American Politics

[ScatManDoo]

From Rolling Stone Magazine:

Snowflake Republicans Throw Tantrum Over Having to Pass Through Metal Detectors in Capitol.

Republicans are learning the hard way that supporting a president who inspires a violent attempt to overthrow the government has consequences.

There are the obvious ones, like the fracturing of the foundation of representative democracy, the adrenaline shot to future right-wing extremist terror, and the growing specter of a new civil war. This isn't what Republican members of the House of Representatives are concerned about, though. Instead, they're whining that they're being asked to pass through metal detectors as they enter the Capitol.

In addition to Reps. Gohmert, Boebert, and Taylor, Reps. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), and Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) reportedly complained about or refused to pass through the metal detectors on Tuesday. "These new provisions include searches and being wanded like criminals," Lesko tweeted. "We now live in Pelosi's communist America!

Passing through metal detectors has for years been a standard practice for Americans entering vulnerable building like airports, arenas, and courthouses (and also many doors of the USA Capitol! Republican lawmakers like Stivers have even proposed expanding their use in schools, in lieu of tightening gun laws. Yet, Stivers and some of his colleagues feel they're too precious to comply with this rudimentary safety measure a week after the Capitol was infiltrated by a violent mob, and as the military has been mobilized to protect against future attacks ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration next week.

The threats of such attacks are real. The FBI has warned of armed protests at all 50 state Capitol buildings, and the areas around federal buildings and monuments in Washington, the. See. , have been turned into veritable Green Zones. National Guard troops from across the country are currently on the way to Washington, and 15,000 are expected to be in the nation's capital in coming days. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has decided that those stationed around the Capitol will be armed.

If Republicans are so unhappy about all of this, maybe they shouldn't have lined up behind a president who for the past four years has been nudging his followers toward taking violent action against his detractors. Even easier, they could have condemned Trump's campaign to overthrow the results of the election, which led to the insurrection, which led to tragic inconvenience of having to more frequently pass through metal detectors as they enter a federal building like everyone else in America.

But they didn't condemn it. Gohmert, Boebert, and Lesko all voted in favor of the effort to contest the election results, and did so hours after this very effort effort inspired the infiltration and desecration of one of America's most hallowed federal buildings, leaving five dead, including one Capitol Police officer. This may have been a wakeup call to some Republican representatives. To others, the insurrection was just another piece of news to be leveraged into a bad-faith attack against "Pelosi's communist America."

[ScatManDoo]

You're calling these people privileged, "the most privileged" What color's the sky where you are on your perch in the trailer patch?

I saw it on three real networks and Fox.

[Spidy]

Answer: Who is.....?

"Agent Orange?" LOL!

[ScatManDoo]

Nancy Pelosi is a traitor.

Wrong. She just impeached one of the GOP traitors.

The one found unfit for Twitter and Facebook. Hahahaha.

[Golfinho]

No. The Capital Building riot was a temper tantrum generated by the most privileged in the United States afraid their raping of the country might possibly get constrained.

You're calling these people privileged, "the most privileged" What color's the sky where you are on your perch in the trailer patch?

[Golfinho]

No. The Capital Building riot was a temper tantrum generated by the most privileged in the United States afraid their raping of the country might possibly get constrained.

Poor little Paulie has to play by all the rules, and pay to have his fun, while those bad, bad people get to run through the halls of Congress, and take selfies of themselves sitting in Nancy Pelosi's chair. But not to worry: Biden Time is at hand! Soon everything will be straightened out.

[ShooBree]

Legitimate Black Lives Matter people are heroes. Truly Heroes! Really and truly heroes that transcend any so called zealot "patriots".

As for Antifa, it is not even a real organization. Antifa lies in the imagination of "Agent Orange" and the extreme right-wing news media and Proud Boy terrorists minds. Anti-Fascism is something most Americans are against. We live in a democracy not fascist dictatorship.

The "trump-humper" terrorist mob, apparently included large number of off-duty police members from Seattle to New York. So called, "law-abiding" citizens.

The Washington Post reports the FBI explicitly warned of violence and war from an internal report issued one day before the Jan 6th deadly mob attack/coup on the Capital, that online right-wing zealots, were stating acts of violence including one that said:

Wow!! So called "Patriots" Hmmm...sounds like terrorists.

LMFAO! They are most certainly not "heroes". They are black supremacists. Just look at the deranged woman Biden thought was a good pick:

https://meaww.com/tucker-carlson-acc...racism-harvard

Black supremacists will play a big part in Bidens administration.

Too bad white liberal Americans wants to destroy the country. USA is on the path to become the next South Africa or Zimbabwe, a no-go area for white people.

[Run Mann]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-imp...5e1dc486027860

Years from now this will be a jeopardy clue.

Question: This loser is the only U.S. president impeached twice during one term in office.

Answer: Who is.....?

[Paulie97]

Ten House Repubs voted for impeachment, and they are great, principled Americans.

Trump unleashed a mob of deluded bigots on the capital, all of whom believed the stolen election myths of the demagogue. And these were not desperate people, but people with jobs, or as we found in some cases, deadbeat stay at home dads living off their wives. These same people had full stomachs and travel money. Making excuses for them with populist tripe or whatnot is a joke, to say the least. These are just criminals, without the will to fact check and review multiple media sources to sort out the truth, that the people spoke and Trump lost.

Impeached for the second time. Bring on the process.

[ScatManDoo]

With about half of republicans so far casting ballots in Congress, 4 so far have voted to Impeach the giant Peach.

With McConnel and Cheney now in favor of the big I, could get ugly with major parts of GOP leadership turning their backs of their chief shit.

[Golfinho]

It's no mystery what drives them, bigotry, plus paranoia fueled by Trump's lies.

You've solved the mystery! All it took was a little projection. Well done.

[Golfinho]

I'm not sure Mike's wife is really OK with the trips to Brazil and Germany. Talk about contradiction.

Mike calls his wife, 'Mother'. That's right, for real, she's Mother Pence. Now, do you still suppose he's going to do anything without her approval?

[Spidy]

Legitimate Black Lives Matter people are heroes. Truly Heroes! Really and truly heroes that transcend any so called zealot "patriots".

As for Antifa, it is not even a real organization. Antifa lies in the imagination of "Agent Orange" and the extreme right-wing news media and Proud Boy terrorists minds. Anti-Fascism is something most Americans are against. We live in a democracy not fascist dictatorship.

The "trump-humper" terrorist mob, apparently included large number of off-duty police members from Seattle to New York. So called, "law-abiding" citizens.

The Washington Post reports the FBI explicitly warned of violence and war from an internal report issued one day before the Jan 6th deadly mob attack/coup on the Capital, that online right-wing zealots, were stating acts of violence including one that said:

"Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood from their BLM and Pantifa slave soldiers being spilled. Get violent. Stop calling this a march, or rally, or a protest. Go there ready for war. We get our President or we die. NOTHING else will achieve this goal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...6d6_story.html

Wow!! So called "Patriots" Hmmm...sounds like terrorists.

[ScatManDoo]

The Capitol building riot is being spun to distract from the failure of the neoliberal state to meet the needs of its citizens.

No. The Capital Building riot was a temper tantrum generated by the most privileged in the United States afraid their raping of the country might possibly get constrained.

[The Cane]

Trump economic collapse worsens:

https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/a...ion-mayor-says