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Jul 22 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Sarah Burris: This is more than just Jan 6; they're trying to make the point that Trump was manipulating people. Groups like The Proud Boys are using that as a cop-out.
@SarahBurris @RawStory
Sarah Burris: I get what Liz Cheney is trying to do--drawing the conclusion that Trump is the pillar of indictment.
Rick: As was stated during the hearing, Trump is a stain on our history.
@SarahBurris @RawStory
Sarah Burris: There is a radical rightwing terrorism about this that hasn't been addressed yet. This is the manifestation of when someone lights the powder keg of rightwing crazy people.
@SarahBurris @RawStory #Jan6thHearings
Sarah Burris: One of the biggest things that happened today was that OAN was dropped from Dish & now Verizon. Cable companies are saying it's dangerous to be allowing this stuff on the airwaves but at the same time, you're driving them into a hole.
@SarahBurris @RawStory
Sarah Burris: Some of the marchers are covering their faces again. Yeah, go ahead--just put the whole hood back on.
@SarahBurris @RawStory #January6thHearings
Rick: I didn't realize how close they'd gotten to Mike Pence. What was it, like 5 feet?
Sarah Burris: Yes. At first they said it was 100 feet, then 40 feet, and now we found out they were right there.
@SarahBurris @RawStory #January6thHearings
Sarah Burris: Members of Congress knew how dangerous it was & were scared but the level of fear went beyond new members who hadn't experienced this before.
Rick: Even experienced members of Congress hadn't experienced this before.
@SarahBurris @RawStory #January6thHearings
Sarah Burris: Secret Service members were relaying messages to their families b/c they thought they were going to die.
@SarahBurris @RawStory #January6thHearings
Rick: This country would be entirely different if we'd had a Pres. Gore, but we had to abide by the court ruling & move on.
Sarah Burris: I didn't go to the Capitol then, did you?
Rick: Nope.
@SarahBurris @RawStory #January6thHearings

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Richard Ojeda: Those were NOT their people; they just wanted to make it look that way. When things got tough, Josh Hawley took off running.
Rick: The Haulin' Hawley 5K.
Rich: A wannabe tough guy, & it shows.
@Ojeda4America @NoDemLeftBehind
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Max Burns: Steve Bannon just cannot stop committing federal crimes. He's been part of every push against democracy since Trump became Pres.
@themaxburns @thedailybeast #Jan6thHearings
Rick: Steve Bannon was found guilty of contempt of congress after only 3 hrs of deliberations by federal jury; he could get 6 mos to 3 yrs in jail.
Max Burns: There's no GOP Pres to pardon him now, either.
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Bob Ney: The hearing tonight was amazing. I keep up with what's going on in D.C., yet tonight there was still new information. It was sobering truth and was well done.
@bobney #Jan6thHearings
Bob Ney: It went back through everything that verifies. The outtakes were amazing to watch; you could tell Trump didn't want to be there or do anything. As the Capitol was being stormed, Trump was calling Senators to try to stop the certification.
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Sarah Burris: I think maybe people who are casual Trump fans are starting to flip but a lot of the core 30% of nutters are just gonna stay with Trump. Mike Pence might have a chance to win but not with 30% supporting Trump.
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Bob Ney: Some of these candidates won't go up against the grain that Trump has created.
@bobney
Bob Ney: This is not federalization of the election--I'm not saying to do that, but there are ways that the states can be held accountable to make it easier for people to vote instead of harder for people to vote. (con't)
@bobney
Bob Ney: (con't) If you don't have standards for making it easier for people to vote, it becomes fraudulent.
@bobney
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Greg Palast: They've got the money but we've got the people.
Rick: That's why I've said, that we've outprocreated the Repubs.
Greg: That's why they use voter suppression to steal our votes.
@Greg_Palast
Greg Palast: There's a new voter law in GA, SB-202, signed by their gov., that says any voter there can challenge any other voter there, & there's no limit to the # of challenges. I spoke w/ one woman who made 32,000 challenges just in Cobb County, GA.
@Greg_Palast
Greg Palast: This woman--a Repub--who challenged all the Biden voters didn't contact the people before she challenged them. She didn't even print out her list of challenges--she submitted a thumb drive. I can't make this stuff up.
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