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(4,175 posts)
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 06:10 PM Apr 2021

STILL: Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot-Reuters/Ipsos poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Since the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have pushed false and misleading accounts to downplay the event that left five dead and scores of others wounded. His supporters appear to have listened.

I canot comprehend the stupidity of these MAGAts.



https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-disinformation-idUSKBN2BS0RZ

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STILL: Half of Republicans believe false accounts of deadly U.S. Capitol riot-Reuters/Ipsos poll (Original Post) 634-5789 Apr 2021 OP
They saw what happened, just like everybody else... kentuck Apr 2021 #1
+1 TheRealNorth Apr 2021 #2
They could just be lying to pollsters to own the libs. jmbar2 Apr 2021 #3
I find this so troubling. bottomofthehill Apr 2021 #4
MAGA - Manufactured Anger Gaslighting America nt Shermann Apr 2021 #7
Who's worse, them or the election conspiracy believers who watched from their sofas? Shermann Apr 2021 #5
They choose to believe bullshit. Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #6

kentuck

(111,111 posts)
1. They saw what happened, just like everybody else...
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 06:12 PM
Apr 2021

They are lying to themselves. If nothing else, they are liars.

bottomofthehill

(8,366 posts)
4. I find this so troubling.
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 06:41 PM
Apr 2021

I posted this earlier today in response to a similar thread. It happened and it was as bad as it looked

10. The simple truth


They were violent, they attacked people, people died, people were injured and have not returned to work, they were Trump supporters, people were terrified, they had the intent to do worse than they did, the actions of the USCP and Metropolitan Police kept that from happening, people were subjected to chemical agents including pepper spray, tear gas, CS, insecticides (wasp spray)WD 40 other spray bottles that would travel a distance.

They used common household goods, sporting equipment, healthcare equipment, plumbing supplies, construction supplies (from the inaugural platform no less) flag poles, police equipment (either their own if off duty or retired cops).

They came dressed for battle, Kevlar helmets, hard hats, baseball helmets, construction headgear, goggles, gas masks, tactical gear, bullet proof vests, secure communications, medical gear, you name it they had it. They built a gallows for Christ sake.

They came to lay siege, this was not a peaceful protest, it was an armed mob that engaged in insurrection against the United States. They wanted to hang the Vice President and assassinate the Speaker of the House, the number 2 and 3 behind in the President. These were people out for blood not people out for justice, they were bullies once again trying to get their way through might. They were fakers and frauds using God, Patriotism, Oaths and Honor to cover their racism, fear of Democracy and wish for a return to the “old days”.

Fuck them all, they belong in jail. Every single one that can be identified belongs in jail. A cop was murdered, two others took their own lives as a result of what happened on 1/6, a woman was trampled by a crowd, a police officer had to use his weapon to defend Members of Congress from those that would do them harm, Fuck them all, and Fuck the then President of the United Stated for sending them off to attack.

I was there, it was a violent assault on the Capitol, it happened and many of our fellow country men and women are willing to believe that they were just a happy go lucky crowd until the cops provoked the peaceful crowd.

I am worried about where we end up as a country if people are so easily gaslit and are willing to believe the liars instead of what they see with their own eyes.

Shermann

(7,488 posts)
5. Who's worse, them or the election conspiracy believers who watched from their sofas?
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:30 PM
Apr 2021

At least these fools were putting their backs into the bullshit. They would actually be patriots if the conspiracy was real. But it wasn't, making it the crappiest uprising of all time.

So what excuse do the do-nothing believers have? Just keeping their powder dry for 2024 I reckon?

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
6. They choose to believe bullshit.
Mon Apr 5, 2021, 08:49 PM
Apr 2021

No one's forcing them to believe this swill. They drink it up, on the rocks all day long, by choice.

Ignorance is a voluntary handicap.

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