The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.
I’d prefer a headline that reads convicted instead of charged.
I would too, but that would imply we trust our judicial system. Given their wrongful conviction rate, I guarantee there’s at least a few falsely accused in there.
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Carefully coordinated is a stretch. It was haphazardly coordinated at best.
It’s was as carefully planned as a bunch uninformed, violent, gullible traitors coulld get
I suppose we have to be thankful that collectively they couldn’t outwit a potato. It’s also fortunate for them as well because if they had actually succeeded in their objective they’d probably all been shot.
Idk, great question. Maybe it was the cult leader?
[Twice impeached, ex] president donald trump repeatedly said he wanted his supporters to fight Congress on accepting the electoral college results that showed Joe Biden won.
“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women,” Trump told his supporters shortly before the Capitol assault. “We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
The words Trump used to urge his supporters to show up and “fight” on his behalf Jan. 6.
‘We will stop the steal’ ‘We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn’t happen’ “You will have an illegitimate president. That is what you will have, and we can’t let that happen.” ‘If you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore’
“Let’s have trial by combat,” said Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, warming up the crowd for Trump.
Hmm. Who was leading this failed coup?
No but I mean specifically, as in who carefully coordinated. That’s my question.
"I ransacked the Capitol, and all I got was this striped shirt.”
Fuck ‘em.
I’m always curious when I read a thread and see that one downvote over and over on sane comments that have many upvotes. If you’re a conservative-leaning, elornmuskrat-apologist, conspiracy-minded type, why do you stick around here, on Lemmy, where you are clearly in the MEGA-minority, where peopler clearly dislike your views? Who are you, you dumb fuck?! Why are you here?
