That all sounds good, but a lot of these people are true conspiracy believers. They think they ARE honoring their oaths to the Constitution when they help attack politicians who they believe are betraying the same.

they’ll just less obvious, psychologically shittier tactics to pressure people into it

I can’t even imagine looking at that sack of shit and thinking to myself, “Yeah... that there is my hero!” let alone laying down my life or freedom for him, no.

Yeah, it’ll be interesting, assuming Biden resists the urge to sweep this all under the rug in the name of “healing” or somesuch bullshit, if he installs new leadership at FBI and then asks them to do an internal audit of what went “wrong” with the intel ahead of this coup attempt.

It really is starting to look like the mob was just plausible deniability for an actual, planned, coup attempt. It makes it look like a spontaneous riot.. until you take note of how many people showed up prepared to do something a lot more specific than just break some windows and yell a lot.

Yeah, you have to admire the dedication of these Antifa infiltrators for building up all those years of right wing social media cover story first before storming the Capitol pretending to be right wing nut jobs with years of social media evidence that they are right wing nut jobs.

It’s likely too late for that. The stuff circulating about him losing his pension, benefits, and SS detail are mostly false per Politifact.

And here I thought there were only two jokers in a deck.

Yeah, it’s really unfortunate the media RECORDED all those RWNJs chanting, “Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!” isn’t it?  How unfair and fake newsy of them!!

We’ll see... but it’s not that simple for them. While Democrats can safely ignore the MAGA dipshits, Republicans, even in swing states, need all the Republican votes they can get. So it does kind of put them in a bind of choosing moderates vs. extremists. Since this is the House we’re talking about, it breaks down by…

Yeah, but their base isn’t everything. Republicans may never win another popular vote for President in our lifetimes the way things are going. Their only path to the White House now is via the Electoral College and that runs right through swing states where they need to win more than just their rabid base voters to…

I think they meant 29 years with the NYPD... not 29 years old.

I get the feeling it’s a political game of getting Republicans on record once again not acting to hold the President accountable. Not that I’m sure what good that has ever done.

Had the same thought but Congress, though it has no official role in application of the 25th Amendment, did just vote on whether or not to formally call on Pence to get that started. Didn’t happen, but I don’t think Trump supporters would care about the technicality that Congress has no power here to impose the 25th.…

Starsiege: Tribes.

Well, I suppose he could SAY he was “running” all he wants. But it’d be like someone who is under 30 or wasn’t born a U.S. citizen trying to run for President. He wouldn’t be allowed to take office even if he won by write-in. Probably no state would even put him on the ballot in the first place, citing his…

Pretty sure it isn’t separate from conviction. He would have to first be convicted by 2/3 vote and THEN a simple majority could tack on the additional sanction of prohibiting him from running again.  

Article I, Section III: “”Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States.”

Good analogy. What they keep calling “healing”, is nothing more than hiding the bruises. It’s never going to stop when we keep immediately insisting that the guilty face no punishment.

Bingo. They keep calling it “healing” or “unity” or whatever, but what it really is is just freedom from any consequences for the guilty.