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The Consequences Of The Capitol Assault
The Federalist ^ | January 7, 2020 | Ben Domenech

Posted on 01/07/2021 9:35:42 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 01/07/2021 9:35:42 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I got flamed yesterday for posting that “the storming of the Capitol” was a terrible thing that would hurt MAGA and the president. So many Freepers were essentially fist pumping in support of this mob. Now they’re saying it was actually antifa posing as Trump people - an admission that I was right and it created a huge setback for MAGA and Trump

Apologies accepted


2 posted on 01/07/2021 9:39:53 AM PST by rintintin (Every time a conservative watches Tucker, a Fox News liberal reporter gets a pay raise. )
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To: Kaslin

The rioters failed in their effort and ensured their marginalization.

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Couldn’t be more wrong...the Left (and apparently many “conservatives”) think that only the Left can engage in civil disobedience.

And while there were certainly Antifa pukes there, there were also many sincere, angry patriots there as well. The political Left can try to censor conservatives at their own peril. We will continue to speak, communicate with one another, and get our voices heard.


3 posted on 01/07/2021 9:40:03 AM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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The iconoclasm of the right is a real development, and it is here to stay. You’ll wish for the old man in the tricorn hat waving a Cato Constitution when you see the new right blasting statues with graffiti …
Nobody who does such things is part of the right, new or old. Stop with the left-wing-inspired false labels, Mr. D.
4 posted on 01/07/2021 9:40:34 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: rintintin

Actually you’re talking nonsense.

If the Capitol had been “stormed” there would have been a lot more that would have happened.

You play the MSN deep state narrative.


5 posted on 01/07/2021 9:44:17 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: rintintin

You won’t be getting any apologies.

That’s my best guess. Nor will I offer one.


6 posted on 01/07/2021 9:46:18 AM PST by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! So ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! /s 👹.)
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To: Kaslin

I agree with the author and will take it a step further: Plan on defending yourselves from Waco and Ruby Ridge style raids. In the very near future I expect police raids on conservatives of all stripes and they’ll be ‘justified’ with the usual buzzwords like “compounds”, “assault weapons”, “white separatists”, “white supremacists”, and “sovereign citizens”.

The police and the media will use these words to justify murdering people in their homes.

And I’m not a doomsayer for saying this because this is what these people do every time they take power.


7 posted on 01/07/2021 9:46:40 AM PST by MercyFlush (Donald Trump is my President and Free Republic is my social media!)
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To: rintintin

Stand back a little farther and look past the wringing of hands and clutching of pearls. The events of 1/1/21 have identified exactly who is who in the chaterati and political spheres. Aside from the murder of a perfectly decent person, which will go unpunished, what harm was really done? The writer is right on target, those marble halls reek of villainy, they are not holy.


8 posted on 01/07/2021 9:47:14 AM PST by Riflema
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To: Kaslin

Too many people are trying to make yesterday out as a loss.

It wasn’t.

It was a tactical and strategic victory.

The people who never stand up stood up.

The Democrat propaganda machine is in full swing, but yesterday scared them.

For the first time in their political careers, the people put the run on them.

And they ran like chickens.

Brave people, honest people would have talked with the people.

The cowards ran.

That’s who we are dealing with....

Loud mouthed
Arrogant
Greedy
Lying
Thieving
Bullying
Cowards

Cowards.


9 posted on 01/07/2021 9:47:14 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blueunicorn6

Yes!


10 posted on 01/07/2021 9:48:06 AM PST by Riflema
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To: ifinnegan

They are lucky it was not like a 1789 storming in Paris. Mobile guillitines would have been a nice touch.


11 posted on 01/07/2021 9:48:24 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: rintintin

Real slick rintintin, you shrill GOPe troll. Go ahead and falsely claim yesterday’s Capitol protesters for the culmination of a 4 years long rolling coup. The coup was going to happen regardless with no excuses needed.

You are just giving the leftists cover.

Despicable.


12 posted on 01/07/2021 9:49:31 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: Kaslin

I think we will see some common ground between Antifa/BLM and Patriots when it comes to the Police.


13 posted on 01/07/2021 9:49:57 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: Kaslin

“The rioters failed in their effort and ensured their marginalization.”

This is generally a good article but I don’t know what he means above.

What was their effort? Nothing other than showing their disgust.

And if he thinks our marginalization isn’t ensured by the MSM/deep state techno-totalitarians no matter what he’s a moron.

We need to move the power from DC by centralizing our own representation and communicating to the illegal and illegitimate “government” in DC via liaison.


14 posted on 01/07/2021 9:50:52 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: blueunicorn6

Hot take - tactical loss, but strategic victory. Yes we didn’t flip the election but let’s be honest, that should have happened LONG ago including installing OUR people in the county election offices. Me and some friends are working on doing that at our level, locally. Long story—would take a whole new thread but let’s just say we will NOT allow a repeat of 2020 in 2022 and we’re not the only people who think this way.

On to the strategic victory - I know the popular talking heads point is that now the left will crack down on the right, but honestly were we expecting the media and Kamala Harris to reach out with an olive branch otherwise? The system was discredited yesterday. It was supposed to be the big celebration. “A historic moment.” Instead, guy in a Viking suit.


15 posted on 01/07/2021 9:53:44 AM PST by ksm1
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To: Mouton

“They are lucky it was not like a 1789 storming in Paris. Mobile guillitines would have been a nice touch.”

Yes, they don’t understand the word storm.

Our side are not murderers and destroyers, though, and will do this peacefully and methodically.

They are the ones who use force and strength of power, mayhem and destruction.


16 posted on 01/07/2021 9:54:29 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: blueunicorn6

They ran through the corridors and they ran through the halls where a lobbyist would not go. They ran so fast the protestors could not catch them all the way back to their homes. Props to Johnny Horton


17 posted on 01/07/2021 9:54:59 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t think you’re going to see that, but who knows? The problem with this movement - which is what it is, a movement of mistreated people who want justice and respect - is that it contains everybody from the aforementioned group to a handful of nutcases. But at the same time, what it does not have is a leader, so there’s no way of sorting out or controlling the nutcases.

Trump is perhaps not really the leader, but more of a symbol; however, he’s the closest thing there is to a leader, and if the left gets rid of him, they’re opening the way for total chaos.

And don’t forget that we’ve actually been living in a sort of chaos for the last 10 months, many of us separated by our very own government from our jobs and livelihoods, our families and churches...all moderating social influences. So the average American was already in a pretty fragile state.

But the detonating thing in all of this is the interference by the left with the selection of a national leader and their suppression of the voices of the people. Doubling down on it will only make it worse. But they don’t care.


18 posted on 01/07/2021 9:55:22 AM PST by livius
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To: MercyFlush

The only way to defend ourselves is to organize and get what state governments we can to refuse to cooperate with the His Fraudulency. Start a movement for states to nullify the acts of the Federal government which are now wholly illegitimate, with both the Presidency and the Senate stolen. We need lawyer networks to combat lawfare. We also need alliances of patriots willing to show up -armed- when the NKVD comes knocking on our doors or local gun shops. Because they are coming.


19 posted on 01/07/2021 9:57:15 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: livius
They don't care because they think they've won permanently, and they are joined by the treasonous business class and RINOs who wish to get back to the serious business of looting America without pesky voters interrupting them.

Frankly, IMHO this won't stop until some heads are blown off.

20 posted on 01/07/2021 10:00:00 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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