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6 Jan 2020 U.S. Events (Split from A Deeply Fractured US)
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Weinie
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Well that's no stretch at all. Just like the Church Lady explained that Santa was just an anagram for Satan, everybody knows that an anagram for trade unionists is "inundates riots"
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Are you saying every post on these 24 pages has been devoted to "a riot on Capitol Hill", Puckchaser?
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No, I'm trying to be an actual member of the Directing Staff and keep people on topic. Nobody is singling you out, you just happened to be one of the latest off topic posts.
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Ok. Must be getting paranoid in my old age.
Seems Mitch McConnell isn’t happy with Trump. Looks like he may be open to impeachment to “purge” him from the GOP.
NY Times article. Behind a paywall unfortunately.
Saw it on television being picked up by other news sources but can’t read the actual article.
NY Times article. Behind a paywall unfortunately.
Saw it on television being picked up by other news sources but can’t read the actual article.
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Seems Mitch McConnell isn’t happy with Trump. Looks like he may be open to impeachment to “purge” him from the GOP.
NY Times article. Behind a paywall unfortunately.
Saw it on television being picked up by other news sources but can’t read the actual article.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is inclined to vote to convict Trump in an impeachment trial, new report says
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is also talking to GOP colleagues about whether he should ask Trump to resign, The New York Times reports.
www.businessinsider.com
not behind paywall here.
Colin Parkinson
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Well at least she didn't post letters about wolves being reintroduced.
Army investigating officer who led group to Washington rally
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Army is investigating a psychological operations officer who led a group of people from North Carolina to the rally in Washington that led up to the deadly riot in the U.S.apnews.com
Her trade will certainly raise a few eyebrows in regards to all of this.
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No worries, it was very tongue in cheek which doesn't always come across well in posts. I don't think we agree on the whole matter at hand wrt incitement vs non-incitement by DJT.
This entire series of posts highlights that words and their meanings are interpreted differently by different people based on their own internal biases, which was the context I was trying to convey in my original post. Those meanings will be taken in and spun in many directions; some of them fantastical and some of them more along the lines of common sense. Very few of them will match 100% with what was intended but whose belongs where is largely a matter of bias and interpretation.
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One should remember that it's Union leaders that support a party, not necessarily the membership, the days of the unions controlling their members votes are gone.
Something is obviously going on.
Maybe the start of the GOP getting rid of Trump.
Maybe the start of the GOP getting rid of Trump.
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Sorry, I would reply to you, but that has nothing to do with a riot on Capitol Hill.
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Either the events of January 6th was the last straw for McConnell, or trump is a sinking ship and he is looking to get off.
Or both.
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His wife already resigned as Transportation Secretary.
My I initial reaction to that was that certain people stepped down to avoid getting embroiled in a 25th amendment debacle. But yeah. The wind seems to be changing though. I think the senate only has to have 17 gop senators side with the democrats to convict.
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Should things progress to impeachment, it will be interesting to see how many members of the House and how many senators are absent for the vote... that's another way to get the numbers needed, without having to go on the record as being against.
I think a party like that would do exceptionally well in Canada, the USA, UK, Australia, etc etc.
A 'center party' that didn't try to pander to the left or right fringes. Common sense ideas that are fairly center, made decisions based on whether those decisions actually made sense or not (ignoring which party or person made the suggestion) -- that party would clean house. Big time. (I would think anyway)
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Just read a few articles. None actually quoting McConnell. Lots of 'people close to', 'sources close to' just like the National Enquirer. I'll wait until he makes an actual statement. If he has, please post the link, cause I didn't see one anywhere.
This is me spitballing. As far as purging him from the party, he used them like the trudeau's used the LPC. As a vehicle to gain power. Trump's popularity rose to 48% after the riot (Rasmussen, I think) If he takes his 70-80 million base away with him to start another party, it'll be the voters purging themselves of the republicans. Many of the old Republicans and rinos have royally pissed off their voters and I don't think many will be getting voted back in in the midterms. Especially if Trump can get an opposing party up and running. And he doesn't even have to run. One of the kids can.
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Not until all lobbyists and corporate donations are expelled from the system. Politicians need to become responsible to their voters again. Not their corporate sponsors.
Mitch McConnell, despite my dislike for him, is still a smart politician. Many politicians get their messages out without getting it out themselves. They leak or they tell someone who becomes a source. I have no way of knowing if he did that or not but it would not shock me.
Trump’s base, while not insignificant, is nowhere near 80 million. Just because people voted for him does not mean they are part of his base. But your point has merit as it will certainly split the right wing in US politics assuming the Trump “party” can organise itself enough to do so. Meanwhile I’m certain the democrats are probably very very happy right now with how this is developing. As ER Campbell stated a few posts before, it may be time for Trumpites to find a new champion.
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