Trump Says Jan. 6 Was an Insurrection

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Trump Says Jan. 6 Was an Insurrection
rollingstone.com

Trump’s legal team also tried to throw cold water on the idea in a filing earlier this week, writing that the “events of January 6 were not an ‘insurrection’ as they did not involve an organized attempt to overthrow or resist the U.S. government.”

Trump disagrees, apparently.

“They kept saying about what I said right after the insurrection,” he said outside Mar-a-Lago after arguments concluded in Washington, D.C. “I think it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi.

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You know the real privilege we all live with? Peace. Not being the targets of mass-murder campaigns.

So yes, I'd rather things get worse for a small part of our population for a short while if it means we can stop our government from actively funding a literal genocide.

And not that it's any of your business, but I am trans (enby) and my partner and I fairly recently (post-2020) narrowly avoided needing an abortion.

if it means we can stop our government from actively funding a literal genocide.

How exactly does this happen if Trump wins?

Same way if Biden wins: it doesn't.

Though at this point, it's looking like it'll already be too late by inauguration time.

So given the choices:

  1. Things get worse for a small part of our population for a short while, and the government continues to actively fund genocide

  2. That small part of the population is unaffected and doesn't suffer, and the government continues to actively fund genocide

You're picking option 1 over 2?

I'm picking neither.

What I was saying earlier was that if I believed Trump actually would do something to stop Israel, I'd vote for him despite the harm he'd otherwise cause, but he won't, so I won't.