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[-] TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world 185 points 10 months ago

Which reminds me that Kevin Sorbo tried pushing for the Jan 6 insurrection and after it failed, he deleted the posts and said it was an Antifa plot to frame Donald Trump.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1bcc017d-49ea-4465-bf8e-9f21600f58b3.jpeg

Or this lol

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9e3eb388-6a35-4c70-9edb-14d328928f54.jpeg

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 75 points 10 months ago

Reminder that QAnon Shaman is running for Congress in Arizona's 8th district as a Libertarian. That doesn't exactly describe a leftist agitator.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 68 points 10 months ago

It feels like he should be disqualified from holding office.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 35 points 10 months ago

He should be but the 14th Amendment keeps him out only if he previously took an oath to the Constitution. You can go all out full shooting war against the federal government but as long as you weren't already elected or appointed or whatever, you're still eligible.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

He was in the military and therefore swore an oath. He's absolutely disqualified under the 14th amendment.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

That is my interpretation too. It feels wrong or at least lacking.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Now if only we could make changes to it somehow... Like amend it or something?

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[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Jan 5th me thought doing what he did got you hanging from a rope

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[-] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

You have to wonder how much of this is Sorbo's conservative brainrot and how much is being a paid conservative influencer, because this is disinformation agent type shit.

[-] TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

Probably equally both and given time he buys what he’s selling.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 28 points 10 months ago

Damn, Xena dominated the shittiest Hercules ever.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

The woman with Lawless in her name has more sense than the son of a god.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 14 points 10 months ago

No Gods No Masters Only Xena

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[-] Perfide@reddthat.com 9 points 10 months ago

Well, she is a Warrior Princess.

[-] Thteven@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Lmao, took him a whole 45 minutes to flip flop. What a fuckin chode.

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 11 points 10 months ago

Dude got fucking rekt by Xena lol.

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[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 153 points 10 months ago

If you had asked me January 5th what would happen if a mob tried to storm the capital and attack congress, I would have said they would be mowed down by machine gun fire.

After January 6th, I remember thinking "well shit, if people had actually showed up we really could have stormed area 51."

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 134 points 10 months ago

Y'all seem to be forgetting that the reason this was a coup attempt is because the national guard was never called in despite officials knowing of the attack.

They literally paved the way for the magats to get inside.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 65 points 10 months ago

A lot of Capitol police fought like fucking lions and are responsible for the survival of most of congress.

But there were also a few collaborators in there, make no mistake.

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 49 points 10 months ago

That one cop, I'm actually upset I forget the name of, that lead a group away from congressmen by baiting them into a trap will forever be a hero to me.

I mean acab but this guy still sets a better example than most.

[-] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 51 points 10 months ago
[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago
[-] quicksand@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

Feels Goodman

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Absolute legend

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 48 points 10 months ago

Dude was black and he just knew that mob would who aggro onto him instead of the representatives because of that. (I mean, they did, didn't they?)

Maybe it's different for Capitol Police, but for most cops being a decoy isn't a part of their job description. In that moment, he wasn't acting as a cop. He was acting as a hero.

[-] HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 55 points 10 months ago

Not only were they not called in, but we all knew it was coming in advance. I refuse to beleive people on reddit knew about it but the government didn't. They should have been set up in advance with at least a bit more than they had.

But they didn't do that, and when people called for back up they were told "Lol no"

Yet if people try to peacefully protest against cops killing black people they get demonized and assaulted

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 92 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

that only happens if you are a leftie

fascists get a pass

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

It's high time the guillotine came back in fashion

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[-] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 72 points 10 months ago

Storming the capitol will get you shot with overwhelming force... just not if you're a far-right extremist - that kind of treatment is historically reserved for the leftists and minorities fighting for equal treatment.

[-] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 57 points 10 months ago

And Babbit has been made into a right-wing martyr. Secret Service took their job seriously and fired once the house chamber itself was being actively breached. Capitol Police were in a shit position without backup, and the backlash against the whistleblowers who called out the delayed National Guard response was disgusting

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not gonna lie, I was watching horrified that police were about to do the thing on live TV. The emotions jumping between "they're just letting this happen??" and "Omg this is about to be bad" with each corridor the insurrectionists entered was too much.

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[-] OpenStars@discuss.online 32 points 10 months ago
[-] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

imagine if the people storming were predominantly not white.

[-] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 19 points 10 months ago

That's what should have happened.

[-] darthelmet@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Oh it still will... if you're not right wing.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 19 points 10 months ago

Correct. If this was a bunch of brown people or left-wingers they'd have been mowed down before they ever got up the steps.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Nancy Pelosi got her far left antifa friends to storm the capital wearing MAGA gear, plus the cops let them in because it was just a peaceful tour of the building.

[-] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

It will but only if you're a leftist.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

He's demonstrably the actual biggest loser in history, and he just got more loser-y folks... If any of you are starting to have your memories fade, here's a quick refresher to read this morning and then copy and send to your aunt karen in Missouri.

  • 0 re-elections won
  • 1 term president
  • 2 times impeached
  • 3 marriages
  • 4 inch lifts in his shoes
  • 5 kids, from 3 different mothers
  • 6 bankruptcies
  • 7 US Capitol police suing him for Jan 6 terrorist insurrection and murder of police
  • 8 trillion + dollars added to the US debt in a single term
  • 9 trump lawyers sanctioned by federal judge for lying in frivolous election fraud lawsuits and ordered to pay defendant's legal fees
  • 10 years that trump paid $0 in income taxes between 2000 and 2015. ($0 to cops, teachers, roads, prisons, disaster relief, etc)
  • 11 trump associates charged with serious crimes over the past 5 years
  • 12 million votes (the big lie) - trump claims he won the 2020 election by 12 million votes when in reality, he lost by about 7 million votes.
  • 13 of August, 2021 - one of multiple days that trump was supposed to magically become president again according to Qanon and a crack addicted pillow salesman (the two most respected information sources in the gop)
  • 14 year old girl in a youth choir that trump approached in 1992 to say, "Wow! Just think - in a couple years I'll be dating you."
  • 15 originally confirmed cases of COVID in the US trump said would soon be, “down to close to zero.” followed by, “like a miracle, it will disappear.” - over 1,000,000 Americans have since died of COVID and it continues to kill 4 years later.
  • 16 years old - age of daughter ivanka when she hosted "miss teen" pageant and, according to long time trump associate Noel Casler, "trump called her over in the middle of a rehearsal and had her give him a lap dance while he leered at the crew."
  • 17 known trump and russia investigations from local, state and federal prosecutors
  • 18 gop senators that ignored trump threats / warnings and supported Biden admin's infrastructure bill.
  • 19 as in COVID19 - trump was verified as the single largest source of disinformation on the virus, with a Cornell study claiming that 38% of the "misinformation conversation" originated with trump
  • 20 the day in January, 2021, when Biden was sworn in despite trump inciting a violent insurrection to stop election verification at the US Capitol.
  • 21 gun salute that trump ordered for himself when he left office after a humiliating defeat, even though he never served in the military, famously called military members "losers" and "suckers" and actively avoided the draft with a cowardly "bone spurs" excuse.
  • 22 date in August, 2021, when Alabama hate rally crowd booed trump for finally saying people should get vaccinated, only after 700,000 Americans have died due mostly to his failure as president
  • 23 as in wrestlemania 23 in 2007 where trump, a cartoon level failure with no other prospects, participated in a fake bet that a proxy wrestler would win a fake fight on his behalf or he would shave his wig and hair plugs off.
  • 24 day in August, 2021, when trump actually filed a lawsuit in Florida court against YouTube, a private company, demanding that they reinstate his YouTube channel like a desperate, irrelevant embarrassment with no platforms left to abuse.
  • 25 plus credible sexual assault allegations against trump, spanning decades and with accusers starting as young as 13 years old at time of assault.
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