Posted on 01/07/2023 3:25:32 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Did anyone remember that Friday was J-6? I know I didn’t, until I turned on C-Span and saw wannabe-Speaker, NY Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, making some grand speech on the Capitol steps and talking about how Democrats govern without violence (puh-lease), and that we must never forget what Republican extremism leads to.
On January 6, 2021, our nation watched in horror as a terrorist mob stormed the Capitol grounds in a violent attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power.
As we commemorate this dark day, let us pray that we heal the wounds that remain & work to preserve American Democracy.
pic.twitter.com/JVQdjbB6dM— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 6, 2023
Just to show how desperate they are to put the Fauxsurrection back into the purview of Americans, someone actually took the time to pen this nonsense, connecting J-6 with the 20 Republican House Caucus members wrangling over the concessions to get them to vote for Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.
Of the 20 Republicans who have repeatedly voted against Kevin McCarthy, most are democracy deniers who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election and nearly all the incumbents in this herd refused to certify the election on January 6th, 2021, after their fellow Trump supporters beat hundreds of cops, sacked the Capitol building and demanded the neck of Mike Pence.
Press coverage of the 20’s demands and the load of concessions McCarthy has already offered them generally misses the larger insurrectionist point here: These Republicans genuinely seem to hate Kevin McCarthy. They don’t fear him. They have him by the teeth.
They’re not trying to break him.
He’s already broken.
The rest–a screed about why McCarthy is so horrible and why Republicans having any pulse on governance–is equally bad.
Miss me.
No matter how much Democrats and the true believers want to deny it, all eyes are on the Speaker vote, and all eyes are on the Republicans, whether it’s to mock, agree, disagree, prognosticate, or deem democracy in peril—no one has been able to look away. Our attention has been moved from the Capitol steps and is now riveted to the Capitol chambers.
As it should be.
Who is getting the oxygen on all of the major news outlets? Republicans. Whose Twitter feeds are winning the day? Republicans. The Democrats who have attempted to negatively chime in on the process and call it a sham, like AOC and the truly stupid Cori Bush, have been roundly ratioed and ultimately had to crawl back under their rock. One hopes that they will stay there.
No matter how much Democrats try to resurrect that dead horse that is the January 6 “insurrection,” consider it dead and gone. Not even worthy to be placed on the ash heap of history, it has, thankfully, been superseded by actual history happening before our very eyes.
Four days. Fifteen House ballots. Actual negotiations and hashing out. No coronations. Representatives actually representing their constituents.
We’re at a turning point. I’ve negotiated in good faith, with one purpose: to restore the People’s House back to its rightful owners. The framework for an agreement is in place, so in a good-faith effort, I voted to restore the People’s House by voting for @gopleader McCarthy.
— RepScottPerry (@RepScottPerry) January 6, 2023
This is what the founders intended. What has transpired over the past few decades has been a bastardization. What has transpired over the past few days has been a restoration. January 6, 2023, will forever be the day, after debate, deliberation, and negotiation, that a Speaker of the House was duly elected by the 118th Congress. From this day forward, that is how it will be recorded. More importantly, that is how it will be remembered.
The Speaker’s Office must work for We The People, and I believe the concessions we’ve secured achieve this.
pic.twitter.com/VbmM0Dek3s— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) January 6, 2023
I am of the mindset that Tucker Carlson outlined in his monologue on Thursday.
If you want to be the guy who’s second in line from the presidency in America, you’ve got to work for it. And Kevin McCarthy certainly has worked for it this week, whatever you think of him. You get the feeling McCarthy would crawl naked through a sewer to get this gig. And that’s not necessarily an insult, by the way. It’s what it takes, obviously. Maybe it’s what it should take.
So if you take a deep breath and you think about it for a second, nothing we have seen in Washington recently, the supposedly apocalyptic world-ending drama of politicians arguing with each other, none of it qualifies as especially unusual or even bad. This is what democracy looks like when you get up close. I want one thing. You want another thing. We schedule a vote to see who gets it, or in this case, 11 votes.
But whatever. How is that a disaster? Well, it’s not a disaster. It’s how the system is supposed to work. But don’t tell the moron community that. They’re too overwrought to hear you.
I disagree with Tucker on this point: this is not “what democracy looks like,” this is what a Constitutional republic looks like. It took 100 years and 15 votes to get back to that standard, but as far as I am concerned, it was well worth it—and history has been made.
Congratulations, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, our 55th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
the BLM riots were 10 times more historic and violent than the selfie protest at the capital on Jan 6th
Let us state it correctly. From the ANALS of history.
“Four days. Fifteen House ballots. Actual negotiations and hashing out. No coronations. Representatives actually representing their constituents.”
I don’t buy that. From all that’s been said the last couple weeks, constituents told their reps they did NOT want McCarthy. Sadly, nobody else was put forward as a viable candidate. There were several who would’ve been better. Gaetz would’ve been better.
People are still in jail.
Not over.
McCarthy is now owned by Trump.
Still would love to know the full extent of involvement of renegade Federal agencies especially the upper anti Trump echelon of the FBI in this riot. Also there was huge amounts of information and videos that were censored by the kangaroo court J6 committee. Would love to make them public, available and get Epps under oath.
That, too, for sure.
Any body have the video of the man breaking the window before Ashli Babbitt got shot?
“Any body have the video of the man breaking the window before Ashli Babbitt got shot?”
Most likely, yes — the Eff Bee Eye. And they’re not sharing.
Quite so. If any doubts that, open two new windows. In one, search for "J6 Capital damage". In the other one, search for "2020 riot damage".
Then look at the pictures that pop up. Just look!
but is it wise to just not talk about j6 anymore.
if the republicans fail to pull the files from the fbi—then the democrats write the history of j6.
that’s no part of good.
Funny thing: I have seen, many cases, spell checkers do not work on headlines.
It appears they are designed that way.
If so, that is a very good thing.
It is amazing how the democrats can get in front of a camera and just lie their butts off. They think we are all stupid and forgetful out here about what happened during the summer of 2020 and the BLM and Antifa riots and all the damage they did to businesses, law enforcement buildings and personnel, federal buildings and public parks. Wow. We had a full year basically of riots from the left and they never ever called it out or called it insurrection. This was going on during covid lockdowns when the rest of us weren’t able to go visit our grandparents or have weddings and funerals! I call BS on the Democrats!!!
This is what’s wrong with politics. Nobody should OWN anyone. An endorsement or funds should be just that: A donation or support or both.
If they are owned by those outside with money and sway then they are not beholden to the American people. We can’t make the system right if we condone the system.
You may wish to think about the J6 S’show and how the word ANAL applies. Hat tip dear FRiend. I was crapping on their show from a dizzy height. Ceaușescu got off easy IMHO.
Please put captions on that picture. I almost cried laughing. That is so much a Meme you will become a Meme Lord.
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