House GOPer Urges Trump To Tell MAGA Extremists To Stand Down Amid Threat Of Another Insurrection

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Wednesday asserted that it’s on ex-President Donald Trump to help quell the threat of a potential second attack on the Capitol on Thursday by telling his extremist supporters to stand down.


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Sorry dude, but we already gave them your address.

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House GOPer Urges Trump To Tell MAGA Extremists To Stand Down Amid Threat Of Another Insurrection

This will convince Donnie he’s doing the right thing.

And gloating is in order.

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Well, that should work. Trump has such a long history of showing respect, not just for Congress, but for all of our government institutions. A polite request from a Congressman should be all that’s needed for Trump to call this off. Case closed, I say. Nothing to see here folks.

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Maybe Kevin McCarthy could call Trump and persuade him into calling for “restraint” because the insurrection could result in the loss of lives …
Oh … right … Trump doesn’t care…

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Trump will give some speech or write something out that basically tells them there needs to be an armed insurrection then subtly tell them he means it only figuratively, wink wink.

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Bet those MAGAts won’t refuse their government Covid checks.

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Such a quaint idea, that a leader has responsibilities towards people even when an action will not be directly beneficial to the leader.
Wait…I’m being told that this type of responsibility is only held by Democratic leaders. Never mind.

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Don’t worry, I’m confident Trump learned his lesson from the last time…

Though, perhaps, when it is their skin on the line, Republicans are less confident about what that lesson was?

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That Mike. He’s a hoot.

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Trump being the rational law-abiding peaceful leader that he has shown himself to be surely will respond to this respectful suggestion.
By the way, I have this nice bridge for sale …

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Smooth move Sherlock
How long do you think it will be before they have a noose with your name on it
You stupid fucks didn’t learn anything from Pence
It’s absolute fealty or nothing
The base owns you .
You’re all Q now You signed on in your actions the last 4 years

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I disagree. We need to get this over with- just like Shay’s Rebellion; the Nullification Crisis and the Civil War.

These people need to be made clear that their authoritarian dreams will not be indulged while at the same time delivering to them a serious puch and a bloody nose.

I know this won’t be a popular sentiment, but indulging these rightwing radicals will only enbolden them and grow their ranks.

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Ayn Rand took her social security payments.

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Too bad Mike. You already gave Trump carte blanche to be the total prick we all know he can be. Not only does he ‘back’ these yahoos but he incites them.

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It seems even Pence didn’t learn anything from Pence.

“Now, however, Pence spreads the word that they’ve made up. He told a group of conservative lawmakers that they still have a close personal friendship and that he plans to launch a political organization to hail Trump administration accomplishments.” (South Bend Tribune, 2/28/21)

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Why won’t Mike and friends tell the MAGA extremists to stand down?
They stood behind Trump for four years while he helped set up the insurrection that the stupid fucks thought is was only against the Dems but the attack showed they would have killed anyone.
Many MAGA’s now know, since no pardons were handed out, that Trump said fuck you so they will rebel without his help.

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I agree.
The only upside to making the request is the possibility that Donnie will publicly refuse and try to leverage it into even more power. At least if that will help with a case against him.
Otherwise, this is a law enforcement action and not one in which we need to prop up and further empower the nation’s wannabe dictator.

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OT, but I strain to find sympathy for people carrying the stain and burden of having worked for fascists and criminals:

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That’s (snicker) too bad and incredibly foreseeable.

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