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Well, he was white.

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dead white male, maybe not white

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I shouldn’t laugh given he’s now died, but you’re right. That’s really all we needed to know.

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That’s why I just deleted it. Caught the post above just after, will adjust my snark levels appropriately.

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If so, not a very good one.

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Well he’s dead.

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But but but just the other DAY (before they skedaddled for Easter recess) they were whining that it was a socialist plot to have the chain link up…the same chain link that stopped the car from driving up the steps…

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Wait wut? check it out…

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Hired by Gaetz to change the subject?

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Wow. I think I need a bigger palm and forehead because I feel a most epic Facepalm coming…

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And the Orange Bigg Fatt Fuck is still not in Prison.

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At least two Capitol cops did—he got shot.

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Now, since the suspect is dead, attention might turn to the race of the officer who killed him … if he’s not white.

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that Gaetz is running?

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He had to do something. TPM was up to 5 stories already today on him, working on 6 and 7 until he had the guy ram the barricades and everyone flipped on the telly.

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Leader McConnell on Twitter: “Praying for the United States Capitol Police officers who were attacked at the Capitol. We are still learning what’s taken place. Grateful to all the USCP and first responders who are on the scene.” / Twitter

I wonder if he’ll still feel that way, dependent upon what the suspect’s intentions were or his political leanings. Might be difficult to tell now that the suspect has died.

I wonder if the rest of the insurrectionists that are planning future actions will take note of the result here. We aren’t playin’ anymore.

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First thing to know is, if this guy was part of the RW insurrectionists. That may or may not come out fairly soon, now that he’s dead.

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Interestingly, now that I live in a majority black neighborhood in a majority black city, my mind’s image of the first responders as well as the police was that they were all black. That’s my default assumption now (absent any contrary information) since it’s the norm all around me

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Pete Williams says suspect was a white male

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Driver is dead
Just now reported on cnn
He was shot by other officer after he rammed the two cops and a barracade…

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