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Nevilledog

(51,055 posts) Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:27 PM Aug 2021

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President Biden on Capitol attack: "It wasn't dissent ... it was insurrection."

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President Biden on Capitol attack: “It wasn’t dissent … it was insurrection. It was riot and mayhem. It was radical and chaotic. It was unconstitutional. And maybe most important, it was fundamentally un-American.”

2:22 PM · Aug 5, 2021

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President Biden on Capitol attack: "It wasn't dissent ... it was insurrection." (Original Post) Nevilledog Aug 2021 OP

The fact that the republican leadership in the House, along with at least 60% of the JohnSJ Aug 2021 #1

Thank you for calling it what it is bottomofthehill Aug 2021 #2

PREACH IT Skittles Aug 2021 #3

Call it out for what it is. And keep calling it out. paleotn Aug 2021 #4

It was an attempted violent overthrow of our Democracy Botany Aug 2021 #5

EXACTLY!!! BumRushDaShow Aug 2021 #6

Kick dalton99a Aug 2021 #7

Good to see.. TY dalton! Cha Aug 2021 #9

Rt TY.. Ooh those two Democratic Leaders Cha Aug 2021 #8

K&R MustLoveBeagles Aug 2021 #10

All true, but "it was a pre-planned act of domestic terrorism on the United States Congress" is... Justice matters. Aug 2021 #11

The airwaves and tubes need to be flooded BootinUp Aug 2021 #12

Thank you for the truth, President Biden. 💙 crickets Aug 2021 #13

"Fundamentally un-American" The Unmitigated Gall Aug 2021 #14

Gods bless the man Hekate Aug 2021 #15

Me too. Bluethroughu Aug 2021 #18

That is exactly what it was. marble falls Aug 2021 #16

President Biden calling out truth! Bluethroughu Aug 2021 #17

These... DemUnleashed Aug 2021 #19

JohnSJ

(92,110 posts)

1. The fact that the republican leadership in the House, along with at least 60% of the

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:34 PM

Aug 2021

Congressional republicans in both the House and the Senate embrace not only the big lie, but embrace support from proud boys, oath keepers, and other hate groups, leave no ambiguity what the Republican Party today represents

Make no mistake about it, the 2022 midterms is about racists and bigots, verses the Democrats

bottomofthehill

(8,327 posts)

2. Thank you for calling it what it is

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 07:35 PM

Aug 2021

Skittles

(153,138 posts)

3. PREACH IT

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:10 PM

Aug 2021

YES INDEED

paleotn

(17,901 posts)

4. Call it out for what it is. And keep calling it out.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:28 PM

Aug 2021

Take the framing away from the GQP and, a la Kevin Moron, beat them over the head with it. Metaphorically of course.

Botany

(70,479 posts)

5. It was an attempted violent overthrow of our Democracy

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:39 PM

Aug 2021

Say it Joe!

BumRushDaShow

(128,714 posts)

6. EXACTLY!!!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:45 PM

Aug 2021

Call it what it was. It was a coup attempt.

dalton99a

(81,426 posts)

7. Kick

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Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:54 PM

Aug 2021

Cha

(297,029 posts)

9. Good to see.. TY dalton!

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:59 PM

Aug 2021

Cha

(297,029 posts)

8. Rt TY.. Ooh those two Democratic Leaders

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 08:58 PM

Aug 2021

Look and Sound Good up there!

MustLoveBeagles

(11,587 posts)

10. K&R

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:03 PM

Aug 2021

Justice matters.

(6,925 posts)

11. All true, but "it was a pre-planned act of domestic terrorism on the United States Congress" is...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:08 PM

Aug 2021

missing. "One in which 5 people who did not have to die are now dead." too.

BootinUp

(47,135 posts)

12. The airwaves and tubes need to be flooded

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:12 PM

Aug 2021

With that.

crickets

(25,959 posts)

13. Thank you for the truth, President Biden. 💙

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Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:22 PM

Aug 2021

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,797 posts)

14. "Fundamentally un-American"

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:26 PM

Aug 2021

And ball-slappingly sore-losermanly.

Hekate

(90,616 posts)

15. Gods bless the man

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:43 PM

Aug 2021

I am so grateful we have him in this time.

Bluethroughu

(5,148 posts)

18. Me too.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:58 PM

Aug 2021

Very grateful!

It's his time and he's owning it.

marble falls

(57,063 posts)

16. That is exactly what it was.

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Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:51 PM

Aug 2021

Bluethroughu

(5,148 posts)

17. President Biden calling out truth!

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Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:55 PM

Aug 2021

DemUnleashed

(633 posts)

19. These...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 09:58 PM

Aug 2021

These ass*#les see kneeling to a flag to show dissent as being way over the line, but show your dissent with a violent insurrection, hell yeah!

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