U.S Election 2020

Four of the rioters did end up in body bags. You and Mr K posting without researching as usual.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I wish you were joking but; as I think Chris said; if the rioters were Black they would have left Capitol Hill in body bags and not in their gas-guzzling SUVs.

Was thinking of your joke about invading the US via Canada. Maybe all the MAGA stuff can be amended to Make America Great British Again.

We invaded the US via Canada in 1812 ... apparently that was the last time anyone successfully stormed the Capitol. To be fair to us though, we actually had to fight our way in, the defenders didn’t basically just get out the way and leave us to get on with it.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Chris

We invaded the US via Canada in 1812 ... apparently that was the last time anyone successfully stormed the Capitol. To be fair to us though, we actually had to fight our way in, the defenders didn’t basically just get out the way and leave us to get on with it.

Things ain't what they used to be!

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Originally Posted by Mick

Four of the rioters did end up in body bags. You and Mr K posting without researching as usual.

Three who died from medical conditions and one shot for what looked like treason, who died in hospital.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

I wish you were joking but; as I think Chris if the rioters were Black they would have left Capitol Hill in body bags and not in their gas-guzzling SUVs.

Thats enough of your stupid racist accustions (and anyone else).
If you want to start spouting such nonsense I'm sure there are BLM forums you can join.

Two members of his cabinet have resigned.

Lots of people running away from Trump now. Ted Cruz even has released a statement criticising Trump, Lindsey Graham who was his biggest fan after being one of his biggest critics and said this will be judged by history badly. Even Tucker Carlson his biggest ally on Fox News is distancing himself.

[Hom3r]

Sky or BBC have at times switched to US broadcasters, one said that Trump can still be impeached after the 20th of January, which if passed would stop him for running for President.

[cimt]

An officer who was injured in the riots has now died from his injuries. Hopefully his killer is charged with the most severe punishment allowed. This was a failed revolution, they need to be punished.

https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/pr...ian-d-sicknick

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by cimt

An officer who was injured in the riots has now died from his injuries. Hopefully his killer is charged with the most severe punishment allowed. This was a failed revolution, they need to be punished.

https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/pr...ian-d-sicknick

A revolution in a single building? it was a protest that turned nasty, it was hardly a revolution by any standard.

It was a deliberate and coordinated attempt to prevent democratic processes from proceeding, with the ultimate aim of forcing a legitimate election result to be usurped. “Revolution” would be crediting the assorted QAnon and other far right goons with far too much. “Protest” on the other hand is a serious misrepresentation and understatement. It was an act of insurrection.

[tweetiepooh]

Well Trump thinks everything revolves around him, is that revolution?

"Sire the peasants are revolting!", "Yes they are!" (Wizzard of Id??)

Originally Posted by Damien

Two members of his cabinet have resigned.

Lots of people running away from Trump now. Ted Cruz even has released a statement criticising Trump, Lindsey Graham who was his biggest fan after being one of his biggest critics and said this will be judged by history badly. Even Tucker Carlson his biggest ally on Fox News is distancing himself.

You obviously didn’t watch all of Lindsay Graham’s statement. It wasn’t all bad that was said.

I have to ask this though...Where is the outrage when Democrats were encouraging the Portland riots last year?

Would not accept Trumps help with the National Guard. Those scumbag rioters destroyed business after business. The Democrats lapped this up, are no better. In fact they are scumbags. They run their cities in to the ground, turn them in to shitholes. Just look at what New York has become, a Democrat stronghold that’s become a crime invested mess. America is now ****ed with them holding the power.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Chris

It was a deliberate and coordinated attempt to prevent democratic processes from proceeding, with the ultimate aim of forcing a legitimate election result to be usurped. “Revolution” would be crediting the assorted QAnon and other far right goons with far too much. “Protest” on the other hand is a serious misrepresentation and understatement. It was an act of insurrection.

Act of desperation i would accept, and it was over very quickly. 4 protesters dead and nothing achieved.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Act of desperation i would accept, and it was over very quickly. 4 protesters dead and nothing achieved.

Momma Smurf must be very happy with your definition of "over very quickly".

[Paddy1]

Originally Posted by Chris

We invaded the US via Canada in 1812 ... apparently that was the last time anyone successfully stormed the Capitol. To be fair to us though, we actually had to fight our way in, the defenders didn’t basically just get out the way and leave us to get on with it.

Some context

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisond...h=7de9e5af20f2

Dominion Voting Systems filed a lawsuit against former Trump campaign legal advisor Sidney Powell Friday for defamation, court records show, after the attorney promoted a baseless conspiracy theory tying the company’s voting machines to widespread election fraud, which the company has threatened could be the first in a series of lawsuits targeting Trump allies who have spread the false claims—and potentially the president himself.

Powell is largely responsible for spreading the far-right conspiracy theory claiming Dominion voting machines helped to fraudulently elect President-elect Joe Biden, and continued to push the false fraud narrative after Dominion sent the attorney a cease and desist letter in December demanding she retract her “knowingly baseless” claims.

There is no evidence of any election fraud tied to Dominion machines—which were actually used in many counties that voted for President Donald Trump—and Powell’s lawsuits involving the fraud claims have all failed in court due to lack of evidence.

Dominion filed the lawsuit after previously saying in its cease and desist letter the conspiracy theory had “put Dominion’s employees’ lives at risk and caused enormous harm to the company.”

The lawsuit was officially filed Friday in federal court in the District of Columbia, and the docket shows prosecutors are asking for $1,303,470,000 in damages.

While going after Powell was Dominion’s first priority, the company has suggested it may file subsequent lawsuits against others who have spread the conspiracy theory. Dominion has sent letters warning of potential litigation to the White House, Fox News, Newsmax, One America News and a number of Trump-allied individuals, including his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo, conservative attorney Lin Wood and Melissa Carone, who Giuliani has pushed as a witness to the purported election fraud. “We’re looking at everybody...every actor that has made these types of false allegations about us, and also the news media outlets that have allowed these allegations to be amplified, unfettered and unchecked,” Dominion CEO John Poulos told Axios Monday, saying their legal efforts would be “thorough and exhaustive.” Poulos has also not ruled out that the company could sue Trump himself.