Threats And Camera Cable Nooses: How The Trump Mob Terrorized The Media During Their Insurrection

After a mob of Trump supporters were done storming the Capitol at the President’s urging, there was a bone-chilling message left behind that was scrawled on a door: “Murder the Media.”


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1353315
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Just undamnbelievable is all I have to say.

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Raise your hand if you know how to make a noose. Show of hands.

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I wish it was unbelievable, but what else did we expect.

Work a bunch lawless, misdirected buffoons into a frenzy and then point them at a false enemy.

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They seem like nice boys…

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Do they hang people convicted of sedition? Would be kinda ironic…

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I hope they identify all of them and at a minimum charge them with assault

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Strict Conversationalists indeed.

Oh c’mon…just a bunch of good ol’ boys just having some fun amirite?

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And, puleeze Rethugs spare us the antifa BS.

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“I’ve never seen anything like this in my 20 year career”

Trumpers were openly wearing and selling these t-shirts 4 years ago, but I guess nobody took it seriously.

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The way you’ve set this up, it’s hard to like your post and not have that misconstrued…but I agree with the thought. It was one of the first that came to my mind as well.

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I guess too obtuse. I have no idea how to tie a noose. The fact that these thugs did it so quickly is a tell.

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Beyond the terror, it must be surreal for the journalists covering this because isn’t one of the tenets of journalism to “not be the story.” But with 5+ years of demonizing them, Trump has put them front and center and made the media part of the story.

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NBC News is reporting that the white supremacist from Arkansas who sat in Nancy Pelosi’s chair has been arrested!

Yay!!!

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Quick little comparison.

trump-coup-media

book-burning

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No, I understand completely. I haven’t a clue how to tie a noose either. I was just saying that by calling for a “show of hands,” a :hearts: might be mistaken for a hand, since that’s the only reaction that is available to other commenters.

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Well, they were all so helpful in taking selfies and photos of each other to post. It may take awhile, but there are going to be a lot arrested thank dog.

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Also:

W. Va. GOP lawmaker charged after videoing himself rioting inside Capitol

A West Virginia Republican legislator who recorded and then deleted a video of himself storming the U.S. Capitol with a mob has been charged in connection with Wednesday’s riots.

Del. Derrick Evans, a Republican West Virginia state representative, was charged Friday, NBC News confirmed.

hahahaha!!!

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Both 18 U.S. Code §2101 - Riots (incite, organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on) and 18 U.S. Code §2383 - Rebellion or insurrection (sets on foot, assists, or engages in) have some pretty broad language.

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