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Most clever response yet! He didn't hurt your democracy though, he didn't try to keep the opposition off the ballot.
Yeah he just repeatedly called the election rigged and tried to replace the Biden electoral votes with Trump ones by means of an armed insurrection.
But hey, he failed (just like how he fails at everything else) so no harm no foul. That's how law and society work, right?
Sneaky edit! You couldnt find any instance of it being armed, could you????
Armed with what? Cameras and cellphones? Get your news from somewhere other than the daily kos. And I recall Hillary's plot to get electors to "vote their concious"
https://nypost.com/2016/12/15/celebrities-beg-electors-to-be-heroes-and-vote-against-trump/
Guns, knives, blunt weapons, tasers, bear spray, hand cuffs and zip ties.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-florida-virginia-conspiracy-government-and-politics-6ac80882e8cf61af36be6c46252ac24c
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol-rioters-were-armed-here-are-the-weapons-prosecutors-say-they-used
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/new-jan-6-footage-appears-show-rioter-firing-gun-air-capitol-attack-rcna138137
The source you've linked quotes Martin Sheen and other "celebrities", not Hillary Clinton, who conceded the election as someone who believed in democracy would (despite being much more popular than Trump and winning the national vote by millions).
Also, you should know that official electors are not always bound. As a Trump voter I know you're not big on education or knowledge, but if you want you can read all about unpledged electors here.
Meanwhile, what Trump and his gang of indicted co-conspirators did was to submit a slate of fraudulent and fake electors to the election certification process in order to literally steal swing state electoral college votes and appoint himself President. Or as he likes to say "dictator on day one".
Here's a list of the names of the fraudulent electors in each state that Trump tried to overthrow.
And don't forget how they beat that one police officer to death with a flagpole.
Literally didn't happen. And it was a fire extinguisher.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/brian-sicknick-death-us-capitol-riot/index.html
She still calls him an "illegitimate president"
The "dictator on day one" statement was made as a joke, but you know libs, no sense of humor.
I'm well aware that official electors are not bound. Precisely why Charlie Sheen and others made that video. With her fingerprints all over it.
Were any weapons brandished at the capitol riot, let alone a firearm? I'm sure the streets of DC are 100% completely free of any type of weapon, because, laws. Seems leaving your weapons in a hotel room would be pretty stupid if you're going to commit an "insurrection". I'd be willing to wager you cheered when James Hodgkinson shot up the republican softball game, an actual terrorist attack (terrorism being defined as -
"The use of violence or the threat of violence, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals."
Thanks, but I didn't need that confirmed by someone who doesn't know what treason looks like. As to the ballot, it's no skin off my nose if you want your state to waste every electoral college vote they're allotted.
treason /trē′zən/ noun
The betrayal of someone's trust or confidence.
The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
Seems the one libs are all hanging their hat on is the 1st part of point 3. However, Trump was president on 1/6/21, so who was he trying to overthrow? Himself? Has he attempted to overthrow Biden in the ensuing years? If calling the election "rigged" can be construed as such, you've got an even bigger problem on your hands as Raskin, Waters, Schiff, among others, did the same in 2016, so they're traitors?
Now, if you want to talk about how Biden withheld a billion dollars from Ukraine unless the prosecutor investigating Burisma, and is now dumping billions of our dollars over there... and remember kids, Ukraine has never been our ally. If you feel it's prudent to start another proxy war with Russia, ask Afghanistan how that turned out.