Trump supporters storm the Capitol Building

Wallapuctus · 2021-01-08T16:22:22.697Z

Like the President on tape telling people to attack Congress? Then pardoning them?

Gordon_Cameron · 2021-01-08T16:24:44.461Z

Woolen_Horde:

Just impeach him again. Put the stain in the history books. Impeached by the House for fomenting an insurrection against the United States. And if the Republicans want to go down in history as not doing anything about it, then fuck em.

Yeah, this. We are speaking to posterity now too.

MikeOberly · 2021-01-08T16:24:59.375Z

Huh.

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Dustin Volz (dnvolz)

Reuters photographer who was on the scene Wednesday said he heard at least three different rioters say they wanted to find and execute Vice President Pence by hanging. twitter.com/jimbourg/statu…

Jim Bourg @jimbourg

I heard at least 3 different rioters at the Capitol say that they hoped to find Vice President Mike Pence and execute him by hanging him from a Capitol Hill tree as a traitor. It was a common line being repeated. Many more were just talking about how the VP should be executed. https://t.co/fxHREouEWF

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pyrhic · 2021-01-08T16:25:39.682Z

Woolen_Horde:

Absolutely nothing about that in the Constitution. Just that the president can issue pardons. So, no, Biden does not have the power to undo another president’s pardons.

I’m starting to feel like it’s time we change some of the rules.

I’d like to submit for consideration of the USA new Rule #1 for 2021: the unpardon.

JoshL · 2021-01-08T16:25:50.897Z

I was about to say maybe we shouldn’t give President Pence a chance to pardon Trump. But, maybe that’s not something to worry about.

antlers · 2021-01-08T16:26:14.830Z

This was funnier before the Capitol Policeman injured fighting the mob died.

HideousRex · 2021-01-08T16:26:44.950Z

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Donald J. Trump (realDonaldTrump)

To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.

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Is it bad that my first thought is “Of course you won’t be there. You expect/want your MAGA hats to storm the inauguration”?

My second thought was that DJT did not write this tweet because it uses proper punctuation, spells all the words correctly, and isn’t written in ALL CAPS.

Woolen_Horde · 2021-01-08T16:26:48.407Z

pyrhic:

Woolen_Horde:

Absolutely nothing about that in the Constitution. Just that the president can issue pardons. So, no, Biden does not have the power to undo another president’s pardons.

I’m starting to feel like it’s time we change some of the rules.

I’d like to submit for consideration of the USA new Rule #1 for 2021: the unpardon.

Oh, believe me, if we could rewrite the Constitution today, that’s on the list. But that’s like #253 on the list.

And it’s a pipe dream.

Perky_Goth · 2021-01-08T16:27:29.908Z

Daagar:

Well, that gives hope that maybe this is just a US problem then and it isn’t all of humanity that’s lost.

About that…

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Tiago David (oTiagoDavid)

Descubram as diferenças. https://t.co/5flHvW0Z6D

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Not that he has power yet, but is elected. And platformed, in an eerily similar way.

Woolen_Horde · 2021-01-08T16:27:59.728Z

MikeOberly:

Huh.

https://twitter.com/dnvolz/status/1347561277208584194?s=21

Well, you know Trump just told them that Pence was going to let them down, got them riled up, and told them to march to the capitol.

MikeOberly · 2021-01-08T16:29:35.963Z

This is all, 100%, on DJT. Symbolic here, since DJT is nothing but a pile of rancid shit himself.

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Julia Davis (JuliaDavisNews)

Unhinged pro-Trump rioters who stormed the US Capitol defecated inside the historic building and smeared their feces in several hallways. Trump, seemingly oblivious to the stain his presidency is leaving on US history, cheered on his extremist supporters. orlandosentinel.com/news/nationwor…

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HideousRex · 2021-01-08T16:33:31.925Z

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Anklebiter · 2021-01-08T16:41:05.421Z

So that I can deal with my rage ahead of time…

Nothing in the law can stop Trump from pardoning the terrorists from yesterday, correct? He could do this at a minutes notice, so not even removing him from office could stop it?

If true, he will do it, so I’d prefer to get the screams out now.

Gordon_Cameron · 2021-01-08T16:41:43.510Z

abrandt:

Let’s be honest, the short time left is also why so many more Republicans favor impeachment than people would expect, they know it doesn’t mean much for them.

That was my thought too.

Woolen_Horde · 2021-01-08T16:42:24.470Z

You’re correct. He could issue a blanket pardon.

The one thing he can’t do, though, is pardon these traitors for state crimes. Almost all of them don’t come from DC. And there is certainly a lot of criminal conspiracy that set this up. So the hope would be the local prosecutors start going to town.

Tortilla · 2021-01-08T16:43:22.667Z

Anklebiter:

So that I can deal with my rage ahead of time…

Nothing in the law can stop Trump from pardoning the terrorists from yesterday, correct? He could do this at a minutes notice, so not even removing him from office could stop it?

If true, he will do it, so I’d prefer to get the screams out now.

Yes exactly. You can’t stop the president from issuing pardons. You can’t have a do-over or an unpardon. The system has a protection against presidents issuing bad pardons, and that protection is presidential elections. If the American people vote in a person to that office, then they have to live with how that person behaves in office.

Thrag · 2021-01-08T16:45:12.859Z

While normally I’d think Trump not attending the inauguration is just him being his petty self, given recent events it’s hard not to imagine there’s an element of he doesn’t want to be in the way of the terrorism he has knowingly unleashed.

Beerbelly_Sneetch · 2021-01-08T16:45:19.984Z

I have trouble with the notion that the President can direct people to commit a crime, then pardon them for that crime.

Woolen_Horde · 2021-01-08T16:45:47.094Z

Beerbelly_Sneetch:

I have trouble with the notion that the President can direct people to commit a crime, then pardon them for that crime.

Well, the solution for that is impeachment. /s

The founders thought they had it figured out.

Beerbelly_Sneetch · 2021-01-08T16:46:02.034Z

Thrag:

there’s an element of he doesn’t want to be in the way of the terrorism he has knowingly unleashed.

He’ll be in his bunk… er.