Twitter removed three of Trump's tweets for inciting violence and locked his account for 12 hours.
http://www.theverge.com/2021/1/6/222...icy-violations
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Twitter removed three of Trump's tweets for inciting violence and locked his account for 12 hours.
http://www.theverge.com/2021/1/6/222...icy-violations
Twitter should close his account permanently! And Facebook removed the video where he told his supporters to "go home" and repeated the lie that he won the election in a landslide but it was "stolen" from him. His blindly loyal supporters believe his lies and he is directly responsible for today's violence. He should be in prison.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer condemned today's violence: "This will be a stain on our country not so easily washed away, the final terrible indelible legacy of the 45th President of the United States, Undoubtedly, our worst. Make no mistake, my friends, today's events did not happen spontaneously. This President bears a great deal of the blame. This mob was in good part President Trump's doing, his responsibility, his everlasting shame. Today's events certainly would have not happened without him. Now January 6 will go down as one of the darkest days of recent American history, a final warning to our nation about the consequences of a demagogic President."
Rioting. Vandalism. Police. The National Guard. Smoke grenades. Tear gas. One woman dead after being shot in the chest. Two men and a woman dead from "medical emergencies." What a sad day in the United States of America.
US Capitol secured, 4 dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden's win
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/polit...own/index.html
Donald Trump told the rioters, "You're very special. We love you." Ivanka Trump called them "American Patriots." Wow.
Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. are in furious damage control mode following Capitol Hill siege
Maybe the first daughter shouldn’t have called the violent protesters “American Patriots”?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021...damage-control
Following yesterday's insurrection at the Capitol, a growing number of Cabinet members and Congressmen from both parties are calling for Trump to be impeached or be removed from office through the 25th Amendment. Several White House officials have resigned. Facebook and Instagram have suspended Trump's accounts until after Biden is inaugurated. Snapchat, Twitch and Twitter have temporarily locked Trump's accounts. And demented, deranged, delusional Donald still refuses to admit he lost the election!
Trump's years of lying led to the Capitol calamity
Daniel Dale, CNN, Jan 7 2021 2:36 PM ET
The lies have always had victims. And the liar has never much seemed to care. If Muslim Americans had to live in fear because Donald Trump wanted to rile up his rally crowds with fictional stories about Muslim disloyalty, so be it. If Americans had to get sick and die because Trump thought his campaign would benefit from deceiving them about the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, so be it.
And if, because Trump wouldn't admit he lost a fair election, police officers had to face an angry mob, elected officials had to take cover in gas masks, the international reputation of the United States had to be damaged, blue-collar workers had to pick up the pieces of a damaged Capitol and four people had to die – well, to borrow a phrase from one of Trump's Wednesday tweets, "these are the things and events that happen."
To Trump, you are a "RINO," Republican In Name Only, if you question his bonkers claims about election fraud. Trump repeated those claims in the Wednesday rally speech that preceded the mayhem at the Capitol. Media outlets fairly reported that he had incited the mob. Whether or not he eases off in the wake of the Capitol crisis – and don't bet on it – all Americans are his victims today.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/polit...mob/index.html
The death toll in the insurrection incited by Donald Trump is now five.
US Capitol Police officer has died following pro-Trump riot
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/07/polit...iot/index.html
Wall Street Journal editorial board calls on Trump to resign
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN29D02L
Trump released a video saying he called out the National Guard as soon as the riot started. That is a lie.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-...ots-he-incited
Brian Philips, a vice president of Cumulus Media, which owns 416 radio stations nationwide, declared, "We need to help induce national calm now." He says he will fire any on-air hosts who persist in claiming the election was fraudulent. He should have made this decision two months ago!
Cumulus orders on-air hosts to stop suggesting election fraud
https://www.wbap.com/news/cumulus-or...lection-fraud/
Even with Donald Trump out of the White House, Republicans – with few exceptions – will continue to spread his lies and push his agenda.
False fraud claims fanned Capitol riot. Now they're fueling GOP efforts to restrict voting.
Ronald Brownstein, CNN Jan 12 2021 12:59 AM ET
Even after President Donald Trump's disproven allegations of voter fraud fueled last week's deadly assault on the US Capitol, Republicans across an array of swing states are still touting his baseless allegations to advance measures that would make it tougher to vote.
When Congress voted last week, in the immediate aftermath of the Trump-fueled riot, to finalize the Electoral College results declaring Joe Biden the winner of November's election, bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate joined dozens of courts around the country in concluding that there was not meaningful fraud in the election. But despite those findings, Republicans in several states are moving to roll back access to mail balloting, eliminate drop boxes, toughen voter identification laws and erect other barriers to the ballot in the name of improving voter security and restoring "faith" in the outcome.
This renewed push places Republicans on a collision course with congressional Democrats, who are likely to move quickly on legislation that would expand access. It will also likely prompt a procession of legal battles between GOP states pursuing new restrictions and a Biden Justice Department likely to resist them as violations of the Voting Rights Act.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/polit...aws/index.html
CEOs care about our nation and our democracy, even though a majority of Congressional Republicans do not. Amazon, AT&T, Comcast, Dow, Marriott, Google, Hallmark, Microsoft, Verizon, Coca-Cola, Commerce Bank and many other corporations are suspending donations to the politicians who supported Trump's baseless claims of election fraud and challenged Biden's election. Some of the corporations are halting all political donations. Good for them! Let's keep money out of politics.
Corporate America halts donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the election
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/10/busin...ons/index.html
FBI says many of the rioters were on the terrorist watch list and the attack on the Capitol appears to have been planned. It was not spontaneous.
Will wonders never cease!
GOP Congressman who voted to overturn election results admits 2020 race not fraudulent
CNN, Jan 24 2121 2:50 PM ET
Republican Representative Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina said Saturday that he accepts Joe Biden as President and that the 2020 election was not conducted fraudulently. The freshman Congressman made the comments to CNN's Pamela Brown when pressed about his lingering views on the November election results. "Yes, I think I would say that the election was not fraudulent. You know, the Constitution allowed for us to be able to push back as much as we could and I did that to the amount of the Constitutional limits that I had at my disposal. So now I would say that Joseph R. Biden is our President," Cawthorn said.
Cawthorn was one of more than 120 House GOP members who voted to sustain the objection to electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania earlier this month when Congress met to to certify President-elect Biden's victory. Since Biden's inauguration, Cawthorn has signed onto a letter along with 16 other GOP House freshmen, saying they look forward to working with Biden.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/24/polit...ion/index.html
Donald Trump's blindly loyal supporters believe his lie that he won the election "by a landslide" but it was "stolen" from him. On January 6, he incited them to an insurrection at the Capitol. Trump is no longer President but his blindly loyal supporters remain determined to avenge his supposed "stolen" victory. Today, acting US Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman is recommending permanent fencing be installed around the Capitol as a protection against violent pro-Trump extremists.
Man arrested near Capitol with gun had ‘Stop The Steal’ paperwork, list of politicians
Dennis Westover, 71, had a list of “both US and West Virginia state senators and representatives, with contact info,” police said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/man-a...b6bde2f5bdca0d
Donald Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy met yesterday to formulate plans for Retrumplicans regaining control of the House and Senate in 2022. Here is why we should be very very afraid of that happening:
Republican ties to extremist groups are under scrutiny
A number of members of Congress have links to organizations and movements that played a role in the January 6 assault on the Capitol.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/u...itol-riot.html
So far, 400 people who took part in the January 6 Trump-incited insurrection at the Capitol have been identified and more than 200 have been charged with crimes including conspiracy, unlawful entry into a restricted building, assault, disorderly conduct, destruction of property and obstruction of police officers. Many of the rioters are members of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters and other white supremacy groups. They all love Donald Trump, who, four four years, served as the White-Supremacist-In-Chief.
Woman arrested who helped coordinate attack on Capitol, smashed window with pipe
Rachel Marie Powell, a Pennsylvania mother of eight, used a bullhorn to give directions on storming the Capitol building.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/woman...b69749da3d4b6f
Retrumplicans do not support democracy – and now Microsoft is refusing to support Retrumplicans.
Microsoft halts donations to lawmakers who opposed Biden certification
Reuters, Feb 5 2021 11:49 AM
Microsoft said on Friday it will suspend all donations by its political action committee (PAC) through 2022 to all US lawmakers who voted to object to the certification of Joe Biden’s election as President. The software maker will also suspend contributions through the same period for state officials and organizations who supported objections or suggested the election should be overturned. Microsoft said it “will promote and join a conversation with other businesses and organizations that want to strengthen democracy. Recent events have raised issues of importance to PACs across the business community.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...-idUSKBN2A52IT
"I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state," declared delusional Donald. No, Donald, you did not win Georgia – and now you're under investigation for pressuring Georgia's Secretary of State to "find" more votes for you. You wanted him to cheat to help you win the election. Wow.
Georgia Secretary of State investigates Trump's phone call
Brad Raffensperger has launched a probe into the former President's phone call request to "find" votes in an attempt to overturn the election.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/polit...ion/index.html
Today the Supreme Court dismissed the final two challenges to the 2020 election results. Trump still says he won. He did not.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme...rning-election
In a January 2 phone call, Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" 11,780 more votes, enough to enable Trump to win the state (which he lost). Federal law says it is a felony to "knowingly attempt to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process” through “the procurement, casting or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held.” To convict Trump of this felony, prosecutors will have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Trump knew he lost the election and that he knew any newly found votes would be fraudulent. That will not be easy. Teflon Don will likely get away with yet another crime.
Georgia prosecutor probing Trump taps leading racketeering attorney
Reuters, Mar 6 2021 2:26 PM
The district attorney investigating whether former President Donald Trump illegally interfered with Georgia’s 2020 election has hired an outside lawyer who is a national authority on racketeering. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has enlisted the help of Atlanta lawyer John Floyd, who wrote a national guide on prosecuting state racketeering cases. Floyd was hired recently to “provide help as needed” on matters involving racketeering, including the Trump investigation and other cases..
The move bolsters the team investigating Trump as Willis prepares to issue subpoenas for evidence on whether the former President and his allies broke the law in their campaign to pressure state officials to reverse his Georgia election loss. Willis has said that her office would examine potential charges including “solicitation of election fraud, the making of false statements to state and local governmental bodies, conspiracy and racketeering” among other possible violations.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/georg...b660a0f388d591
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has put out a lengthy report on all the posts and comments of the House Republicans who made accusations of voter fraud and voted against certifying the election results. They helped to incite the riot.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/cong...laims-n1259742