Ted Cruz et al. are now tweeting from their bunkers about how shocked, shocked! they are and how violence is never acceptable and blah blah blah. Fuck them. They sowed and now we're all reaping their seditious harvest.
Echoing the fuck these fuckers! They knew what they were doing.
I am thinking of the reporting by Fay of various coups in Bangkok. This coup attempt is significantly lacking in patriotic theme songs (and more practically, in control of the media.)
This coup attempt is significantly lacking in patriotic theme songs
They are chanting USA! USA!
I'm perfectly okay if the police start shooting this mob in the face.
Pentagon doesn't want to deploy the National Guard because of optics. Right.
How am I supposed to work right now? Jesus.
Pentagon doesn't want to deploy the National Guard because of optics. Right.
The optics then look like the Pentagon is in favor of this coup.
How am I supposed to work right now? Jesus.
Right?!
I'm a little completely derailed myself.
I've completely given up on work.
I understand that the DC National Guard answers directly to the President. So there's that.
Apparently the VA governor is sending the VA National Guard and some state troopers to DC. [link]
So, VA is sending VA National Guard and MD is sending state police. I'm reading DoD is now saying yes to sending National Guard.
Apparently Biden is set to speak soon.
Traitorous motherfuckers.
They're still trying to "coax" Trump into speaking.