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Such a GD liar...this doesn't even make sense, but does it really need to?
https://politicalwire.com/2022/04/07/trump-blames-pelosi-for-capitol-riots/
Trump Blames Pelosi for Capitol Riots
April 7, 2022 at 6:39 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Said Trump: I thought it was a shame, and I kept asking why isnt she doing something about it? Why isnt Nancy Pelosi doing something about it? And the mayor of D.C. also. The mayor of D.C. and Nancy Pelosi are in charge.
He added: I hated seeing it. I hated seeing it. And I said, Its got to be taken care of, and I assumed they were taking care of it.
gademocrat7
(10,678 posts)who is a treasonous bastard.
Samrob
(4,298 posts)JohnSJ
(92,479 posts)Walleye
(31,105 posts)True Blue American
(17,995 posts)Mitch came out on the Senate and said , The Republicans have tried their best to keep the Supreme Court non political, but Democrats are turning it political!
How do you like that bare arsed lie? I thought sure lightning would strike! Wishful thinking on my part?
Walleye
(31,105 posts)PufPuf23
(8,843 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 7, 2022, 08:53 AM - Edit history (1)
separately but where Ivanaka could not talk to Jared about his testimony before the testimony of her own. Have a hard time thinking that those willingly testifying do so in a manner to lessen the crimes and make the action less premeditated and in concert.
Wish the prosecution of the Jan 6 disrupters to be fast and straightforward and include higher ups directing and financing operations.
Hope those convicted accept the punishment and learn rather than be further radicalization or at least be less nut bag.
Walleye
(31,105 posts)Trying to stay above it all. I think his alibi may be that he was hanging out with a bone saw murderer. Ivanka is an actual eyewitness of fact to the overt crime
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is the most loathsome "thing" on the face of the earth. I cannot wait until he leaves it.
I will rejoice heartedly when that day comes. The earth will be a better place once he's gone.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I long for the day it happens.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)His obituary will give me the greatest pleasure I've had in years!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)We will all be dancing in the streets, even me. And I hate dancing.
Emile
(23,046 posts)shit stained finger at innocent people to cover up their misdeeds!
They been doing this shit for years!
SmallFry
(349 posts)He knows little else.
elleng
(131,240 posts)brothers of a different mother?
WiVoter
(915 posts)And his cult loves it. I am glad to see that the media is using the term cult more often. I think it should be used whenever his followers are referenced. I dont know what will stop this orange monster, but I know its out there.
global1
(25,285 posts)stormed the Capitol. You know the ones that he incited in the first place. And artfully shifting the blame to others as he plays his characteristic i'm innocent act.
I wouldn't be surprised if he rehearsed this excuse with Ivanka, Jared & Meadows so they are all spewing the same crap.
You got to ask him why then was he getting the calls by Repugs in the Capitol to call it off. To make statements to the rioters.
Those Repugs knew he was in charge.
We're seeing the little scared boy Donny (bully act) play out here.
This is 'classic' Tr**p in action.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)of that day and spew it to his cohorts. Lather, rinse, repeat...this is the pattern he's created and followed throughout his miserable life. Deny, deny, deny.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,993 posts)Is that why he told them the night of January 6th that "we love you, you're very special"?
Get that mother fucker on a witness stand and grill his ass under oath. He's not president anymore, why can't they do this?
Garland and the Dems need to stop effing around with this because if the Repukes get the House back, they will kill any more investigations.
global1
(25,285 posts)What's so sacred about a president - particularly a former president - that he can't be subject to criminal investigations, be indicted and held accountable?
If a person committed a crime they should be held accountable - no matter if that person was a president or not. And as you said - he's not the president anymore.
When you think of it - I don't know of any president other than Nixon - that might have even come close to all the laws that TFG manipulated or broke.
When you compare TFG to what Nixon was accused of and resigned for - what Nixon did was small time in comparison.
In my mind - one would want to indict and jail a president (any president) that committed crimes - if only just to dissuade others in the future from even attempting anything like what TFG has been party to.
MiHale
(9,789 posts)I thought it was her job, not mine, I was only the president.
Yeah, that works. Plus Donnie, assumptions are not a defense.
GoCubsGo
(32,098 posts)Just like he ignores the fact that there's another house of Congress occupying that building, which was, at the time, controlled by his shitbag party. Always blame the Democrat, especially if it's a woman or a black person, for your own crimes. Same shit, different day. And, his cult followers slurp it up like it was Dom Perignon and prime rib, and not the shit sandwiches he has been feeding them all along.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)"It wasn't my fault I had to whimp out on violently attacking America. Hilary's emails wouldn't let me. Whine."
- Republican Whiner-in-Chief
Tommy Carcetti
(43,222 posts)Sorry, but that's basically what he's saying. Sick bastard.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,874 posts)ground when he croaks.
Let's hope it's soon.
MissMillie
(38,592 posts)Only an idiot would buy this crap.
Emile
(23,046 posts)randr
(12,417 posts)Of course with an echo chamber in his head it is unavoidable.
Kid Berwyn
(15,007 posts)By Paul Sonne, Peter Hermann and Missy Ryan
Washington Post, Jan. 7, 2021 at 9:43 p.m. EST
The Pentagon placed tight limits on the D.C. National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests this week, trying to ensure the use of military force remained constrained, as the Guard carried out a narrow, unarmed mission requested by the citys mayor to help handle traffic ahead of planned protests.
In memos issued Monday and Tuesday in response to a request from the D.C. mayor, the Pentagon prohibited the Districts guardsmen from receiving ammunition or riot gear, interacting with protesters unless necessary for self-defense, sharing equipment with local law enforcement, or using Guard surveillance and air assets without the defense secretarys explicit sign-off, according to officials familiar with the orders. The limits were established because the Guard hadnt been asked to assist with crowd or riot control.
The D.C. Guard was also told it would be allowed to deploy a quick-reaction force only as a measure of last resort, the officials said.
Then the mission abruptly changed and the Pentagon is now facing criticism from governors and local officials who say it moved too slowly to send National Guard troops to respond, a charge that its leaders denied Thursday.
Continues...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-protests-washington-guard-military/2021/01/07/c5299b56-510e-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But we remember, and we have to keep reminding an amnesiac media that would prefer not to think about a sitting president siccing an angry violent mob on Congress that day. Also, the former guy's "regret" that he didn't march with the mob he turned loose is laughable. That fucker couldn't even walk 700 yards on the centenary observance of the end of World War I.
twodogsbarking
(9,853 posts)you fuckin' fuck.
Channeling Ruth from Ozark.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)"Look at those flags with my brand on them! It was a great feeling! Then, a few people got out of hand, but honestly, they were just defending themselves from the police, and they actually made it worse, and I said, 'somebody should stop this'....where's Nancy? She was the one in charge...but she was too busy trying to impeach your favorite President, and finally I had to go out and speak to the people, very fine people, and they immediately left the building, or it could have been much worse. I never even got a 'Thank you' from Pelosi, after I did her job for her. It was a disgrace!"
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,722 posts)TFG keeps on making admissions that would drive any first rate attorney nuts which is why TFG has been relegated to using shopping center lawyers. Hint-if a lawyers office is in a shopping center, they are NOT a top rated lawyer. TFG just admitted to the Washington Post that he talked to McCarthy, Gym Jordan and others on Jan. 6 (despite a lack of phone logs concerning these calls). These statements are admissions that AG Garland can use
Confessing to illegal conduct does not make such conduct legal
Link to tweet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/07/trump-interview-jan-6-pressure-garland/
Here Trump appears to blithely confirm he spoke to lawmakers during the insurrection, and suggests there was nothing wrong with those calls. Presto! All wrongdoing goes poof!.....
The key is to understand Trumps communications about whether he intended to disrupt the electoral count through the weaponization of the rioters, NYU law professor Ryan Goodman, who has deeply researched the insurrections timeline, told me.
Its important to know whether Trump made statements pressuring members of Congress to delay certification while the violence was going on, Goodman said. It could satisfy a key element of the criminal statute, which requires prosecutors to prove he was corruptly motivated in his actions.
If TFG has engaged a criminal defense attorney, that attorney would not be happy with the Washington Post interview
Ohio Joe
(21,769 posts)And yet the fucker did nothing for hours... Shows his bullshit lies for what they are.
obamanut2012
(26,164 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.
Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch!