House GOPers Call For Capitol Fencing To Be Removed Using Classic ‘Move Forward’ Rhetoric | Talking Points Memo

I say, have the FBI investigate all of them, and their staffs, for possible collusion. After all, nothing to hide, nothing to fear, right? The life of a servant of the people should be an open book.

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Shorter house GOPQ: It doesn’t matter that the nations capitol was attacked for the first time in two centuries by a bunch of Trump banner, flag of treason wielding losers resulting in the death of five people including a Capitol police officer. But the Squad and AOC!

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I’d make it even easier: Unanimous passage of a Congressional resolution stating without qualification that 1) Joe Biden is the president of the United States and 2) Donald Fucking Trump is not. Bonus points if you throw in a full-throated renunciation of QAnon and associated militias, seditionists and white nationalists.

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This, right here, is the key.

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Gratuitous gaslighting from the R’s. The subtext is something that would sound familiar to a psychologist dealing with the abuser in a case of spousal abuse: Nothing really happened, we didn’t instigate anything, none of our supporters were involved, the Democrats are being vengeful and paranoid, those were good Americans expressing their opinions, etc.

This is all B.S. being poured out in public to paint the Democrats as the ones who have a problem. And, of course, their base will endorse every word. The term “feckless” comes quickly to mind.

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“Forward to the past!”

And it can always be put back up whenever there is any other particularized need.

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Pelosi should say something like, “Okay, sure. As soon as the investigation is completed as to collaborators, we’ll be glad to take down the fencing.”

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Damn straight!

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This is a very good read…

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It stands as a declaration that we will.protect ourselves and as a declaration that there is something to protect ourselves from. It is that latter implication that bothers the Republicans.

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Before or after the fact?

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And “Don’t snitch on me”.

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Co-conspirators looking for an easier time on March 4th said what?

And the rioters went to “look what you made me do” before the riot was even over.

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TCM is going to air a Marathon Man marathon. Man, I can’t wait!

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If they will not remove the fencing then at least issue wire cutters…

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I initially read that as “high level briefs.”

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