r/CapitolConsequences • u/saabister • Nov 20 '23

Idiot convicted after withdrawing guilty plea CONVICTION

" ... authorities said Oliveras committed multiple officer assaults, entered the Capitol three times – once after being forced out by police - and yelled that he wanted to execute traitors and forcibly removed members of Congress."

https://www.nj.com/camden/2023/11/nj-man-who-pulled-back-jan-6-guilty-plea-convicted-at-trial-of-7-crimes.html

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u/outerworldLV Nov 20 '23

I’ll never get over viewing this crowd of craziness and them being allowed to destroy our Capitol. Just look at this bunch of deplorables, still so embarrassing.

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u/StronglyHeldOpinions Nov 20 '23

It only took one bad president for the entire house of cards to fall.

I'll never stop being furious about it.

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u/robreddity Nov 20 '23

There was an assault on our intuitions, yes. But they held, they didn't fall. It wasn't easy, and it was a close call. But you'll recall one of the fellows who helped to design this whole experiment warned us about the eternal vigilance necessary to maintain it.

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u/plastigoop Nov 20 '23

But they held

So far. The coup is ongoing, apparently.

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u/uberfission Nov 21 '23

Nah, Trump was a symptom of all of this, not the cause. This has been bubbling up in the background and we never even noticed it until Trump shined a spotlight on it all and encouraged it.

Trump did NOT act alone, remember that.

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u/thegreatreceasionpt2 Nov 21 '23

As another commenter stated, Trump was more of a symptom. Our elected officials have been lying and stealing for so long that all faith in them was long gone. That’s why (I think)some believe the Justice Dept is being “weaponized.” If we didn’t prosecute so many other things, why bother now? Must be because he’s “an outsider.” The system is broken. Neither party has a monopoly on crime. Lock them up and get money out of politics.

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u/JustASimpleManFett Nov 23 '23

Because he opened the box.....by that I mean the box from Hellraiser. Actually, nah, these assholes are too stupid for that, just Pandora's box.