Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[DarkAmbient]

Anyone else watching the Olympia stream? Holy shit it's crazy.

Also Trump's tweet, what the actual fuck? This is surreal.

[szechuan]

Trump's latest tweet again has him continue to stoke the fires while telling people to go home, proving once again he has no idea what he's doing.

The National Guard was called on President Trump's Photo Op where they shot less lethal and threw flash and smoke grenades at innocent mothers and protestors.

[Jaggler]

Anyone else watching the Olympia stream? Holy shit it's crazy.

Also Trump's tweet, what the actual fuck? This is surreal.

not surreal. it's logical, tbh.

[Edge-]

Anyone else watching the Olympia stream? Holy shit it's crazy.

Also Trump's tweet, what the actual fuck? This is surreal.

No audio, they're arguing with the officer at the door? And they're open carrying?

[Gaidax]

Nobody wanted that shit, I bet even Trump himself is horrified at this - this is just a massive damage to whatever was left of his cause. I bet even his supporters in GOP will drop him like a brick after this or at least distance from this shitshow as far as they can.

Bunch of loonies scored a massive self-goal. Dems should be sending flowers and candy boxes to Trump - he just handed them good 4 years of complete dominance if not more.

[Kathranis]

https://mobile.twitter.com/KirkWrite...36420997292038

When you don't realize that violent revolutions carry the risk of violence.

[Orby]

You say that now but as Twitter has it, wait until 2031 and the Commons gets stormed while Prime Minister Patel calls them very fine people and Labour Leader JK Rowling somehow finds a way to blame it on trans people invading female spaces.

That sounds too real. I think thats the end game for this country lol

This is their grand finale, the British thing is gonna grind on for another 30 years like Coronation Street or Eastenders, where each year they make it a little bit more grey and miserable and everyone's face just gets older and sadder.

Oh we'll one up america back this year for sure, and the cycle will continue :P

[Corvus]

No audio, they're arguing with the officer at the door? And they're open carrying?

If it was the one I saw then it was a whole lot of heavily armed types and just one cop at the door

[PhaelixWW]

Hopefully, this absolutely sinks Hawley and Cruz and their burgeoning 2024 campaign aspirations.

Hawley sent fundraising email on election objection as Capitol descended into chaos

Shortly before a group of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting a congressional debate on the 2020 Electoral College results, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley’s campaign sent a fundraising email promoting his planned objection to Pennsylvania’s votes.

Hawley, a first-term Republican and potential candidate for president in 2024, was the first senator to announce his plan to object to the electors of one of the states won by President-elect Joe Biden.

His move last week spurred more Republicans to join the effort, even though Biden won 51% of the popular vote and 306 electoral votes, above the required threshold of 270.

“Many career politicians in the D.C. establishment want me to stay quiet. I suppose you can assume nothing I do will matter. That it won’t matter if I object or not, so I should sit by and do nothing,” Hawley said in the fundraising email, sent after Congress had begun its joint session to count the Electoral College results.

“But this is not about me! It is about the people I serve, and it is about ensuring confidence in our elections.”

An hour later, the Capitol descended into chaos.

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, a likely rival of Hawley’s if he pursues the 2024 GOP nomination, formally objected to Arizona’s votes along with 60 House Republicans, setting off what was expected to be a marathon series of debates over individual swing states’ electors.

But the proceedings were halted after a group of pro-Trump rioters entered the Capitol after violently clashing with Capitol Police. Lawmakers were escorted to a secure location. Reporters sheltered in place amid reports of gunfire in the Capitol.

“Today is a dark day for our country. It’s unacceptable that we have a President who has repeatedly condoned and even encouraged this despicable behavior. It must stop,” Rep. Sharice Davids, a Kansas Democrat, said on Twitter as she sheltered in place.

Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, condemned the violence.

“The events unfolding at the Capitol are shameful. There is no justification for violence and destruction. It has to stop now. This is not who we are as a nation. Thank you to the Capitol Police who are keeping us safe,” said Blunt, a former Missouri secretary of state who has opposed Hawley’s effort to block states’ electors.

The violent scene took place after Trump spent weeks making baseless claims that the election was rigged.

David Plouffe, who managed President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, laid the blame at Cruz and Hawley for giving credence to Trump’s effort to contest the election.

“Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley will never lead the country but they will go down in infamy for leading, instigating and enabling domestic terrorists,” Plouffe said.

[thilicen]

"These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!"

Trump on Twitter 10 minutes ago. They have got to remove him right now.

[Fugus]

Nobody wanted that shit, I bet even Trump himself is horrified at this - this is just a massive damage to whatever was left of his cause. I bet even his supporters in GOP will drop him like a brick after this or at least distance from this shitshow as far as they can.

Bunch of loonies scored a massive self-goal. Dems should be sending flowers and candy boxes to Trump - he just handed them good 4 years of complete dominance if not more.

Oh, I don't think Trump was horrified that it happened. He was horrified that it wasn't big enough to have the impact to do what he wanted and he was forced to speak against it to try and save face.

If it had been a MASSIVE protest that could have a big enough impact to allow him to overthrow the government and the election, he would have pushed for it in a heartbeat and continued to stoke that image.

[Kathranis]

Nobody wanted that shit, I bet even Trump himself is horrified at this

Look at his last two tweets. He's literally continuing to stoke the unrest while weakly calling for peace. Like 90% "keep going" with 10% "no stop."

[eschatological]

The National Guard was called on President Trump's Photo Op where they shot less lethal and threw flash and smoke grenades at innocent mothers and protestors.

Wait, this is a real picture and not something made for a meme?

[Belize]

Hellloooo, it's curfew time, where are the beatings?

[Jaggler]

Nobody wanted that shit, I bet even Trump himself is horrified at this - this is just a massive damage to whatever was left of his cause. I bet even his supporters in GOP will drop him like a brick after this or at least distance from this shitshow as far as they can.

Bunch of loonies scored a massive self-goal. Dems should be sending flowers and candy boxes to Trump - he just handed them good 4 years of complete dominance if not more.

Trump doesn't seem horrified, if he would be, he wouldn't keep silently encouraging it.

Hellloooo, it's curfew time, where are the beatings?

They need to find more black people. The police can't just beat the whites.

[Daelak]

This is is ALWAYS the end game of conservatism. Stop treating them as loyal opposition or a credible political party that can actually govern. They want chaos, they want to consolidate power, they want to be subjects.

This is conservatism, take off your blinders.

[Zantos]

Nobody wanted that shit, I bet even Trump himself is horrified at this - this is just a massive damage to whatever was left of his cause. I bet even his supporters in GOP will drop him like a brick after this or at least distance from this shitshow as far as they can.

Bunch of loonies scored a massive self-goal. Dems should be sending flowers and candy boxes to Trump - he just handed them good 4 years of complete dominance if not more.

Trump was encouraging it on Twitter. He wasn't horrified in the least. Why would he be? It's his followers attempting a coup after all

[Bdatik]

Nobody wanted that shit, I bet even Trump himself is horrified at this.

Fuck no he isn't. He's loving this because he's got thousands of people attempting a coup in his name.

[Ursus]

The woman who was shot earlier has been pronounced dead. Still no word on who she was or who shot her, but this has officially become a deadly coup attempt.

[Planetdune]

Nobody wanted that shit, I bet even Trump himself is horrified at this

Is that why he just tweeted how he loves all this and how this day will be remembered forever (in his twisted mind as a day of celebration).