The PR Wing Of The GOP

[Irreligious Atheist]

So, apparently, the storming of the Capitol on January 6, despite being directly preceded by a rally wherein Trump perpetuated lies about how the election was stolen from him, talked about how he refuses to concede defeat, and directly asked the rioters who ended up storming the Capitol to go there and "try and give [the Republicans of Congress] the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country," and that "if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore" (as part of a speech that mentioned fighting 21 times) had nothing to do with the threat of the GOP's ideology.

Has IA bought into the premise that if a plan didn't get pulled off, it doesn't count? Or has he just decided causality isn't a thing?

Trump was contemplating calling a state of emergency over the election results. He chose not to. Whoever convinced him not to, I'm thankful to that person.

I'm aware that even though Trump specifically called for peace and non-violence multiple times during that speech, he was irresponsible in his use of the word fight and things like that. He certainly shot himself in the foot, and his approval rating dropped big time after that. It seems to have risen up again, and he may even beat Biden in 2024, which hopefully doesn't happen, but damn, if the Dems lose to a reality show star not once, but twice, I think that's a sign that the Democratic party needs to do better rather than just blaming all of their losses on racism, because you see how well that strategy did if Trump does end up getting back into office.

I've never said don't hold people accountable for what they did on J6. I'm aware many of them were deluded into thinking they could prevent the vote from happening. I don't think we can say that we know what everyone there was thinking, nor should they all be charged the same. The ones who committed violence should be punished worse than the ones who just entered the building, I think.