@journeywithme2 of course he does...he goes whichever way the wind blows, and he's probably hoping this will win him some brownie points. I'll believe he's sincere if he agrees to call the Senate back into session before the 20th for the trial.
@tgraf66 Actually I was thinking "Follow the money" cause that is what Mitch does. All the big corporations pulling the funding is what plucked his heartstrings.
I also do wonder that with Liz Cheney supporting it and her forceful statement, if congressional leadership has been briefed on evidence from law enforcement that is truly alarming but can't be divulged yet. Then, on top of THAT, you have Trump's speech and his unchanging rhetoric. It's such a sharp turn in the last 5 hours that I don't know if it can be tied to political motivations.
All speculations of course. I'll believe it when I see it.
I also do wonder that with Liz Cheney supporting it and her forceful statement, if congressional leadership has been briefed on evidence from law enforcement that is truly alarming but can't be divulged yet.
I wonder about that as well. Congressional leaders have been briefed by the FBI, and Ms Cheney is the #3 R in the House. I suspect there's a lot more that can't and won't come out until much later.
@journeywithme2 You're not the only one who has come to that conclusion, believe me. ?
I went on Parler before they shut it down to see how bad it really was........and its bad. This is easily to the level of al-Qaeda and ISIS online chatter, and thats just the stuff in the public chat apps. Lord knows what is being planned and said on the darkweb. There are ex military tacticians planning breaches and escape routes for govt buildings, they have plans of the tunnels under the Capitol, there are instructions for making homemade firearms, rpg launchers, explosive, and incendiary devices. Its pure madness and completely scared the hell out of me within 10 mins. The worst part of it all is that there many former military and special ops team members leading the charge and all are brainwashed by Q and the qanon insistence that Trump.will stay POTUS with their help.
@mas1581 Good thing Parler was built by amateur developers off Wordpress. The entire database, including deleted posts, was hacked, downloaded and uploaded to an open source server before it went down. Emails, GPS data, State IDs for verified users, even addresses are all available to law enforcement.
I always knew that place would be a honeypot for the FBI.
Thats usually the saving grace of nutjob violent extremists. They very rarely have the intellect to cover themselves properly, and if they do, they let their arrogance and hunger for power force a mistake.
@sam, also, to throw a wrench in, Liz Cheney is number 3 in the house. Nr. 1 and 2 are tainted by Trump now. By standing up she might gain more power if 1 and 2 are removed... She might not be 'just' as patriotic as it sounds. Just calculated.
On Twitter is an Admiral Mike Franken who states “As the commander of military forces in E Africa, I asked the American Forces Network (TV) to replace Fox news during meal hours. Why? Because they were inimical to America's outreach overseas. Put troops in jeopardy. Made my job harder. And they now have accomplices.”
https://twitter.com/frankenforiowa/status/1348979558415020044?s=21
The following comments were from people in the military on how fox news is radicalizing our military. After reading the comment it made complete sense why military and law enforcement were involved in the attempted coup.
@journeywithme2, I totally agree that Mitch was just following the money. If all of these corporations had not publicly stated that they are withholding R campaign contributions, does anyone think Mitch would have reached this decision?