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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSTILL: 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
kentuck
(111,111 posts)They are lying to themselves. If nothing else, they are liars.
I believe they are dishonest too.
jmbar2
(4,920 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,366 posts)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)Shermann
(7,488 posts)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)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.