The WH Transition Thread --- all things Trump to Biden until Inauguration

[Nonlinear FC]

Rick Santorum is a smarmy cunt.

[Nonlinear FC]

Long-term, this really could be the death spiral of the Republican party.

[Johnnie]

[MaxWebster]

Maggie Haberman White House Correspondent:

We are seeing reports of people being transported to hospitals from the Capitol complex.

Mark, one Trump adviser told me that people — even those close to him — are certain the president wanted this and is enjoying it.

[A_B]

Rick Santorum is a smarmy cunt.

I think "frothy" is the word you were looking for.

[mister d]

Been watching CNN, and it was really interesting as they had a couple Republican Congressmen saying what we are saying now. One was introduced as a pro-Trumper, and he didn't deny it, but angrily said this needs to stop, it's heinous, and demanding Trump step in and call off the hordes and admit he lost.

Embarrassing they let him on, embarrassing they didn't rip him the fuck apart for pandering to these people 97% of the way into the capitol.

[degenerasian]

I'm trying to call my dad, he knows what's up.

[psunate77]

They're starting to set up a perimeter. Going to start cracking skulls now.

There not going to do shit.. I am sorry, but the idea of these people would be able to get in to the capitol while session is going and had cops "Talk to them" shows me all I need to know on who side the police is on.

Police just standing in gear while terrorist climb through windows, break windows..

Well, you must've missed the footage of a perimeter being set with metal barriers and cops beating the shit out of anyone rushing in. Just reporting what's on TV.

You wanna place bets on whether the police are going to fuck shit up when they get reinforcements?

You mean how they are taking photos with the protesters?

[Ryan]

Long-term, this really could be the death spiral of the Republican party.

Who gives a literal fuck about parties if this is the vacuum filler.

[mister d]

Everyone needs to file away how they feel right now for later on when Biden et all go right back to happily working with the politicians who enabled today.

[mister d]

Oh shit, Pelosi just demanded Trump call off the protestors. Looks like the reinforcements won't be necessary. Hope they still get their mileage repaid.

[P.D.X.]

You got the weirdest priorities.

[MaxWebster]

this i completely agree with.

if they just fucking let this crowd disperse with just some pushing and shoving and it all ends up like a hockey scrum and we forget about it in a week, it's a fucking travesty.

Everyone needs to file away how they feel right now for later on when Biden et all go right back to happily working with the politicians who enabled today.

[DaveInSeattle]

Scenes I never could have imagined:

Unimaginable:

Did you think everyone warning about this was simply overreacting? I mean, all sorts of things got normalized leading up to this.

I knew it would get ugly...but I could never imagine armed Trump supporters taking over the Capital Building.

[mister d]

You got the weirdest priorities.

Or we're just in different states of surprise that this actually happened.

[mister d]

[A_B]

this i completely agree with.

if they just fucking let this crowd disperse with just some pushing and shoving and it all ends up like a hockey scrum and we forget about it in a week, it's a fucking travesty.

Everyone needs to file away how they feel right now for later on when Biden et all go right back to happily working with the politicians who enabled today.

There is no excuse for not calling for the immediate resignation of Cruz et al.

[Johnnie]

[Steve of phpBB]

They're starting to set up a perimeter. Going to start cracking skulls now.

There not going to do shit.. I am sorry, but the idea of these people would be able to get in to the capitol while session is going and had cops "Talk to them" shows me all I need to know on who side the police is on.

Police just standing in gear while terrorist climb through windows, break windows..

Well, you must've missed the footage of a perimeter being set with metal barriers and cops beating the shit out of anyone rushing in. Just reporting what's on TV.

You wanna place bets on whether the police are going to fuck shit up when they get reinforcements?

You mean how they are taking photos with the protesters?

OK, these people are not terrorists.

Like the knuckleheads at BLM protests who went beyond protest, these people are engaged in vandalism and looting. It's wrong, and they should be identified and arrested (and I think they will), but it is not terrorism any more than what BLM-adjacent vandals were doing was terrorism.

[P.D.X.]

You got the weirdest priorities.

Or we're just in different states of surprise that this actually happened.

no surprises here, I just don't have an agenda that I have to twist every scenario into to advance

[A_B]

Attacking the US Capitol building is far more terroristic than busting up a Walgreens.

[P.D.X.]

When the looting starts...?

[P.D.X.]

OK, these people are not terrorists.

Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government or its citizens to further certain political or social objectives.

[DSafetyGuy]

Attacking the US Capitol building is far more terroristic than busting up a Walgreens.

Fucking embarrassing this had to be written.

[tennbengal]

[Johnnie]

[Rush2112]

They will be going to jail. They’re probably too stupid to realize it, but they will.

[tennbengal]

Biden is using the right words.

[EdRomero]

Biden giving a good speech, calling out Trump.

[Johnnie]

Until chyrons start saying this is an attempted coup and insurrection with instruction from treasonous members of Congress, fuck the media right now.

Edit:

Joe Biden said insurrection. That's a good start.

[govmentchedda]

Y'all, my hair has gotten much longer during quarantine, but I swear this isn't me.




It really looks like me.

[Nonlinear FC]

CNN has been saying insurrection for hours now.

It was weird though... They also had a chyron saying "Counting Presidential Votes" or something like that for a very long time. But they also had a perma-breaking new saying Insurrection.

[A_B]

This guy...

[degenerasian]

The difference between this and a proper coup mirrors the difference between Trump and a proper dictator, he and his supporters are just too lazy fat and well fed, they have no idea what to do with the power they've got, in the third world hungry angry people led by the burningly ambitious seize power in order to run the country, in the US they mill around the rotunda taking selfies and wondering if the Denny's will take their out of state coupon when they go to eat that evening

[psunate77]

[MaxWebster]

[L-Jam3]

Biden did say all the right words. Only dignity and peaceful, righteous action is going to fix this.


But God as my witness I want to crack some fucking skulls right now. Figuratively preferably.

[BSF21]

The difference between this and a proper coup mirrors the difference between Trump and a proper dictator, he and his supporters are just too lazy fat and well fed, they have no idea what to do with the power they've got, in the third world hungry angry people led by the burningly ambitious seize power in order to run the country, in the US they mill around the rotunda taking selfies and wondering if the Denny's will take their out of state coupon when they go to eat that evening

DINGDINGDINGDINGDING FUCKING DINGGGGGGGG *Hector Salamanca.jif

[Rush2112]

[duff]

Why are any of the news stations playing Trump's speech. Starting out by saying the election was stolen and that everyone knows it. Should have cut him off right then and there. Just have the balls to stand up for what is right. Remove the platform to reach people.