r/CapitolConsequences • u/graneflatsis ironically unironic • Sep 13 '21
Trump’s White House chief of staff is target of Capitol attack records request Investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/13/mark-meadows-records-trump-capitol-attack-committee255
u/_Civil_Liberties_ Sep 13 '21
The US needs to protect itself from traitors and evil. Unfortunately that means the vast majority of Republicans.
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u/Raccoon_Full_of_Cum Sep 13 '21
"All enemies, foreign and domestic."
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u/Phyllis_Tine Sep 13 '21
The article states,
"The inclusion of Meadows on the list, alongside McCarthy and 10 other far-right House Republicans"
Uh, isn't that, like, all Republicans?
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u/DjangoBojangles Sep 13 '21
I thought 10 house members was low. But if you pick up Jordan, Banks, Brooks, Biggs, Cawthorn, Gohmert, McCarthy, Gaetz you'd probably snare the rest of them that were close in on it.
Which 10 was it?
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u/PurpleSailor AuntieFa Sep 13 '21
Meadows, get rekt ya bastard.
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u/nopersonclature Sep 14 '21
He’s such a dumb fuck he deserves all of this. Source: NC resident here
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u/cjheaney Sep 13 '21
Shits getting real. Can't wait for the finding on these traitors. Fuck them all.
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u/party_benson Sep 13 '21
They'll get a dainty wrist slap. Needs 2/3rds of Congress to vote for any penalty.
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u/timelighter Sep 13 '21
Trump’s White House chief of staff
you'll have to be more specific than that
a lot more specific
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u/party_benson Sep 13 '21 edited Sep 13 '21
The House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol has instructed telecom and social media companies last week to preserve records of Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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u/dollarwaitingonadime Sep 13 '21
I think he was making a joke about how many chiefs of staff there were.
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u/Jimbob0i0 Sep 14 '21
Priebus, Kelly then Meadows wasn't it or am I missing anyone?
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u/dollarwaitingonadime Sep 14 '21
Wasn’t Mulvaney in there somewhere?
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u/Jimbob0i0 Sep 14 '21
Oh yeah he was "Acting Chief of Staff" even though it didn't require confirmation...
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u/Rainhall Sep 13 '21
They should’ve at least told us how many mooches this person was WHCoS for so we could play a guessing game.
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u/sev45day Sep 13 '21
I would love to think something will come of all this, but I have lost any hope. It has become very clear that Republicans can do whatever they want with no repercussions at all. Barring actual criminal charges to remove them from office, nothing will happen. They will turn this into how the Democrats are on money wasting witch hunt, the conservative media will spin it as over reach, and their entire base will eat it up. They won't lose a single voter.
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u/2_dam_hi Sep 13 '21
Nothing will happen unless Merrick Garland grows a pair and starts indicting these traitors. Time will tell.
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u/Christ_on_a_Crakker Sep 13 '21
I keep hoping Democrats have the smoking gun and are just waiting for election season.
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u/Christ_on_a_Crakker Sep 13 '21
I gilded because this opinion is valid. Democrats are terrible at playing the game. Republicans are ruthless and they know the numbers aren’t t there so they have to play dirty to win. Democrats want to win a clean fight.
This is the one time when I think we have a clear upper hand and we should use it. Dems should investigate and convict. Our Capitol was attacked by conservative terrorists and that should absolutely win us some elections. No fuckin reason why it shouldn’t.
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Sep 13 '21
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u/Christ_on_a_Crakker Sep 13 '21
Yep. The one thing I have done differently lately is send my money to red states. My state is solid blue. I sent a couple hundred bucks to Georgia last election.
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u/Hoovooloo42 Sep 13 '21
Genuinely asking, because I'm undecided: are Democrats actually BAD at this, or are they pretending to be idiots?
Because on one hand, they could very well just he awful at messaging, and I would believe that.
On the other hand... They're paid by the same corporations that the Republicans are. It would be very advantageous for them to let the Republicans he the bad guys while they stand there with their Rotating Villain (Manchin now, or whoever is standing in the way of letting the useful bills pass that would help the People and cost corporations money) and say *....Oh nooooooo, [Rotating Villain] won't let us pass this bill! Vote for me next go around and we'll be sure to do it then!
And then the NEXT Rotating Villain will be chosen, while they still get paid by the corporations same as the Republicans.
Or they could be incompetent. Could go either way.
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u/Christ_on_a_Crakker Sep 13 '21
If you look at corporate donations Democrats do just as well as republicans but in my opinion it is literally looking at good vs evil. Dems get big money from high tech while republicans get money from big oil, pharmaceutical, and Goldman Sachs.
By now critical thinkers should be able to see which party holds the moral upper hand.
I’m for the politicians who talk about human rights, workers rights, and economic sustainability that doesn’t include raping the planet.
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u/Hoovooloo42 Sep 13 '21
I absolutely agree that of the two the Democrats are the better option. There are individuals in that party that seem to genuinely give a shit.
But I'm a bit skeptical of the motives of 80% of the Democrats in power. That said, I'm not skeptical at ALL about 99.9% of the Republicans in power, because I know exactly what they're about.
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u/mixreality Sep 14 '21
It honestly seems like 2 sides of the same coin. Dems will talk a good talk but when it comes to doing anything meaningful they never seem to get anywhere. How about gerrymandering, and all the other shit discussed for decades. Not a damn thing changes. Both sides are members of the same country clubs, attend the same parties, their public positions are just marketing/PR targeting a base.
One side is worse but the other side isn't good they're just less bad.
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u/party_benson Sep 13 '21
It's almost like Democrats support individualism and Republicans socialize.
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u/rrrich7 Sep 13 '21
Oh i disagree mightily with your views. I think those who will run against the big 10 repubs are getting a lot of support. And Biden is more popular than TFG ever was.
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Sep 13 '21
You are correct. Per capita and adjusted for inflation WAY more US military hardware ended up in the Communist Vietnamese Governments hands when Saigon fell.
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u/Cunninghams_right Sep 16 '21
I don't think Biden will make a serious run next cycle. he's already pretty old. Trump is pretty old also. maybe he will run, but I don't think he's actually that good of a candidate. the alt right/far right are already distancing themselves. it's likely to be one of the other crazies.
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u/headfirst21 Sep 13 '21
At this point it's looking like a smoking arsenal
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u/fistofwrath Sep 13 '21
Liberals are going to have to stop standing on decorum and play the same game the hogs are. They're weak as shit and they're easily manipulated. Until they grow some balls and take these assholes to task, it will continue. There's only one possible outcome if you leave fascists in your government.
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Sep 13 '21
Ah yes. As they say, the wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine.
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u/WishOneStitch Sep 13 '21
When they turn at all. Remember how the Mueller Report was supposed to deliver justice?
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u/JONO202 Sep 13 '21
The irony doesn't escape me that Republican house minority leaders last name is McCarthy.
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u/ramot1 Sep 13 '21
I think we've had enough of hard right wing activity. Democracy needs defending.
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u/biodgradablebuttplug Sep 13 '21
This account is obviously a corporate account or bot account. Either way Im taking back my front page by blocking this user.
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u/kellydean1 Sep 14 '21
Mark Meadows can suck my asshole. He belongs in prison with the rest of the 1/6 traitors.
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