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world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:43 AM Jun 2022

Gotcha moment

One of the most compelling moments came from the very first witness, the film maker when he related how the Proud Boys walked down to the Capitol even before Trump began speaking.
This alone proves that they were not there for his speech or for a "rally". They were doing recon for exactly where to send the lemmings.

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Ocelot II

(115,692 posts)
1. That was *very* interesting. Turns out the PBs were assembling around the capitol
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:46 AM
Jun 2022

as early as 10:30 that morning, getting ready for the rest of the crowd they knew TFG would be inciting and that they needed in order to break in.

mopinko

(70,103 posts)
2. did they mention the run in at the washington monument?
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:48 AM
Jun 2022

they were already clashing w the park police at, like, 10 am.

 

CrackityJones75

(2,403 posts)
5. Yep however...
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:59 AM
Jun 2022

There needs to be tie in from Trump through his administration to them. Need that. In hard evidence.

Novara

(5,842 posts)
6. I don't know if they're going to have hard evidence
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 12:04 PM
Jun 2022

However, the people he hires are all bottom of the barrel incompetents and most are stupid enough to leave a trail, so I hold some hope that somebody fucked up. I mean, why else is Eastman and the rest of them fighting so hard not to disclose their emails? Somebody probably was THAT stupid.

Even so, I'll bet there's a shit ton of circumstantial evidence as well, and you know someone flipped to save their own miserable ass.

brush

(53,778 posts)
9. On CNN this morning it was reported that the next...
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 12:15 PM
Jun 2022

hearing on Monday will outline ties with people in the trump orbit and the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

I don't know if the phrasing "trump orbit" and not "trump administration" is significant as that could mean Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Roger Stone and others who were deeply involved but not officially a part of the administration.

In fact, Roger Stone was there in DC with a body guard of Oath Keepers trained to kill (see video at link), and had ties to Proud Boys.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/exclusive-video-roger-stone-oath-keeper-bodyguards-training-stopantifa/

https://www.newsweek.com/roger-stone-proud-boys-sedition-jan6-oath-keepers-1713388

I think the connection will be made.

crickets

(25,979 posts)
10. Oh, goody.
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 01:58 PM
Jun 2022

I so hope to see Roger Stone get fried along his white supremacist toadies. Stone and his ridiculous granny glasses could drop off the news cycle forever and not be missed.

rubbersole

(6,689 posts)
8. They might have had a workable plan.
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 12:14 PM
Jun 2022

Devised and financed by some democracy hating cabal...they just didn't figure on the utter incompetence of the main actors that were charged with carrying it out on the ground. Thank goodness.

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