Electoral vote count and protest thread.

[Brickjectivity]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/

They pushed past police barriers and by the standards of these protesters that almost certainly qualifies as "violent". Tear gas has been deployed.

Its clear from the link provided in the WP that the DC Mayor's office is waging psychological warfare on the protestors, not giving them enough places to pee.

"When you got to go, you got to go. But finding a spot to use the restroom on the Mall proved hard amid the protests." -- from the link provided

"'If you’ve ever watched a Trump rally,' they tend to be large, said one 50-year-old man who came in a group of six from Maryland. After about an hour, the man, who declined to give his name, was almost at the front of the line. 'And this one is pretty important,' he said." --also from the link provided

I always hate going to DC. Everything is freaking expensive, and you can never find a restroom when you're storming the halls of Congress, if you can even get there through all of the traffic. Simple bottles of water are expensive, and you can kiss your life savings goodbye if you don't bring a bag lunch.

 

[Quetzal]

Well, has anyone done that yet?

Yes, pick any news outlet of your choice.

 

[Revoltingest]

Yes, pick any news outlet of your choice.

Oooo....just saw these!
Hill Staffers Evacuate as Trump Supporters Clash with Police outside Capitol Building | National Review
https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1346901420147167232
The crazies are out in force, eh.
I blame Mrs Revolt's people.
They're the ones who came up with the curse...
"May you live in interesting times."

Did you ever think you'd see such a thing?

 

[Quetzal]

Oooo....just saw these!
Hill Staffers Evacuate as Trump Supporters Clash with Police outside Capitol Building | National Review
https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1346901420147167232
The crazies are out in force, eh.
I blame Mrs Revolt's people.
They're the ones who came up with the curse...
"May you live in interesting times."

Did you ever think you'd see such a thing?

I am pretty tense at the moment because I remember trying to point out the dangers of Trumps rhetoric to people here. Every time it was the same stuff, you know? Dodging and flipping around because no one wanted to address the elephant in the room. Now we see the consequences of it live on the internet. It is frustrating because no one wanted to believe it and here we are. A direct and intentional attack on the physical and metaphorical democratic process.

 

[Quintessence]

Imagine storming a nation's capitol for a psychopathic narcissist who doesn't care at all about you and yours, only them and theirs. Imagine that being the thing you stand for. Of all the things, that.

All of history's dead authoritarian dictators are smirking in their graves.

 

[Revoltingest]

I am pretty tense at the moment because I remember trying to point out the dangers of Trumps rhetoric to people here. Every time it was the same stuff, you know? Dodging and flipping around because no one wanted to address the elephant in the room. Now we see the consequences of it live on the internet. It is frustrating because no one wanted to believe it and here we are. A direct and intentional attack on the physical and metaphorical democratic process.

After 4 years in office, he morphed from a political unknown
to a President with a record. The rhetoric you loathe is part
of that record. This fueled my prediction that Biden would win.
If the election looked close, I'd have held my nose & voted for
Biden, but Trump's failing image allowed my vote for Jorgensen.

 

[tytlyf]

After 4 years in office, he morphed from a political unknown
to a President with a record. The rhetoric you loathe is part
of that record. This fueled my prediction that Biden would win.
If the election looked close, I'd have held my nose & voted for
Biden, but Trump's failing image allowed my vote for Jorgensen.

From Trump to Jorgensen. You know how to pick em!

 

[Revoltingest]

From Trump to Jorgensen. You know how to pick em!

Woof!

 

[Twilight Hue]

Luckily for them, they are white.

I was waiting for that to come into play.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Well, has anyone done that yet?

Oh, the way back machine. Let's use it!

 

[Revoltingest]

Oh, the way back machine. Let's use it!

I'm using the Wayforward machine.
(It avoids tthose universe destroying paradoxes.)

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

The USA is in self destruct mode.

I wonder what will come out of the ruins.

 

[Revoltingest]

The USA is in self destruct mode.

I wonder what will come out of the ruins.

We'll survive.
Just have some drama to play out.

 

[Quetzal]

I was waiting for that to come into play.

Fair enough, speculation at best. I prefer the facts: Trump supporters are actively and violently challenging the democratic process.

 

[Windwalker]

They, as well as their leader, need to, should be, and hopefully will all be arrested.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Fair enough, speculation at best. I prefer the facts: Trump supporters are actively and violently challenging the democratic process.

I dont know what exactly the democratic process is anymore. Its been mutilated beyond recognition.

 

[Twilight Hue]

They, as well as their leader, need to, should be, and hopefully will all be arrested.

I have yet to find stories about gunshots.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I have yet to find stories about gunshots.

Woman treated for gunshot wounds on Capitol grounds

 

[Trailblazer]

"By their fruits you shall know them" ~Jesus.

I was going to mention those verses, but you beat me to the punch.
But now I am going to post the verses.

Matthew 7:15-20 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Fruits: the pleasant or successful result of work or actions: FRUIT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Unfortunately, the Trumpsters cannot tell the difference between a good fruit and a bad fruit.

 

[Trailblazer]

I have yet to find stories about gunshots.

I just heard that one person has been shot and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
There are other injured people as well.