fleet wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:dakomish23 wrote:Lin Wood calling for Pence’s execution via firing squad is exactly where I expected these treasonous weasels to take it once all their other gambits failed miserably.
As always, the fringe right will push for executions by the government when they don’t get their way.
I don’t wish death upon anyone, but the world will be better off without ppl like this
As I said before, there should be legislation that penalizes these kinds of statements as acts of sedition. Several of them, Bannon being one of them, have called for public officials to be executed or assassinated. This should not be swept under the rug. I'm hoping the incoming AG takes action and indicts these people for making public threats.
It is all a big joke for some reason, like let's just laugh it all off because a coup isn't likely to happen. What Louie Goober and Trump are asking Pence to do, what they've been doing al along, it is remarkable rebellion against this republic coming from within. We have been frogs slowly boiled in water. How they have not been thrown out of office yet is amazing, but how there is not loud calls from opposition and patriotic GOP goverment officials for their ouster at least is hard to reconcile. I love Nancy Pelosi as a basic functioning cog in the government, but if the tables were turned and Obama or Hillary were engineering this stuff, there really would be pitchforks and torches in front of the WH and the GOP would be non stop on fire for arrest, and they wouldn't be just playing this time. Democrats are sooooo laid back, and I kind of hate it. Maybe there are quantum math political angles I have no clue about. The people in those purple states hesitant to vote for Dems are the ones that might appreciate a liiiittle more passion out of opposition leadership. If Dems don't start capturing people's hearts instead of angling for their minds, they will keep falling 2 steps behind for every one step forward. The rebels have 2 and 1/2 cable networks now.
There's plenty of posters in this thread who are disappointed in the Dems for being too passive. I totally understand why, but I also understand there is another scenario playing out simultaneously, i.e. the GA Run-Offs.
I'm pretty sure the Dems are continuing to follow Biden's successful path to victory in the general election which to a large degree was premised on letting Trump set himself on fire. Sure, you speak up here and there and note your objections, but the fundamental situation is Trump and his die hard allies continue to set themselves on fire. And that very much does feed into the GA campaigns, i.e. let them continue sabotaging themselves and I think it is good strategy seeing how some of Trump's associates have been advocating staying home and not voting.
Basically, the Dems appear to be more in a crouching tiger posture than a meek mouse one. Everyone on both sides are holding their breath to see what happens on January 5th in GA and the Dems are giving the right wing media cabals as little to bounce off as possible while Lin Wood and Trump set themselves on fire. For the showdown stuff with Mitch, they're letting guys like Sanders carry their water for now which I think was smart. I'm hopeful and somewhat confident the Dems are going to take both seats and if they do then I believe my assessment of how they are handling this will be borne out.