Trump loyalists in Congress to challenge Electoral College results in Jan. 6 joint session (Update: Insurrectionists storm Congress)(And now what?) (2 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

I guess it's time to start a thread for this. We know that at least 140 members of Congress have pledged to join the objection. Under federal law, if at least one member of each house (HOR and Senate) objects, each house will adjourn the joint session for their own session (limited at two hours) to take up the objection. If both houses pass a resolution objecting to the EC result, further action can take place. If both houses do not (i.e. if one or neither passes a resolution), the objection is powerless and the college result is certified.

Clearly this is political theater as we know such a resolution will not pass the House, and there's good reason to think it wouldn't pass the Senate either (with or without the two senators from Georgia). The January 6 joint session is traditionally a ceremonial one. This one will not be.

Many traditional pillars of Republican support have condemned the plan as futile and damaging. Certainly the Trump loyalists don't care - and many are likely doing it for fundraising purposes or to carry weight with the fraction of their constituencies that think this is a good idea.

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32717.pdf

 

[The moose]

Trump will pardon them all in a blanket pardon before he leaves office.

that is why you impeach

 

[saintmdterps]

Trump did not authorize the deployment of the guard.

Well the Trump-Pence relationship just went to hell in a bucket

 

[saintmdterps]

Trump will pardon them all in a blanket pardon before he leaves office.

Bring charges after he leaves office.

 

[The moose]

Bring charges after he leaves office.

impeach. It would pass tonight

 

[SystemShock]

How so?

You haven't been paying attention the past couple of decades?

 

[The moose]

25th would also work now

 

[SaulGoodmanEsq]

Hey, I'm back. So... America is finished, folks. Pack your bags. If this can happen there isn't anything that can't happen.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I watched fox for a moment.

they were well wishing the terrorist birch that got shot. And praying for her recovery.

I hope she dies

She did.

 

[Poison]

Some levity in the face of an inconceivable situation.

Iraq launches invasion to bring democracy to America

Prepare for impending liberty

chaser.com.au

The nation of Iraq has today begun the first stages of a mission to bring peace and prosperity to the North American continent, after the nation deployed thousands of forces to stabilise the region in the wake of recent political and social unrest.

The rogue American state, which has been plagued by constant warfare for generations, has recently seen violent clashes breaking across the country between civilians and the military, relating to the oppression of ethnic minorities that live within its borders. Experts on the area state that relations between two rival factional groups, the clans known as ‘Reds’ and ‘Blues’ have recently broken down, leading to the complete circumvention of democratic processes by the current regime, which holds control over the country’s government despite wining a minority of votes at the last election.

The country is also rumoured to have stockpiles of many weapons banned by the United Nations, including various biological weapons and thousands of WMDs.

 

[ktulu909]

Some of those that work forces, are the same who escort federal felons into and out of the capital. Or something like that.

 

[Goatman saint]

Nice, most of them are dumb enough to not wear masks. Should make identifying them and arresting them or suing them for destruction of property. Like the guy taking his time to get all that stuff wet with his bottled water.

Ya know the media helped create this mess. They have fawned all over Trump and the lunacy making big money while chasing the stupid, never stopping to think humm....., is this really a good idea. So now the monster they helped create is now turning back on them. Hopefully it will leave enough of a scar that in 2024 when the lunacy starts again the media won’t be wetting itself to find the most over the top garbage and constantly promote it

 

[zztop]

wtf is wrong with people?

sad how prophetic this movie became (I just never thought I'd see it at this level in my lifetime)

Idiocracy (2006) ⭐ 6.5 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

1h 24m | R

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[MT15]

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

I watched fox for a moment.

they were well wishing the terrorist birch that got shot. And praying for her recovery.

I hope she dies

Oh, so now the police are the bad guys. Funny how that works.

And sorry, I'm as angry and disturbed as the rest, but not enough to wish someone to die. Even the most ignorant of these jerks. Shut off the building, round them up, cuff them, herd them into a room and book them. Don't stoop to their level.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I want JUST ONE Republican congressional leader to STEP UP AND CALL trump A LIAR!!! Explain to all of his supporters that everything that trump has said today is a LIE. Then, they should apologize to those very same people for trying to justify trump's false accusations regarding the 2020 election.

 

[Complex Kid]

It most likely was a cop. A Trump supporter, or any other civilian for that matter, discharging a weapon in the Capitol would have been shot and killed on the spot.

 

[FullMonte]

Unfortunately if Trump had just told people to go home and eschew violence, they wouldn't have listened. He needed to empathize with them first to keep them from tuning even him out. He needed to validate them to get them to listen. It won't eliminate the longer term problem, but Trump's video served to quell the immediate problem. Some still won't listen, but it appears that he got many to listen.

Problem. Trump is incapable of empathy, and he can’t even fake it. So, it ends up looking like what it was. Support for what they were doing.

 

[JRad]

If she was breaking in to an area where Congressfolk were being sheltered, I imagine use of force comes in to play.