Enough of my navel-gazing posts, I figured I'd spend a few days discussing the 1/6 insurrection, the failed Cuckoo Coup that Republicans are trying to spin as No Big Deal. Today's post will be about the runup to the insurrection, which astute observers of the Right pretty much knew was going to happen- check out the dates on this exchange:
Trump had issued his call-to-arms, and even sought to profit from his minions coming to the nation's captial in response:Bonus #TheDailyQail. Get ready Libs, once 1/6 rolls around your dreams of a Biden Presidency will be but bitter ashes in your mouths! https://t.co/o1HdHCAYTQ
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) January 4, 2022
“Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
— Zach Everson (@Z_Everson) January 7, 2021
Crazy that the Trump Hotel knew to jack up its lowest rate for 1/6 to $8,000, but law enforcement was caught off guard. pic.twitter.com/MWRuJWADwm
The warning signs were there for all to see, and the idea that law enforcement organizations failed to see them is not entirely convincing, especially in light of the resignation of Bob Barr as DoJ head and the ascension of Christopher Miller at the DoD suggest that Trump insiders were preparing for 'something wild'. The idea that Trump was watching the insurrection unfold on television, knowing that the Capitol and Metropolitan Police were under attack, and the Vice President and Congress members imperiled, suggests that he was aware of the goals of the rioters, and supportive of them. The revelation that the FBI had rapid response teams deployed near the Capitol comes as some relief, if only one can trust that FBI director Wray had been committed to the peaceful transition of power.
The insurrection was telegraphed, and there's a nagging suspicion that the response was botched, or even worse, hampered by bad actors... incompetence, or collusion, or just a misguided sympathy toward right-wing authoritarians that bit police personnel in the ass? Thankfully, the insurrection failed, mainly because the insurgents were a bunch of incompetent boobs. I've come to believe that the best possible outcome was achieved- a failed coup without overmuch violence (the hypotheticals are pretty scary).
Post title taken from one of my favorite REM tracks.
Ok fine. That thing bailed out of his press conference. He expects to give a press conference in Arizona in the near future. Watch out neighbors, cuidale! He will have many friends there.
ReplyDeleteI would not like to be that Synema politician when mr t rolls in to town.
Excuse my spelling.
I don't think she's going to be around for his speech in the prison capital of the Southwest.
ReplyDeleteIs she ever around in AZ at all? She seems to spend all her time elsewhere, travelling on the taxpayer dime.
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