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Sympthsical

(10,735 posts)
33. It didn't happen
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:25 PM
Jan 2021

Our institutions held against a frontal assault. The votes were certified. The Electoral College convened and voted. The court system threw out dozens of frivolous challenges. Congress was seated. The electoral votes were certified. Biden and Harris will enter office on the 20th.

The military made it well-known that Trump needed to get bent.

The only thing Trump managed was to torpedo himself by whipping up an insurrectionist mob that had a 0% chance of succeeding in keeping Trump in power. Dangerous? Yes. A national tragedy for a country that prides itself on being the oldest democracy? Also yes.

But the systems we have in place to prevent all that Trump attempted did their jobs at the moment of their greatest testing.

For me, that's something to celebrate. Our constitutional system was sorely tested, and it passed. An autocrat tried to break our system with every tool at his disposal, and he failed miserably.

I always knew between Election Day and Inauguration was going to be an absolute Trumpian shitshow to eclipse all of his previous shitshows. I did not imagine an attack on the Capitol by discount Y'All Qaeda, but it was always going to be something.

And the nation is sling-shotting right back in his face. Outside of the moronscape, Americans are appalled, social media are pulling out his fangs, and our Democratic leaders are now politically empowered by the capital they earned from this, to go as hard at a President as I think has happened in American history.

The dumbass didn't shoot himself in the foot. He took a shotgun to his face.

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yep. KG Jan 2021 #1
I hear ya. Girard442 Jan 2021 #2
It didn't treestar Jan 2021 #3
All they did was terrorize Congress people, kill a cop and it's no big deal, right? Bradshaw3 Jan 2021 #8
Geez that's overkill treestar Jan 2021 #10
Geez that's projection Bradshaw3 Jan 2021 #13
Nobody is arguing we ignore it but the predictions of the Doomers didn't materialize. Kaleva Jan 2021 #26
Some of them did Bradshaw3 Jan 2021 #41
Yeah, the fact they attempted it and 4 peopled died kcr Jan 2021 #22
Wasn't really expecting collusion from the DoD and others soothsayer Jan 2021 #4
Yep! servermsh Jan 2021 #5
I didn't specifically foresee the Capitol Building being stormed... Silent3 Jan 2021 #6
all we can do llashram Jan 2021 #7
Yes, the usual sayers of nay RandiFan1290 Jan 2021 #9
Keep right on warning everyone PirateRo Jan 2021 #11
Thank you Saboburns Jan 2021 #12
Some have been shouting warnings for 5 years. maxrandb Jan 2021 #14
This 👆🏼 UpInArms Jan 2021 #16
I recall it more of saying it won't succeed in stopping the certification of the EC vote Kaleva Jan 2021 #15
This wasn't a "protest". First Speaker Jan 2021 #29
The riot didn't accomplish what the Doomers were predicating. Kaleva Jan 2021 #32
Poor you. Squinch Jan 2021 #17
QED Saboburns Jan 2021 #20
Go with that. Because, really, it's all about you and how no one would listen to you. Squinch Jan 2021 #28
Lord. NurseJackie Jan 2021 #18
QED Saboburns Jan 2021 #21
Those of us who keep tabs on Q Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #19
The thing about Wednesday that surprised me wasn't that they did what they did herding cats Jan 2021 #24
Post removed Post removed Jan 2021 #23
Not sure I've seen much here about people foreseeing the mob Hav Jan 2021 #25
I do remember experts that deal with right wing extremists JonLP24 Jan 2021 #27
I saw it the day after it was announced that Joe won! Initech Jan 2021 #30
Looking at your posts for the past 2 months, you are not one of those who shouted warnings Kaleva Jan 2021 #31
Well done. cwydro Jan 2021 #43
It didn't happen Sympthsical Jan 2021 #33
This would be a great OP StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #35
+1 Kaleva Jan 2021 #39
Outstanding. Saboburns Jan 2021 #40
. Squinch Jan 2021 #42
The pushback was against the "We're DOOMED! Democracy is OVER" prognostications StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #34
I can't begin to count the number of Doom and Gloom and end of Democracy posts panader0 Jan 2021 #37
You have a point. dawg Jan 2021 #36
We didn't lose the democracy because the democracy worked - because we made it work StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #38
Were you one of them? I'll go have a look at all of your posts MineralMan Jan 2021 #44
You are confusing what you predicted Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #45
Well, if you were among the little "sky is falling and our nation's doomed" Hortensis Jan 2021 #46
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