"Sorry we tried to assassinate you & overthrow the election."

[LymphocyteLover]

"Sorry we tried to assassinate you & overthrow the election. We didn’t expect it to fail & create this awkwardness between us. Let’s move forward & get back to normal with us blocking any legislation you introduce while we continue to feed a racist terrorist movement.

?️
,
GOP"

-- Bree Newsome tweet

Link to tweet

[notinkansas]

1. That sums things up exactly.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. I'd add this

...while we continue to feed a racist terrorist movement so the next time we'll be successful in killing you all and overthrowing the election.

The only thing the GOP regrets is that they didn't succeed in killing their enemies and overthrowing our Democracy.

[KayF]

3. Ps please let us bring guns to the floor

Thanks in advance!

[lunasun]

4. As if they would ever say sorry .

GOP -Not sorry RACIST

[marcj420]

39. GOP

That is hilarious 🤣 so true just like Reese's slogan. Brilliant. GOP ain't changing one bit. So shameful.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. We're in an abusive relationship. We need to stand up for ourselves. /nt

[NHvet]

6. Sounds a lot like

abusive relationships we talked about in my psychology classes.
usually starts with verbal abuse, put-downs or controls
after that comes the physical abuse
resulting in one locking the other out or barricaded away.
the locked out one then cries and pleads for forgiveness
the other accepts even knowing that things really wont change
and the cycle begins again unless one has the courage to walk away,
either that or the ultimate abuse occurs, death of one by the other

[spanone]

7. No one said they were sorry, nor will they. Their normal is the end of the nation.

[malaise]

11. They aren't sorry

They aren't even condemning that lunatic who attacked David Hogg

[spanone]

24. Can you believe McCarthy's going to kiss trump's ass today? Shameless fuckers.,

[malaise]

38. What I don't get is that the one term twice impeached fascist

also lost the House twice and the Senate - indeed
Trump Lost Everything for the ReTHUGs and yet they still want him.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/republicans-lost-everything/617564/

In four years, Trump has led the Republican Party from unified control of Washington to the wilderness.
---------------
I am now convinced that they are still trying to over throw the new Federal government and may try something again during the trial. They will fail again.

[marcj420]

41. I agree

Yes so horrible. That McCarthy is a traitorous pig. Filthy and disgusting.

[marcj420]

40. I agree

No one from the GOP has shown any contrition about an attack on our own government. It is so frustrating that these people are willing to turn a blind eye to this along with all the other atrocities of the previous 4 years. It seems that they just want to be enemies. Republican greed and hate drives this all.

[spanone]

42. Welcome to DU!!!!

[marcj420]

45. Tha6

Thanks. Glad to be here with people connected to reality. I appreciate it.

[malthaussen]

8. I'd make only one change...

... should read "Sorry if you think we tried to assassinate you..." etc. That makes it more in line with the non-apology apologies we see today.

-- Mal

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. K and R

[wendyb-NC]

10. That's the upshot

of the whole wishy, washy, fearful republican plea for unity, moving forward charade. What a corrupt bunch of cluster despots.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. "And remember...

...you would be honoured guests at the Saudi consulate or embassy. For your convenience, we've made sure that you don't have to go all the way to Istanbul, as well!"

Saudi hospitality - not just for journalists!

[Ford_Prefect]

13. I've said it before. There are 2 ways to deal with a bully: confront them with the truth until they

submit to it, or kick them until they no longer get up again. The GOP is dangerous, has repeatedly refused to acknowledge the truth, and insists that something else happened that they had no part in.

I submit the only useful answer remaining is to kick the hell out of them, or to kick them the hell out of congress. I would find both personally satisfying. A declaration of the GOP leadership as a terrorist cell would also be appropriate...and I am serious about that.

There is no way forward otherwise in which they do not continue to threaten our congress and the Nation's future. They are playing word games to avoid the harsh truth of what happened Jan. 6th and indeed throughout the last 4 years. Clearly some of them would attempt it again and may be planning to do so even now.

The evaluation by FBI and other terror experts is that the threat of violent action by domestic forces hostile to democracy and our current government is real, immanent, and will likely persist for some time to come. It has been said more than once that there may well be plans still underway to accomplish what Jan.6th did not. Any action taken by GOP members must be read in light of their apparent participation and support of it. I am not saying they are waiting to take advantage of something like Jan.6th. I am saying they anticipate repeating it as many times as suits their strategy.

[KatyMan]

17. " confront them with the truth until they submit to it, or kick them until they no longer get up"

[Ford_Prefect]

19. Well we wouldn't want to appear to be unkind to them, would we? Where's the justice in that?

[aggiesal]

26. Muy buena pregunta ...

¿Y por qué no patearlas en las bolas?

[Ford_Prefect]

30. Porque ellos no tienen ninguno!!!

[aggiesal]

31. Muy cierto n/t

[LymphocyteLover]

28. yes --but when you say "kick them"-- how do you mean?

[Ford_Prefect]

29. I mean to use whatever force may be necessary. These are thugs and dangerous people.

They are not playing games to see what they can get away with when mommy isn't looking. The events of Jan 6th should be evidence enough that they are without conscience or mercy. Whatever it takes to stop them is the force required. I'm not advocating a lynching or public flogging, unlike our distinguished colleagues across the aisle. Their silence is damning enough.

They spent the last 4 years applauding every racially nuanced sneer and every threat and every child separated. They spoke and voted after the attack as if they were on a holy mission. They spoke with confidence and conviction. They EXPECTED the attack IMO. They are a tangible existential threat to our way of life and the security of our government.

I will not back down. I will not tolerate them. It is for them to prove they are worthy of trust. It is not for us to grant it just because they show up. Those who will not are unworthy to govern nor to represent the citizens of their districts and states.

[garybeck]

14. Except for one thing

They never said they were sorry

[Wounded Bear]

15. The problem being, they are NOT sorry in the least...

[kacekwl]

16. Anytime a reporter or some

dumbass republican brings up unity this should be displayed. Thank you.

[Frances]

18. They have NOT said they are sorry

No text

[matt819]

20. Maybe these are the questions that need to asked of Cruz, Hawley, etc.

What would a successful January 6 insurrection have looked like?

Executions of Pence, Pelosi, others?

If successful, would you have taken over Senate and House and tossed all Democrats out? Killed them?

Would trump have been named president by fiat and was he ready to make a speech to that effect?

Was trump prepared to declare martial law, and who in the DoD would have followed those orders?

Would DoD trump supporters have executed senior DoD officials who were not trumpists?

Were you prepared to somehow shut down US media?

Add to the list.

[Kitchari]

22. Agree

This is exactly the line of questioning that needs to occur

[fwvinson]

35. Starting Feb. 8, 2021

[mac2766]

34. Perfect.

Points need to be made in the trial. Specific points like these.

[uponit7771]

21. K&R, cept they're not saying they're sorry about anything

[SergeStorms]

33. It would be said facetiously ....

if it was ever said at all. Republicans are never wrong, and even if they were they'd never apologize for it. That's a trait of the bully, and they most certainly are that.

[fwvinson]

36. Funny. I've kicked asses of "bullies".

Enough, that I might be considered a bully.

[SergeStorms]

37. You're...

the bully slayer. You wear the white hat, dude. I've always despised bullies myself. I've never been in a fight in my life, but there are other ways to make them pay, and that was my forte.

[Cha]

23. Rt.. TY.. However.. you do the

Crime you do the Time

[CottonBear]

25. Bree Newsome is the brave woman who took down the confederate flag in SC:

[LymphocyteLover]

27. yes, she is someone we should listen to even though I don't always agree with her

view of the Dems

[SergeStorms]

32. Nail, meet hammer.

She described what the GOP is trying to do in a nutshell. There's no improving on perfection. That should be the only reply to anyone questioning Democrats' motives.

[Evolve Dammit]

43. perfect! Sums it up nicely.

[marcj420]

44. Agree

The terrorist threat is coming from within our country. Hate has been driving this. Funny how all those alt right people kept insisting that the terrorist threat was from the outside.