Spyke
kbin.social

Cry more, fascists.

The DoJ seized & unlocked Trump's cell phone.

You traitors are all fucked, you just don't know how badly yet.

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Lots of selfies showing what a congressman would put in their mouth using a Trump cardboard cutout looming over them.

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lemmy.world

You know, I’ve been the victim of federal crimes,” added Gaetz, who is currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly paying $900 to a sex trafficker for sex with a minor. “If we’re the purported victim, in Congress, and we’re saying this was not an insurrection, I think that would hold a great deal of weight.”

It sounds like he's saying he's a victim for that, but I guess he means since he was part of the government being overthrown?

Which is dumb logic considering his party was losing power, but better than what I initially thought.

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I just went back and edited my comment.

The quote cuts some out. But article has the video of the full comment.

He's saying he's a victim of his own party attempting an insurrection to keep power, because he was already in the government I guess.

Still ridiculous, but not as much

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Nougatreply
kbin.social

“If we’re the purported victim, in Congress, and we’re saying this was not an insurrection, I think that would hold a great deal of weight.”

Yeah, that's it, just have the people who wanted the insurrection to succeed say it wasn't an insurrection.

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Congress wasn't the victim. The American people, the states, and the Constitution itself were victims.

We all have a Constitutional right to a peaceful certification on January 6 and a peaceful transfer of power on January 20.

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No he didn't commit an insurrection. He attempted one, I'm sure that's hard to grasp as someone who has never passed meaningful legislation but the idea is to actually achieve something other than a pile of useless paperwork.

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You reached the end