Posted on 12/13/2021 8:27:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The January 6th Committee has begun to dig through Mark Meadows’ text messages. The former Chief of Staff for Donald Trump received numerous texts the day of the Capitol breach from various figures urging Meadows to have the then-president speak out about what was happening.
One such message came from none other than Donald Trump Jr. himself. But while Liz Cheney, who revealed the message during a hearing, appears to think it bolsters her and her colleagues’ fevered conspiracy theory about January 6th, the reality is that it kneecaps it.
Here’s what Don Jr. had to say per The Hill.
“He’s got to condemn this shit ASAP,” Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows as the attack was underway.
“I’m pushing it hard. I agree,” Meadows replied.
But when the president still did not act, his eldest son reached out again to Trump’s chief of staff, according to Jan. 6 Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), who read the series of texts during a hearing Monday night.
“We need an Oval Office address. He has to lead now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand,” Trump Jr. texted.
It wasn’t just Don Jr. who thought things had gone too far, either. Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade, and Sean Hannity all texted Meadows while the breach was occurring, warning that what was happening could destroy Donald Trump’s legacy. Whether that was the end result or not is a matter of opinion, but that’s not really the point here.
Rather, the biggest takeaway from this is that there is no evidence here of some grand conspiracy to overthrow the US government as Nancy Pelosi, Liz Cheney, and others have publicly speculated.
Do not be misled: President Trump is trying to hide what happened on January 6th and to delay and obstruct. We will not let that happen.
The truth will come out. (4/4)
— Rep. Liz Cheney (@RepLizCheney) December 9, 2021
Are we to believe that Donald Trump orchestrated “what happened on January 6th” but didn’t let his own son in on it? Or that Trump didn’t share his plans with any of his closest confidantes in the media? That belabors belief, especially since Meadows himself responded to those texts in agreement, noting that he was coordinating with the president on how to respond.
It is abundantly clear at this point that whatever you think of Donald Trump, what happened on January 6th was as much a surprise to him as anyone else. The idea that he hatched and led some master plan in an attempt to seize power and remain in office never made any sense given what we know. Besides, it makes even less sense when you consider that it…didn’t happen. Normally, when you want to enact a coup, you actually, you know, enact a coup. Instead, Trump denounced what occurred, even if it was a few hours later than some would have liked. He then left the White House without any objections.
So again, what exactly is the point of the January 6th Committee? They certainly aren’t going to dig into the questions surrounding the FBI’s involvement, and there’s just no evidence whatsoever that Trump or anyone else in the administration knew what was going to happen that day. And no, Meadows or whoever else discussing objecting to the election and/or exposing possible fraud is not the same as supporting a breach of the Capitol Building.
All this leaves one final straw for Cheney and her cohorts to pull on: To try to blame Trump for not acting quickly enough after he found out what was happening. But no one should let them forget the insane, false conspiracy theory they spun for almost a year before settling for those political scraps.
Ah, but there WAS a grand conspiracy to overthrow the US.... And Nancy Pelosi and her co-conspirators (and probably even Lizard Chainey) were at the heart of it.
When does that old bag get voted out of office already? 🤪
Pelosi planned this committee the same time she planned the withholding of the NG
And planned with Bowser to do it
Cheney Thompson etc need to be tired and feathered now
Trump asked them to go home. And they did.
I don’t know if it’s possible, but why aren’t conservative Republicans subpoenaing Cheney’s electronic communications, so we can show that she has no concerns about January 6 but wants to make sure Trump can’t run again?
Just watching CNN and Liz Cheney all saying Congress has a right to get to the bottom of who caused what happened because intruders entered the Capitol.
Meanwhile no investigation of refusing the National Guard, or the Capitol Police welcoming the protestors in, or the federal agents who were inciting people to go to the Capitol.
what isn’t mentioned is, Twitter and Facebook killed Trump’s
ability to communicate
Facebook and Twitter removed a video in which Trump spouted his baseless claims of election fraud and told his violent supporters to “go home”
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-has-blocked-president-trump-indefinitely-2021-1
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LOL!! As if they are actually anybody important. I would have responded to all three with a big, fat STOP.
Intruders my ass. We are the landlords of that building.
As Rush used to say sarcastically imitating Democrats “logic”....”it’s about the seriousness of the charge, even if it turns out to be untrue”.
I think the argument will be that the “conspirators” expected their plan to work quickly. The Committee will say that when the plan didn’t quickly result in rejection of the electoral votes the “conspirators” panicked, lost their nerve, and begged President Trump to call off the effort. But President Trump refused to give up, hoping that Congress would still reject the results. I don’t know how this argument will be received.
Nothing will come of her charade and she will be out of a job a little over a year from now. Liz will be relegated to live out the rest of her pathetic life as a RINO staple on CNN and MSNBC.
Exactly.
Liz Cheney is a vindictive psycho pitch. She makes AOC seem sane, if that is possible.
Let's not forget that Trump's accusers are also the same crowd who roasted him for taking action against the BLM protestors who were trying to destroy St. John's Church in DC.
Cheney, Schiff and that bunch needs for somebody to promise them the same treatment they’ve served us.
Everybody in Washington is guilty of something
She is a BAD SEED!
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