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Posted on 03/18/2021 11:30:23 PM PDT by RandFan
Former President George W. Bush recounted his reaction to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots in an interview released Thursday, saying that he was "disgusted" by what transpired.
In an interview recorded Feb. 24 with The Texas Tribune that is part of the SXSW 2021 online festival, Bush said that the events of the day left him "disgusted." The former president participated in the event to promote his new book, "Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants."
"I can't remember what I was doing, but ... I was sick to my stomach ... to see our nation's Capitol being stormed by hostile forces," he told the Texas newspaper's CEO Evan Smith. "And it really disturbed me to the point where I did put out a statement, and I'm still disturbed when I think about it."
The former president added that the insurrection that ripped through Washington earlier in the year was not an expression of peaceful protest.
"It undermines rule of law and the ability to express yourself in peaceful ways in the public square," he said.
On Jan. 6, a mob of former President Trump's supporters marched to the Capitol building following a speech by Trump, where he encouraged supporters to demand that Congress halt the certification of President Biden's Electoral College win.
Trump also alleged that the election was tainted by widespread voter fraud, a claim that has been refuted by both state and federal elections officials as well as a number of failed election lawsuits in multiple states.
The mob of supporters eventually breached Capitol security, broke windows, ransacked lawmakers' offices and forced staff, journalists and members of both chambers of Congress to hide in undisclosed locations on the grounds. The insurrection thus far has resulted in hundreds of charges and arrests and led to Trump's second impeachment on a charge of incitement.
During the interview, Smith also pressed Bush on whether he thought that the 2020 election was "stolen." The former president said "no."
Bush then acknowledged the skepticism and anger toward the government, but commended the record number of voters who participated in the 2018 and 2020 elections.
"It shows the vibrancy of democracy," Bush said, according to the Tribune. "That's a telltale sign that people want to get engaged in the system and that they were willing to go vote."
"Look, politics has always been rough ... And right now we're at a period of time, though, when there's a lot of anger in the system, which then causes people to worry about the future of our democracy," he said. "I think it's going to eventually work its way out of the system."
The Texas native and his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, attended Biden's inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20. Bush issued a formal statement in November congratulating Biden and Vice President Harris on their electoral win.
"Though we have political differences, I know Joe Biden to be a good man, who has won his opportunity to lead and unify our country," Bush said at the time.
The Smirking Chimp is a pile of rotting dogsqueezins.
He needs to shut his ignorant globalist piehole.
And the one part that he was right about, because obviously, populists are too easily fooled by the left and will simply quit.
George W. Bush on Capitol insurrection: “I was sick to my stomach”
The Texas Tribune
BY ABBY LIVINGSTON
FEB. 24, 2021
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/24/texas-tribune-george-w-bush/
“Former President George W. Bush said in a new interview...’History and the United States has shown these populist movements begin to fritter over time,...’”
How about we revisit some “Day in the Life” threads and remember all the Bushbots here who gave the rest of us a hard time?
He’s not, and you’re not the only one. I voted for McCain and Romney for crying out loud.
Is this really Dubya giving the finger?
The ban hammer was a friend of mine in those days :-) I’m nothing but persistent.. and patient.
You probably didn’t have much choice to vote for him so no need to feel bad.
Just be careful in future. Bush League Republicans (pretend conservatives) are still with us and very much active in the GOP.
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Carlyle Group ran by the Bush’s. Helped financed Dominion voting machines and indirectly recounted the votes in Wisconsin
The Bush rats are coming out of hiding because they are going to attempt to replace governor DeSantis with their pet family dog the disgusting Charlie Crist.
Crist has always reminded me of Harry Shearer in Godzilla 98 what a sleazy chunk.
I cannot believe what a Globalist moron Bush is. What a failure and what deceit. He is a a Commie like O.
Who changed?
George Bush?
Or Free Republic?
What even is conservatism?
Bush was never a conservative. Some of us knew it. He was reckless and blew up the budget, started wars, etc.
For others it takes time and upon reflection attitudes change.
I do remember the fanatical support for him and have to say found it regrettable.
Those who were taken in & gave abuse to my previous self need to reflect and be determined not to let it happen again.
No More Bush’s!
I have no hard feelings, either way. I am happy to be here and now regularly donate..
Hank Hill was right!!
Ditto that. He’s a criminal that needs to be brought to justice.
People woke up and realized he was a lying con artist. He had a lot of people fooled with his ‘Christianity’ but over time his real stripes have come out as well as information about his whole cabal family.
The whole 9/11 show is what put him in some kind of hero status.
Now most people realize he’s a lying heap of feces and his family is EVIL. So there you go. You can fool people once but when people wake up they don’t usually let you fool them twice unless your I.Q. is really low.
More disgusted about you
This is a much better site now.
When they say Trump changed the GOP boy they really meant it.
In fact I would say it is an understatement... :D
Or does he hold back his disgust when this happens under the rule of his fellow lefties?
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