Trump calls for Republican boycott of upcoming elections

[Mountain Man]

Out of curiosity, in terms of dollars, how much damage was done to the Capitol on January 6 versus the damage done during an average BLM/Antifa "peaceful protest" from 2016 to 2020?

[rogue06]

no - the claim he didn't is fake news. The claim he wasn't indicted therefore he didn't do it is spin. And no, the democrats have not in either the 20th or 21st centuries incited a violent insurrection where people broke into the capitol building shouting death threats to the vice president and the house speaker and whose purpose was to stop the certification of a presidential election. (I'm not saying 'never ever' because someone might try to claim some event in during the civil war matches the description)

Not this century, huh? Does 2018 count? I mean it was so very long ago. Not the process for the president (which IIRC was only delayed a few hours) but a Supreme Court Justice (causing a delay of two days). And while in January 6th, in spite of AOC's histrionics, no Congressman was ever in any danger from the raging mob.

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Contrast that to the Kavanaugh confirmation where a couple even forced their was on to an elevator with a Senator refusing to allow the Senator out or the elevator move until the coerced him into asking the FBI do one more investigation of the allegations against Kavanaugh. They were praised for their actions on the evening news broadcasts and CNN.

Prior to that you had several of the "usual suspects" in Congress urging people to confront their Congressman and let your voice be heard. The same sort of rhetoric that you accuse Trump of using that 'incited' some to acts of violence and severe stupidity.

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Regardless of what else, this guy's chief offense will always be First Degree Stupidity, or Aggravated Idiocy.

[seanD]

I don't have any reason not to trust President Trump. He may be uncouth, he may be a cut throat businessman who skirts the line of ethics and morality, he may be a philanderer who inexplicably cheated on his incredibly hot supermodel wife, but as president, he made a lot of right decisions, implemented a lot of right policies, and did a hell of a lot of good for this country, good that Joe and his puppet masters have been determined to stamp out as quickly as possible.

I didn't trust him because of some of the cretins he picked to run in his cabinet. most of which made no sense. And the way he's pushing the jab on folks now, I'm not 100% certain he wouldn't have supported mandates. But he was by far the lesser evil, and there was no doubt the opposition relentlessly against him was the establishment and that's a sure sign to me he was definitely the lesser evil.

[Mountain Man]

Same here. But I still didn't trust him. My vote for Trump in 2020 was specifically a vote against what we're seeing now.

I don't have any reason not to trust President Trump. He may be uncouth, he may be a cut throat businessman who skirts the line of ethics and morality, he may be a philanderer who inexplicably cheated on his incredibly hot supermodel wife, but as president, he made a lot of right decisions, implemented a lot of right policies, and did a hell of a lot of good for this country, good that Joe and his puppet masters have been determined to stamp out as quickly as possible.

[Cow Poke]

Same here. But I still didn't trust him. My vote for Trump in 2020 was specifically a vote against what we're seeing now.

That's a good point -- had Biden NOT won, we wouldn't be seeing so much of the crap we're seeing.

MAY, I could use some mean tweets right now.

[seanD]

That includes me. I didn't trust him the first time around. Once I saw that he wasn't going to start any wars or trash the economy, I voted for him the second time around.

Same here. But I still didn't trust him. My vote for Trump in 2020 was specifically a vote against what we're seeing now.

[Cow Poke]

I was mistaken when I said the statement was deleted from Trump's website. It is still there, but for some reason the link has changed. New link below:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-q79xan5ntu868

That's not at all unusual when a news site posts an initial link, then begins to archive where the link needs to follow specific protocols.

[Reepicheep]

Which makes sense. He often blabbered on his Twitter account, publishing the first thing that would pop into his head on any subject. The man has a delayed "filter."

I was mistaken when I said the statement was deleted from Trump's website. It is still there, but for some reason the link has changed. New link below:

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-q79xan5ntu868

[oxmixmudd]

The first is fake news of the worst sort whereas the other two were exactly what the Democrats were doing for four years and you thought it was grand then.

no - the claim he didn't is fake news. The claim he wasn't indicted therefore he didn't do it is spin. And no, the democrats have not in either the 20th or 21st centuries incited a violent insurrection where people broke into the capitol building shouting death threats to the vice president and the house speaker and whose purpose was to stop the certification of a presidential election. (I'm not saying 'never ever' because someone might try to claim some event in during the civil war matches the description)

[Cow Poke]

By "us," I'm assuming you're including yourself in the crowd that believes Biden didn't lose the election.

He's POTUS - to me, that's simply a fact of life.

Good for you, but, ya know, watch yer back, preacher.

I don't live in fear, teacher.

[Juvenal]

Most of us are aware that Biden is POTUS now, and Trump isn't, teacher.

By "us," I'm assuming you're including yourself in the crowd that believes Biden didn't lose the election. Good for you, but, ya know, watch yer back, preacher.

[Cow Poke]

Growing up watching Archie Bunker, I'd assumed until recently that "dingbat" always referred to females.

For me, when someone accuses me, "What you said was racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever" is "So?"

Yeah, if the shoe fits, and all that.

[NorrinRadd]

Didn't you know? To a liberal, any criticism of a woman, no matter how valid, is inherently misogynistic, similar to how any criticism of a black person is racist.

Growing up watching Archie Bunker, I'd assumed until recently that "dingbat" always referred to females.

For me, when someone accuses me, "What you said was racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever" is "So?"

[NorrinRadd]

Liberals are trying to claim the moral high ground by supporting Joe, but the irony is that morally, Joe is almost certainly worse than President Trump with there being credible accusations against Joe of sexual assault, countless photos and videos of him inappropriately touching women and little girls, and hard evidence of him using his political position to enrich himself and his family in ways that are if not criminal then certainly unethical, and yet liberals are inexplicably blind to this while uncritically believing every lie told about President Trump, even after they have been refuted.

I've lost more than a little respect for Craig Keener, Ben Witherington, and Roger Olsen over some of the dumb-ass things they've believed and said about Bad Orange Man. Some of their notions are in the "so heavenly minded that they're no earthly good" category.

[rogue06]

but bribing the Ukraine, undermining the election process, inciting an insurrection, and after defeat continuing to sow misinformation that claims he won is OK??!!??!! :

The first is fake news of the worst sort whereas the other two were exactly what the Democrats were doing for four years and you thought it was grand then.