This is the last weekend of the Trump Administration
We are likely to see protests - possibly riots - in various State capitals & possibly DC. They will be REMARKABLY MUTED compared to what the terrorists had hoped for
I am not saying there won't be violence. I say we will win
A key element to a successful terrorist event is surprise. That has been now lost to the wannabe terrorists.
The ability to organize has been disrupted (Twitter, Facebook, Parler etc)
Trump's voice is missing. He fears legal ramifications and issues hostage videos
The LEADERS of the insurrection are in disarray. Many went to the Capitol Riots on 6 January. They're all now being visited by the FBI. 275 already identified, near 100 have already criminal charges. Some worst will be in custody
The leadership of this weekend riots is in chaos
The participants to the big glorious Second Civil War & return of the Confederacy - are having second doubts
There are voices now saying there was no stolen election?
The feds are after the insurrection. And the local governments are all ready
This DIMINISHES rebellion turnout
I'm pretty sure there will be protests, some will turn ugly into riots. These are likely to be across the country
But the grand revolution that the maganutters expected. That is not starting
Trump's martial law gambit is yet another bit of delusion - this via the My Pillow dude
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there will be multiple criminal investigations of Trump - and very likely arrests, which could come very soon.
Let's summarize what all is up:
STATE CRIMES Trump cannot pardon (nor could Pence or Biden). Let's start with those
Trump has ongoing investigations...
AT LEAST
New York: Tax fraud
NY Manhattan DA: Campaign finance crimes
Illinois: Tax fraud
DC: Inaugration finance crimes
California: Tax fraud
Georgia: Extortion
Florida: Tax fraud
Florida: Voter fraud
Pennsylvania: Lying to the Court
NJ: Hiring illegals
NJ: Superspreader event
Then there are FEDERAL crimes
Robert Mueller investigated ONLY the 2016 CAMPAIGN contacts with Russia
Mueller said, if they could have exonerated the President, they would have said so (in other words, they could not say Trump is not guilty). And they PRESERVED the evidence
We DON'T want Trump to pardon ANYONE in the current administration or Senate, House, other GOP or NRA or Fox etc. The more Trump pardons the more messy will be the investigations & trials & punishment to follow
BUT Trump WILL PARDON HIMSELF & his kids
This thread is not about 'what we want' Trump to do. It's about what Trump MIGHT actually do. Don't waste your breath responding that you want no pardons or you want the pardons revoked or whatnot
Trump is President, regardless of his Impeachments, he CAN PARDON whoever he wants
Trump can ONLY pardon for FEDERAL CRIMES. Even in those cases, the pardoned WILL BE LIABLE for CIVIL lawsuits.
And Presidential pardons do not absolve legal responsibility from STATE crimes. For example, most who participated in DC riots committed both FEDERAL and STATE crimes
I wrote an extended analysis of the end to Trumpism and the coming split of the GOP. If you want to read the threads, part 1 is here: the roots to the RACIST core of Trump supporters (Wallace legacy)
Part 2 discusses the Newt Gingrich mistake from the 1990s (yes this first Tweet talks of Sarah Palin, the thread is about Gingrich, read this before you read the Sarah Palin part in part 3)
Trump is like career kryptonite - anything Trump touches, dies.
The GOP made politically suicidal decisions that painted them into a corner, in the decades before Trump. When they noticed they had a cancer, they started smoking instead
During the President's first term - EVERY previous President appealed to the middle. This typically frustrates the extreme base, but it helps the incumbent President win re-election (which nearly always happened).
Trump did not. He ONLY appealed to his base
Because Trump ONLY appealed to his base, and did not even TRY to work the middle - it helped drive the big 2018 mid-term win (which DEMs would have won anyway, but Trump made that GOP loss far worse than it should have been).
I mean literally brainwashing. Please see psychological and sociological theories. I mean literally building a cult - that CANNOT FIND THE TRUTH
It is like the Branch Davidians (mass suicide)
Steve Bannon built this cult for Trump
I mean literally brainwashing. MOST OF YOU have relatives or friends who are inside the cult. They cannot be reasoned with. They cannot find the truth. They believe in their brainwashing.
PERFECTLY SANE even intelligent people can be brainwashed. It is not 'stupidity'
Yes MANY of the Trump #cult45 are gullible and some are mentally simple, many are lowly educated. BUT plenty of smart, educated, successful people have fallen into the cult - and like any cult - they cannot get out.
If you learn from the doctor, that you have cancer, that is spreading that cannot be stopped, but must be cut out, the sane thing is to cut out as soon as possible, to remove as little as possible? Right?
I showed you, that the GOP accepted racists into their midst (Wallace). Then they made deliberate decision to abandon fighting for the political center, and embrace extremist views (Newt). Then GOP fell in love with conspiracy theories (Sarah Palin) and locked into a cult (Fox)
All this makes the current GOP a FRINGE party, a natural MINORITY party that cannot win general elections and only can win those elections where the race is artificially in their favor (gerrymandering) or cheating (voter suppression etc).