop enabling Trump’s extremist actions and rhetoric. 

“They can continue down this road and keep stoking the raging fires. Or they can choose reality and take the first steps toward extinguishing the flames. They can choose America.” 

“For four years, we have witnessed turmoil in America. But nothing quite like this.”

If you haven’t seen it yet, this eye-witness report by Robert Moore of ITV, much of it filmed from within the depths of the riot, is a must-watch. 

First Twitter, now Facebook: Donald Trump has been banned for posting to Facebook for 24 hours, the social media company has said. 

Not to focus too much on the internet right now, but a) so much of what happened tonight was fermented on Twitter and Facebook so it is a huge deal that they are now – NOW! – taking substantive action, long after the horse has bolted and b) people associate Trump with Twitter but he is absolutely huge on Facebook – posts on his Facebook page are frequently the most popular posts in the US on a given day - and his base is super active and organised on it, so this is a big, big deal. 

I’m sure he’s taking this well (although how will we ever know). 

*eyes emoji* 

 This is quite something from CNN

 ”A growing number of Republican leaders told CNN that they believe Donald Trump should be removed from office before 20 January.” 

“Four of them called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked, and two others said that the president should be impeached.”

And it’s echoed by ABC (albeit in much softer language): 

A couple of hours it was just a few Democrats arguing that Trump should be removed before his term ends in two weeks. If even Republicans are talking about it now, could it actually be on the table? 

Look, this could just be a fever dream after the heightened events of the past few hours. There is not exactly a lot of time to do it – last year’s impeachment lasted several aeons, if I’m remembering correctly – and removing someone days before they’re due to finish up in a job feels very no-I-dumped-them. 

But the CNN article linked above shows the level of anger among some senior Republicans about what happened tonight. 

So just in case: here’s a helpful explainer of how exactly the 25th Amendment could come into play (aka the quickest but also trickiest way that Trump could be stripped of power). You could also watch Season 4 Episode 23 of The West Wing, if fantastically-written, facepalmingly-idealistic boomer fantasies about American politics are your vibe (although be warned, Jed Bartlet invokes the 25th Amendment because he is both a very good dad and a very good president, neither of which apply to the current situation).  

And here’s an explainer on how the impeachment process worked last time around, by our own Rónán Duffy, which gives you an idea of how this could all play out. 

Who knows! Maybe neither of these will be applicable! Or… maybe we’re about to see the final act of the most unpredictable presidency of our lifetimes play out in a way that would be both unpredented and simultaneously unsurprising. End as you mean to go on, as the saying doesn’t go. 

A statement from former US president Jimmy Carter avoids any mention of why Wednesday night’s riot happened and instead focuses on the future. 

Here’s another great front page for tomorrow/today. 

Not sure if you can see that sub-headline there but it says: “President incites crowd to acts of insurrection, violence”

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Ok, let’s draw the curtain on this extraordinary night for the United States. We’ll have more on TheJournal.ie from first thing in the morning – well, a more reasonable hour in the morning, at least. Thanks for sticking with us. This is Christine Bohan saying good night/good morning. 

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:37 PM

    What a season finale !

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:44 PM

    @Ronny Mull: it is, but its a bit predictable.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:58 PM

    @Ronny Mull: its a bit far fetched!!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:39 PM

    @Ronny Mull: it has all the ingredients to be a crazy year with Coronavirus,Brexit and chaos in the states

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:28 PM

    @Ronny Mull: brilliant

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:00 PM

    @Ronny Mull: Nooooo. I was hoping there will more. Like the orange man in an orange jumpsuit. I need to call the producers. Hello…is this Trump? Please “find” the votes, I mean episode…:-)

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    Jan 7th 2021, 5:01 AM

    @Ronny Mull: 2 weeks left still. This might well have been the penultimate episode

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:00 PM

    I haven’t seen chaos like this since Bryan Mc Fadden left west life

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:57 PM

    Nato and other ‘western’ forces should despatch high-altitude bombers to clear the area, disperse the dissidents and establish a democratic regime, just as they did in Libya, Iraq etc, etc

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:10 PM

    @Bramley Hawthorne: was thinking the same. They often support protestors. I learnt long after what happened in Ukraine that the protesters were just a loud minority. I’m suspicious about Belarus now too.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:36 PM

    @Bramley Hawthorne: maybe the mighty USA should invade. You know….to save democracy and stuff!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:14 PM

    @Bramley Hawthorne: Aleksandr Lukashenka is having a great laugh in Minsk watching ‘democracy’ and ‘rule of law’ in D.C.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:13 PM

    If you listen carefully you might just hear the slap of the high-fives happening in Moscow & Beijing.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:44 PM

    Trump has left some legacy.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:35 PM

    @Brian Dunne: Yes as a dictator going up against democracy. Sad day for the USA.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:39 PM

    @Brian Dunne: and he has tweeted that they should go home. A bit lame and too late.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:40 PM

    @Paul Furey: them he put out a video reiterating that the election was stolen but go home.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:07 PM

    @Brian Dunne: not yet

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:37 AM

    @Paul Furey: His twitter account has been suspended. Hope someone has the sense to keep him away from the big red button!! He will go ballistic.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:11 PM

    Notice the difference in police response? Sounds about white to me!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:24 PM

    @Keith O’Reilly: Riot police gently and calmly shepherding the rioters away from the steps of the building… quite the contrasting response to last year.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:45 PM

    Call them what they are. Terrorists.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:37 PM

    @Rochelle: and most are white. I wonder how far they would have got if they were non white?

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:39 PM

    Guns are drawn by Trump supports, they are breaking windows of the Capitol building, scaling the walls, and seizing the building — yet the cops are standing there doing nothing.

    Imagine if that was BLM.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:40 PM

    @Paul Furey: not very far.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:15 PM

    @Paul Furey: quite few BLM activists were part of gang going into capitol hill. The old trick again…

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:31 PM

    @Raymond Scott: rubbish

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:31 PM

    @Raymond Scott: any proof ?? Though not

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:36 PM

    @Raymond Scott: why would they?

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:24 AM

    @Dean: In fairness the one lucky thing about it is you’re not allowed carry guns in DC. Jaysis imagine if that law didn’t exist

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:34 AM

    @JusticeForJoe: this is exactly why that law exists. The day after DC Police launched a campaign reminding people that gins aren’t allowed at the protests and that permits from elsewhere are not valid in DC a republican Congresswoman released a video of her own showing her walking in DC with a gun saying she would be bringing her gun to the capitol.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 2:09 AM

    @Paul Furey: probably to the nearest neighbourhood to burn and loot

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:09 AM

    @Dave O’Keeffe: Wow. Even after what I’ve witnessed tonight, I’m actually still surprised to read that

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    Jan 7th 2021, 8:12 AM

    @JusticeForJoe: it’s a messed up please. Obviously I meant guns instead of gins. I’m more than happy to have my phone assume I meant gins though. Imagine banning gins!!!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:23 PM

    Look at the response to getting this mob under control and compare it to how the crowd was cleared from Lafayette Square so Trump could have his photo op outside St. John’s Church.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:06 PM

    On the plus side, this may be the impetus for some members of the GOP to grow a set and reject the Ginger Nut. The fact that Pence broke ranks suggests he’s keeping his options open for 2024.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:09 PM

    These people have been trying to quote laws from 250 years ago to justify their actions.
    Maybe they should receive the same punishments for treason and sedition that were given out back then. They wouldn’t be long stopping if that was the case

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:56 AM

    @Irish Sean: Treason is still a Capital offense over there, and in most other countries too. So it could well be possible.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:56 PM

    Trump’s getting very desperate now.

    He’s doing everything he can to try and hold onto the Whitehouse.

    This has been predictable since prior to the 2016 election.

    Trump refused to say he’d allow a peaceful transfer of power.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:49 PM

    Madness, but hilarious all the same….

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:55 PM

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:36 PM

    2020: – Things can’t get any crazier.
    2021: Hold my beer!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:50 PM

    I cannot wait until Trump is gone. I would also like to see him out of Doonbeg and never to return to Ireland. Mike Pence should be truly ashamed of himself to associate himself with that regime.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:10 AM

    @Michael J Foley: O’H yeah! Now tell that to the 100s of locals in Doonbeg that are either directly or indirectly employed by Trump there.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:24 AM

    @Mike Lucey: they’ll have to find something else. Who would want to be associated with that absolute maniac

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:13 AM

    @Mike Lucey: Are they so incapable that they’d wither and die if one potential employer disappeared?

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:18 PM

    If this was a BLM “protest” there would’ve been a massacre.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:53 PM

    @Michael Maher: you’re sime plonker. The police have only shown that they can use restraint when they want. If this was BLM they wouldn’t have got near. Shots wouldve been fired.
    They used teargas and baton charges on them during an actual peaceful protest. Just so Donny could have a photo outside a church that he never attended with a random bible he never reads.
    The authouties were woefully prepared for this, given the flames have been stoked by trump and his echo chambers. The dog on the street could’ve told you there would be trouble. There are plenty of far right, racist,white supremist, and militiamen that attended the insurrection. Lets not forget that these people belive they should be armed to the teeth, and perhaps thats why they were allowed to get so far. (Fear of a firefight)

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:10 PM

    @David Harold: BLM burn and loot as seen on tv

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:20 PM

    @Michael Maher: Don’t get your MAGA hat bent out of shape…

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:34 PM

    @Michael Maher: and trump supporters try to stage a coup

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:34 PM

    @David Harold: What Fu…. hat

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:15 AM

    @Michael Maher: He meant your Klan mask

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    Jan 7th 2021, 8:40 AM

    @Michael Maher – they also kneel . OMG! SHOOT THEM!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:42 PM

    There’s a reason Trump won’t be attending the inauguration of President Biden 20th January, he’ll be in prison!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:01 PM

    It’s a long time till the 20th….

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:11 PM

    Kim & the lads in Pyongyang having a good laugh

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:15 PM

    Should have had the National Guard around the corner, primed ready to trample on these loonies. It was always going to end this way. Looks as though the mob “protest” was seriously under-policed. Scenes reminiscent of a coup in Nicaragua. Trump will now speak and throw petrol on the flames.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:23 PM

    Exactly what Narcissistic McDonald Trump wants. All the positive shine of what would be Biden’s confirmation day is now fully focused on the riots and not how Donald lost or Biden won. What a sad toxic man

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:53 PM

    Send in the storm troopers!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:04 PM

    “Seditious terrorists / fascists have attempted a coup”

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:36 AM

    @Shane Crotty: when you call everyone that opposes you antifa then that means you must be fa

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:05 PM

    Just fact checking this for myself, but saw you post it here so I thought I’d clear it up.

    1) Pence has since re-followed Trump on Twitter
    2) Pence has had that Twitter header since at least January 3rd (via Wayback Machine)

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:20 AM

    @Megan: update: Trump’s twitter account has been locked for 12 hours

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:48 PM

    The world’s doomed. A big change in the US in 10 years from Obama

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:16 AM

    @Mick Woods: Yeah, you’re right a big change indeed. No bombing of countries unlike Obama which bombed 7 countries during his efforts at presidency.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:28 AM

    @Mike Lucey: There’s been far more drone strikes in 4 years under Trump than in 8 under Obama. Get out of the cult, kid.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:37 AM

    @Mike Lucey: he just launched an attack on the American government.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:22 PM

    I have a few things to say about this: in Ireland we have a very short memory. It’s not that long ago that we banned voting machines, describing them as unsafe to democracy. Here we an election that was stolen through corruption and the use of Venezuelan voting machines. Secondly, Biden calling it an insurrection, such a drama queen. Thirdly it is important that this divide continues in the US, because Biden, who I’m sure won’t make it past Sunday so to speak with his dementia or worse and then we will have the lunatic, liberal radical left, socialist Harris take the reigns, that’s so scary. Democrats that follow Amen with awoman are scary. Also, the EU condemning the scenes, an Union based on shifting sands. Give me a break!!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:27 PM

    @Carlow-Kildare IRadio: I think you might be touched in the head. Go have a lie-down, you’ll feel better

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:09 PM

    @John Staunton: I don’t think so, you’re just brainwashed by the mainstream, left wing radical media.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:11 PM

    @Carlow-Kildare IRadio: Lame.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:19 PM

    @Carlow-Kildare IRadio: you need to get a life… sad..

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:36 PM

    @Carlow-Kildare IRadio: the voting machines used in the us give a paper print out , ours didn’t , you can check this they are then compared to the machines totals . A full audit was done on this in multiple states no problems found .

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:44 PM

    @bmul: Yes, but the objections in Ireland at the time were based on the idea that e-voting machines could be manipulated. It’s an interesting point I hadn’t thought about.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:48 PM

    @Thomas O’ Donnell: and they could off but the ones in the us leave a paper trail

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:02 AM

    @Carlow-Kildare IRadio: you can’t write coherent English. And you have the audacity to talk down to someone and call them brainwashed? You are hopeless.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:26 AM

    @Carlow-Kildare IRadio: Well said. The way for the DEMS shut Trump up is to call/have an impartial inquiry. But that won’t happen, well at least not until it’s forced by much more protests. There are a lot of very law abiding GOP supporters that have been rolling their eyes up and staying quiet for a peaceful life. I think that could well change after today.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 8:18 AM

    @Mike Lucey: how many court cases? How many judges called the claims about the election nonsense? How many of them republican? How many Supreme Court decisions? The eye rolls you saw were from Republicans rolling their eyes at MAGA

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:52 PM

    Grabbing a bucket of popcorn for this. Lock him up, lock him up!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:59 PM

    I wonder how many federal agents are in those crowds

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:05 PM

    @Dylan Byrne: Now now, no silly billy’s!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:13 PM

    @biggybald: Not silly! Happens everytime there’s a sudden/high profile gathering, it’s a ‘national security tactic’ they even used during the BLM and Antifa riots

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:34 AM

    It’s only a coup d’etat if it comes from the Coup D’etat region of France. Anything else is just Sparkling Treason.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:58 PM

    No way 80 million voted for Biden.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:06 PM

    @Liam McLiam: absolutely!!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:37 PM

    @Liam McLiam: but they did all certified by the states as well

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:04 PM

    There goes all hopes for 2021

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:19 PM

    What goes around, comes around. F them.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:04 PM

    Hilarious

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:15 PM

    @Ps Tnov: You call an attack on democracy hilarious? Grow up. This is DT written all over it. Now he needs to be locked up by the authorities.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 8:57 PM

    People are also saying, it is Antifa also pretending to be trump fans and stirring stuff

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:01 PM

    @NOlivesmatter: some Antifa pretending to be Trump fans are saying it’s Trump fans pretending to be Antifa pretending to be Trump fans.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:03 PM

    @NOlivesmatter: Why would Antifa want to prevent the counting of the Electoral Votes?

    Trump literally told these people to head to the Capitol to do this.

    How predictable that the bogeyman of Antifa would be cited to try and deflect from the guilty.

    That’s Donald Trump and those in the Republican party that pushed the lie of “Stop the Steal”.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:04 PM

    @NOlivesmatter:
    Yawn…..yet more conspiracy theories

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:12 PM

    @NOlivesmatter:

    That is a head puzzler

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:13 PM

    @NOlivesmatter:

    To stir stuff, they have been doing it all last year….

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:14 PM

    @NOlivesmatter:

    Antifa are just as bad as the far right nutters aka “defund the poilice”

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:30 PM

    @NOlivesmatter: it’s clearly Hilary Clinton’s fault – they should track her down and lock her up …this sort of stuff just cannot be tolerated in the USA

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    Jan 7th 2021, 4:55 AM

    @NOlivesmatter: anti fascists are as bad as fascists? Really?

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    Jan 7th 2021, 8:42 AM

    @NOlivesmatter: https://www.businessinsider.com/proud-boys-attend-january-6-dc-rally-incognito-all-black-2021-1?fbclid=IwAR1xxAc3FSGumKQVgeVMm-qZwE7–6wcVKIamYm2jYmPzAkCA_HX1K0rekg&r=US&IR=T

    Them pesky Atifa pretending that they are the”Proud Boys” (such a cute name ) to the media. Tsk! Tsk!

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:30 AM

    For all the banter about Trump over the years, today illustrates everything you need to know about him. He is a fascist who would have seen those senators in Capitol Hill (including those on his side) be attacked – or worse – by the mob he incited in full view of the world, to overturn democratic elections. People who make excuses for him are apologists for fascism.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:51 PM

    Shameful!

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    Jan 6th 2021, 9:43 PM

    They should be breaking rocks in a gulag

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:13 PM

    The democrats reap what what they sow they gave Trump an bad time as president ,and it looks like they may have cheated. 70 million Trump supporters are still loyal to him.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:24 AM

    @Michael Maher: 70 million voted republican if you think they are all trump loyalists you’re a tool

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:08 PM

    Taking the knee was too much for these yea?

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    Jan 6th 2021, 10:06 PM

    Evection notice.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 1:59 AM

    The execution of this unarmed/ nonviolent woman by the Capitol/ DC police is a disgrace. Antifa/ BLM can cause over $2billion worth of damage in America from their ‘peaceful protests’ and the police are ordered to stand down everytime. One rule for the violent left and another rule for those on the right. The video of her being murdered is on Banned.video

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    Jan 7th 2021, 2:24 AM

    @Pádraig O Kane: Rioters were given a free pass to enter the capital building while law enforcement basically looked on. Rioters sporting Nazi symbols ran around with confederate flags. Those same terrorists laughed as they reenacted the death of a man. The bomb squad was called in today because the right-wing decided that innocent lives don’t matter.

    All this because an orange baby, who called those people “special”, cannot accept the simply fact that he lost an election and lied repeatedly about the results.

    Read the room – this is not the day.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 2:31 AM

    @Bee Bonthuys: Do you have any evidence that someone from the Right planted a bomb? I would say that’s it’s more likely to be an Agent Provocateur from the Left. Do you have any proof of right wing people sporting left wing Nazi SOCIALIST symbols? I haven’t heard of any rioting either; that’s the kind of activity Antifa/BLM routinely engage in.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 2:33 AM

    @Pádraig O Kane: How do you know that she was unarmed? What was in her rucksack? What was she doing climbing through the broken window of a federal building? The person who shot her was doing his/her job. And did it well!

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    Jan 7th 2021, 2:45 AM

    @OConnelj: Would you support a Shoot to Kill policy for Antifa/BLM as well?

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:02 AM

    @Pádraig O Kane: I speak about this particular incident, the people on the other side of that door had one job to do, protect the occupants of that building. What would you have done? Welcome her and her mates in with open arms?

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:05 AM

    @OConnelj: Is shoot to kill not the only policy when is comes to the use of a firearm for self protection?

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:09 AM

    @OConnelj: I would disagree with your disgusting comment that the person that shot her did his/her job well. There are plenty of less violent methods than shooting a woman with a bullet to her neck/ shoulder area. Ever hear of pepper spray or batons for example?

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:26 AM

    @Pádraig O Kane: They were like crazed animals beating at that door, I think he/she made the right decision. Stopped their advances instantly. If a loved one of mine was working in that building I wouldn’t want the security detail messing about with batons and pepper spray.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:51 AM

    @Pádraig O Kane: Uhm…you do realise the rioters who forced their way into the building have already started to be identified, right? They weren’t wearing masks. Well, known Q supporters, neo-nazis and Trump True Believers so far. They weren’t even trying to hide. They made sure every news camera saw them as they smiled and ran around breaking into offices.

    But let’s look at the logic of your argument. You believe that a group of anti-fascists and people who are fighting for the rights POC – who mostly vote left – tried to STOP the process which will oust a right-wing, pro proud boys president they despise, and which would finalise of the historic victory of two candidates they prefer. That’s a pretty big leap in logic.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 4:06 AM

    @Bee Bonthuys: I still don’t see any evidence of Nazi symbols in Washington. You do realise that NAZI Party were the National Socialist German Workers Party. They were not Conservatives, they were leftist. Also the leader of the Proud Boys that you mention is an Afro Cuban and is married to a black woman. Again this is something that the media fail to mention when they wrongly label the Proud Boys as racists.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 6:12 AM

    @Pádraig O Kane:

    -https://www.businessinsider.com/hate-symbols-and-extremist-groups-at-the-us-capitol-siege-2021-1?r=US&IR=T#the-kek-flag-1
    -https://www.insider.com/washington-dc-protest-livestream-baked-alaska-us-capitol-riot-trump-2021-1
    -https://forward.com/news/461612/a-guide-to-the-extremists-and-hate-groups-that-invaded-the-capitol/

    Again, these people are known, self-identifying, proud, far-right, Trump supporters – they’re not members of antifa or BLM. It’s not really that difficult to understand, they stormed the Capital to stop the electoral vote count in support of Trump and their far-right views. It doesn’t matter how much strawmanning or sealioning you do it doesn’t change it.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 2:36 AM

    Currently, senators of the original “Stop The Steal!” club are running for the hills as they give their speeches.

    So much for all their evidence; the second it no longer fitted their political goals they abandoned “all those deeply held beliefs”.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:55 AM

    @Bee Bonthuys: Update, they’ve been whittled down to just seven objectors. Talk about a massive u-turn.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 3:22 AM

    That wasn’t a riot. Joke. Incidentally at least one of the ‘rioters’ ( the guy wearing the horned head dress) was photographed at a BLM riot (sorry protest) earlier last year.

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    Jan 6th 2021, 11:13 PM

    Get the popcorn out Folks, what a Numpty Trumpty. Donald You Naughty Naughty Boy. Time to go.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 12:46 AM

    It’s all starting to fall down around Donnie’s ears

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    Jan 7th 2021, 5:53 AM

    A woman was shot dead, she did not have a weapon (from what is being reported). If this was a person of colour this would be a racist attack.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 7:22 AM

    This is why the government here needs to address the right-wing groups here which are trying to do the same thing here. We don’t need this here either. The anti-maskers are the same people.

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    Jan 7th 2021, 5:28 AM

    Is this the beginning of the end? Or just the beginning?
    Are we seeing how democracy carries the seeds of its own destruction?
    Trump will probably leave the W H and Biden be duly inaugurated but…
    What of the swathes of US citizens who now
    question the legitimacy of the incoming regime ? otherwise intelligent, thoughtful law abiding citizens now residing in some sort of alternative universe where the Presidential election was rigged and Trump is a great person/president.
    The key challenge for Biden isn’t Cruz etc but helping Trump supporters to see that their (alternative) worldview is delusional… and win over their hearts/minds…if he fails, in the wings, sinister extremists are ready to exploit the mood (of these many good people) and ‘reclaim’ America. Was today an opening shot?

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    Jan 7th 2021, 6:34 AM

    Arrest Trump for incitement to riot. Put him in jail now!

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    ANTIFA, BLM, COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM did this. Trump supporters WOULD never try a coup under dictator trump.

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    Trump address the American people

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    @David Dawson: I was robbed

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    Let’s go Smackdown 133 WWE raw.

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