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George W. Bush says he was 'disgusted' by Capitol riots
The Hill ^ | 03/18/21 04:07 PM EDT | BY LAUREN VELLA

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.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; bushsux; capitol; capitolriot; cuck; donaldtrump; georgebush; georgewbush; globalist; gwb; jan06; magariot; nwow; stayoutdabushes; trump
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To: RandFan

The Smirking Chimp is a pile of rotting dogsqueezins.

He needs to shut his ignorant globalist piehole.


21 posted on 03/19/2021 12:19:59 AM PDT by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: RandFan

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,...’”


22 posted on 03/19/2021 12:20:27 AM PDT by familyop
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To: RandFan

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?


23 posted on 03/19/2021 12:24:12 AM PDT by Luke21 (Elections you say? We get them next election? )
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To: Blue Jays

He’s not, and you’re not the only one. I voted for McCain and Romney for crying out loud.


24 posted on 03/19/2021 12:26:28 AM PDT by albie
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To: dragnet2

Is this really Dubya giving the finger?


25 posted on 03/19/2021 12:40:29 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Luke21

The ban hammer was a friend of mine in those days :-) I’m nothing but persistent.. and patient.


26 posted on 03/19/2021 12:42:38 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: Lurkinanloomin

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.


27 posted on 03/19/2021 12:50:58 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: McGruff

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28 posted on 03/19/2021 12:54:32 AM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: RandFan

Carlyle Group ran by the Bush’s. Helped financed Dominion voting machines and indirectly recounted the votes in Wisconsin


29 posted on 03/19/2021 1:00:04 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Right_in_Virginia

Bill Clinton and George HW Bush with Governor George Wallace
30 posted on 03/19/2021 1:06:44 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: RandFan

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.


31 posted on 03/19/2021 1:07:38 AM PDT by hank ernade (armchair macho bravado EverTrumper)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

I cannot believe what a Globalist moron Bush is. What a failure and what deceit. He is a a Commie like O.


32 posted on 03/19/2021 1:08:53 AM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: RandFan
He was one of the most popular Presidents on Free Republic for a number of years in the early 2000s. There was almost unanimous support here of him over Gore and then over Lurch. In fact there was a strong Free Republic component working to help him in Florida when Gore Team tried to steal the election. There were Freeps in front of the VP's residence telling Gore, "Get Out Of Cheney's House.", the whole Sore-Loserman thing here, it was almost unanimous at times it seemed.

Who changed?

George Bush?

Or Free Republic?

What even is conservatism?

33 posted on 03/19/2021 1:17:24 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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To: AmericanInTokyo

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..


34 posted on 03/19/2021 1:46:49 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Hank Hill was right!!


35 posted on 03/19/2021 1:59:52 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate tfo mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: RandFan

Ditto that. He’s a criminal that needs to be brought to justice.


36 posted on 03/19/2021 2:00:52 AM PDT by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

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.


37 posted on 03/19/2021 2:10:05 AM PDT by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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To: RandFan

More disgusted about you


38 posted on 03/19/2021 2:30:26 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: MagnoliaB

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


39 posted on 03/19/2021 2:57:45 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan
Was he disgusted with what happened in Baltimore during the Obama years?

Or does he hold back his disgust when this happens under the rule of his fellow lefties?

40 posted on 03/19/2021 3:00:54 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Still praying for our country and President Trump)
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