Soldiers in MRAPs rolling around Union Station—blocks from the Capitol—seems silly, performative, and useless. But it raises a much darker question: What would Trump have done on Jan. 6, 2021 if he had possessed then the kind of control over local law enforcement that he seeks to acquire today?
That would have been such a great question to Joe Biden really. Jan 6 ringleaders de-facto pardon Thread: bsky.app/profile/idio...
I mean before he buggered off leaving us all holding the bag. Biden family pardon thread bsky.app/profile/idio...
Biden did not pardon any of the 1/6 mob! Trump did as soon as he took office. Biden pardoned the 1/6 committee because of the felons threat to go after everyone on the committee and witnesses. Garland was a big mistake, but at least he followed the law.
"de facto" means "in effect", or "in all but name". Biden appointed Garland because it was clear that Garland would never hang so much as a parking ticket on any of the Jan 6 ringleaders. That was Garland's job. This was a political decision tailored to *prevent* accountability.
And so it came to pass.
And of course none of that was "following the law", it was the biggest dereliction of duty in human history. Obstruction of justice. Same as leaving Wray in office despite his flagrant inaction in the run-up to Jan 6 when everybody and their puppy dog saw it coming weeks out.
Probably would've told them to stand down.
The Capitol would have been overrun with the help of the military.
They are not rolling around in performative show. They are brownshirted thug gangs enforcing the will of their authoritarian leader on the people of the capital city. It should be THE coverage of Sunday news cycle. But it’s not, because his evil is normalized. www.thehandbasket.co/p/federal-ag...
He'd have given control to putin
Omg! Scary
We know what he would have done. The military would've been sent to occupy the Capitol & prevent the confirmation of the electoral votes.
Didn’t he want to shoot protesters in DC in his first term?
Now he wants to steal the midterm election. He is anticipating public anger when the committee that crime as he knows he will lose
He would have deployed ICE to help the insurrectionists. There’s no question about it.
Another question, considering he commuted (and will likely eventually pardon) those who were convicted of seditious conspiracy….what would he have done if they followed through with their plans…? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It's not about crime in DC. It's a test to see who will or won't follow his orders in the future, like during the mid-terms at polling locations in Blue states.
He will get his 126 war powers one way or another! FBI assigned to walk a beat in Blue cities on midnight shift! Letting the terrorists harm! He wants the power now! He will escalate.
Question: can the Average American people start a nation wide lawsuit against Trump and his entire administration for loss of income; terrorizing the American people and for emotional, financial and personal damage?
Are all the extra troops from red states staging to detain Democratic members of Congress when they’re back in DC tomorrow? Serious question. #ItsACoup
It's Epstein. Anything to distract the media. The files aren't on the media radar
the answer to that is Pence
He’s not leaving in Jan 2029.
Only if the Heritage Foundation and Techbros still think they need him to play the MAGA crowd. The moment they think they don't, they'd 25A him to get in their guy, Vance. Heck they may even use the Epstein files for that to confuse all the "everything is a distraction from Epstein " guys.
He is there for life, he's never leaving.
Hmmm.
Shot them all. They were antifa, weren't they? Oh wait, did Trump pardon antifa? This is hard to keep straight.
We’re going to find out in 2028 unfortunately.
Give them brooms and have them do something constructive. Ridiculous waste of time and money.
We are finding out right now
Well, that's exactly why the guys at the Pentagon hid the NG and active troops from until he had done his worst. Not a Chris Miller fan but he did the right thing there, and Chad Wolf went into hiding.
It’s plausible if he had the power he has now he could of led the coup to overtake the U.S. into a total dictatorship. There were still guardrails in ‘21. The most egregious decision by SCOTUS to give him absolute immunity has ruined the Country.Both next year and the midterms will be telling.
He probably would have rounded up the capital police, arrested them and hauled them off to jail!
What if-questions are hardly relevant here, don't you think? You are talking about a timeframe when there were still adults in the room. They are gone. It shows every day.
There will soon be a permanent fortification surrounding the White House, in the name of protecting Dear Leader from the surrounding out-of-control crime and danger.
Let’s not forget… oh, and HE was the Jackass Trader behind January 6th Insurrection!
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I am afraid we will be find out next November
He would have turned them on the congress men and women and they would have hung the VP and Pelosi. That was the original plan.
If Trump had sent the NG to DC during J6 & ordered them to take the Capitol & control of Congress, being so blatantly anti democratic, let alone unConstitutional, would the NG have followed illegal orders. If not, why are NG commanders not asked what Constitutional Authority lets them now be in DC?
More importantly, what would though military have done.
Yet another reason I'm delighted, on a daily basis, that I moved out of DC during the W. years. My reasons for feeling good make sense to me every day, but rarely are they so compelling as tanks in the driveway.
Another good reason to allow mail in voting.
My biggest fear is that we’re going to find out in the very near future.
This
“Seeks”??? He already has the power, you’re looking at it now!!!!! The Guard is there to prevent the Congress from releasing the Epstein files!!!!!! The crime, is just a cover story!!!!
This is exactly his motivation. All that stuff about crime is just an excuse and not the real reason. Like many sociopaths, he plans years in advance.
It's so fun to note that there is little presence in the parts of DC where most of the crime actually occurs,
Maybe that’s what his plan is.. 🇺🇸
Look who is coming to DC in support of Ukraine and Zelensky (no jackass Brian Glenn to badger him about a suit this time) •Europe will get to see Tanks in DC •Masked gangs in camo roaming the streets as cosplay law enforcement •Spontaneous music festivals may happen near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Has Putin ordered Trump to arrange a Flight control mishap?
Trump is the worst thing to happen to America since 9/11/2001 And if not stopped, he, his administration, and Project 2025, will actually do more damage and harm to America than 9/11 did, or any foreign enemy could ever do
trump is a worse danger than 9/11. No one was supporting the enemy then (Bin Laden) but many Americans are supporting today’s threat the the USA (trump) becuase this one today is a white raciest like then.
Trump and his Nazi's just picking up where they left off J6. They had four more years to perfect their coup. Biden and Merrick Garlands legacy to the world will be the destroyed American Democracy by their ignorance of the real threat.
You guys might have to move from pointing out that people are committing crimes, to having to take physical measures to stop the crimes.
Jan. 6 was his Reconnaissance for his Coup.
Greg Abbott: (raises hand)
That fuck's going to meet an American one of these days. I can feeeeeeeeeeeeeeel it.
I think we all know the answer to that.
I think you know…
you know what he would have done and he may not let Congress convene in September.😠
He 100% had the power and authority to call out the National Guard on Jan 6 and did nothing. So I have to believe the answer is "nothing".
Not sure I want to know the answer........😡😮💨
Crime is way down and no murders for days.I think it's a good thing. Everyone driving a car in D.C. lived in constant fear of a carjacking by thugs who wouldn't think twice about gratuitously killing you after taking your car. You can't hate everything Trump does because you hate him, George
Crime is “down” because DC isn’t even in the top 15 of “crimey” US cities.
That is a good question…I think we know the answer 🥲
To be, not to seem. Esse Quam Videri motto of North Carolina. We’re not sending troops.
Didn’t he use police to cut through the protesters for his photo op with bible. He’s just expanding his boundaries.
He is taking over right now. When he refuses to leave next time, we won’t be able to stop him. Obviously, this is the plan, and the point of all this
Time to buy a pitchfork
This is preparation for Jan. 6, 2028.
Given Trump’s rapid physical and cognitive decline, he will likely be dead of natural causes by then.
Since only the good die young, I'm preparing for that eventuality, yet still hoping we get lucky.
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It won't matter. The wheels are in motion for JD to take control. Project 2025 wasn't a mistake by the Heritage Foundation. They're running the show.
Yes. But IMO Vance doesn’t control the cult like Trump does. Nor can I see him intimidating Congress and the courts like Trump does. None of this ends with Trump, of course. But his exit from the stage would be a hugely positive step in taking the country back. But yeah, we’re in serious trouble.
JD is a slightly smarter and more satanic version of Trump. While trump is in it for the money, the couch humper is in it for his white supremacy and his false prophet satanic Christianity. A worse version of trump.
Das ist ein schockierender Vergleich, aber leider nicht völlig abwegig. Die Frage ist, warum wir immer noch nicht über die wahre Natur dieser "Gangs" sprechen?
That was the missing link in his insurrection plans The military and law enforcement He’s learned from his mistakes
Remember threat levels? Those were the days - when you needed the possibility of real harm to bring out the guns
Occupying DC automatically makes him the most successful president of the CSA.
Successful insurrection and coup
Exactly what he’s attempting to do now👎
I think we know what Trump would've done, and it's scary as hell!
Trump won't lose again. The next Jan 6th insurrection will succeed with the help of Trump's personal ICE ARMY. Unless US military personnel are prepared to defend the United States against domestic enemies. That is where we are headed -- defenders of the Constitution must plan for the unthinkable.
As dumb as he is, he likely doesn't even know what Pinochet was like as a dictator...but it seems apparent he wants a similar domestic repressive regime based on visible symbols of power and violence against his opponents and "out groups". He is a fascist to his core.
These ICE are comparable to the SA and the early SS in Germany. The next 4 years are critical for the USA and the rest of us.
General Michael Flynn told him to implement martial law, seize voting machines and re-do the election so he could “win”. And the only thing that stood in his way was The DOJ. That’s not going to happen again.
It’s too bad that “General” Michael Flynn couldn’t be reactivated and court martial for these remarks as well as advocating for the implementation of a national religion. I put “General” in quotation marks because he doesn’t deserve that title anymore, in my opinion.
He never deserved the promotion to general officer.
The guy is from RI. 1st sentence of the 1st Amendment came from RI its sole existence has to do with the right to have “Liberty of Conscience”. No Government sanctioned religion. He’s violated of many parts of his oath to defend and protect.
There’s a reason it came first. Religion has always been the biggest threat to freedom. It has killed the United States.
The founders learned from antiquity that having a religious state, like England with Henry Vlll, one could be killed if one wasn’t practicing the “right religion”. This “separation of church and state” started with Roger Williams and the Charter. Liberty of Conscious is important and personal.
You might be lost then... Slava Ukraina
And is he setting the stage or stacking the deck for another go round?
Wonder what Mike Pence thinks?
Perhaps Pelosi had the foresight…
He doesn't plan on having another presidential election. That's obvious to anyone paying attention.
We'll see in 28 when he doesn't accept the results of the election, we may even see it in 26.
Somehow, I doubt if many illegal immigrants arrive by train.
More to the point, this is a dress rehearsal. If the polling looks bad for the GOP next year, Trump will simply make up another fake "emergency" and cancel the midterms. He will roll out the troops to enforce & cosplay this. It's another failure of imagination to think this couldn't happen.
I am 64 and look in better shape than this bubba! Catch me if you can!! 👉🆘🇺🇸
I'd like to see that guy have to chase somebody for a few blocks!
I’m 64 and probably could out run him. 🫣
I'm sure I'm a lot older than he is and I'm sure I can outrun him! Apparently, they don't have any physical requirements to sign on with ICE like they do to join the military.
Ugh
If you think Republican control of the Capitol is going to be relinquished if they lose the midterms you need to reassess your current information stream.
2 GA Dem Senators won runoffs on Jan 5, 2021 - shocking Republicans. It took McConnell one month to relinquish Senate to Democrats!
so many people forget about that. it was a dry run...
I dont want to think about that. But is it far fetched to think that he will use the military or police to stay in power?
now you are scaring me....
Chilling thought.
That's a scary thought.
To all my DC friends and allies. Report every crime you observe no matter how small and petty. Make the DC police take a report. Do not take no for an answer. Drive the crime rate up. Make this as weird as possible. Blame Trump for the spike in crime. Do not lie just report things you legit see.
I’m sure we’re going to find out. Considering nobody has stopped him yet.
A demon sat anxiously watching television on 1/6/21, awaiting word that his VP had been lynched by an angry mob, along with Nancy Pelosi and others. The Capitol Police stopped it. Next time, they may not be there.
He's not leaving....
shot people. He had American soldiers on their hands and knees rolling out a red carpet for Putin. Trump is pathetic
There is only one way to get rid of him now
That’s the exact question people should be asking
You mean the J6 where federal law enforcement didn't start showing up until after local (DC/MD/VA) law enforcement had made it clear that the party was over?
I’m so depressed …. No one but the gov of California and Illinois are standing up to the felon
No the mraps are perfect for relocating homeless people.
What is happening in Washington is so obviously a dress rehearsal for his fascist takeover
I'd say it's more like the millionth piece of evidence that it's already occurred, and Americans are simply so oblivious to reality that great herds of them continue to meander, oblivious.
Just wait.
Is this a rehearsal for 1930's Germany?
Yes.
Revolution
The darker question is, who does the country turn to when the military and police back this.
we may still find out
Oh, I don’t like that question.
There is something wrong with citizens who enable or are silent about this because they do not really believe in freedom or democracy. They believe in an authoritarian cult leader willing to abuse power.
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One good thing is we now have evidence of what he would do and trying to do going forward. It’s time to take Bloody King George lll part 2 d.o.w.n.
He would have had the Capitol Police leave and let the rioters have free reign. It will be what he does if he loses the House in 2026.
The answer will come pretty soon and it will not be great! Trump failed his first coup attempt just like Hitler did also but like Hitler he learned from it and he will not let it slip ever again. The only hope are his ankles that will hopefully explode sooner than later.
He won’t leave. And then we’ll find out what this country is actually made of.
Trump is just being told now that he has the power. The problem comes from the people in his administration. Trump is and always has been a puppet. The finger needs to be pointed at other people as well. Starting with Miller.
We will find out in '28.
Hopefully OUR soldiers (WE THE PEOPLE) Not Trumps soldiers will do the right thing! I hear some are 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
This may've been the reason Bondi tried to seize control of the MPD... to turn 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 on the Capitol in an ultimate act of irony. 🧐
Think that’s the goal. Planning to remain in the WH in 2029.
That's what he's doing now: practicing for 2028 / 2029.
George, why is no one talking about the documentary on Netflix about the Epstein files? Some of those girls were 12 years old! youtube.com/shorts/9NqFD...
We know exactly what he would have done; and we’d have soldiers “just following orders”.
They are far enough down the authoritarian route already. I cannot imagine that they would risk it all by allowing the dems to gain the house in 2026. If the opposition is relying solely on the midterms, then they've already lost.
Thank god for small favors. Let’s use history to guide our actions now. We desperately need a more organized response to all the bs.
Exactly. The plan.
I’m reaching out humbly—if you’re able to donate or share my pinned post, it could create hope for us.
Are the military enjoying this, or would they resist certain orders if they went a step too far?
No offense, but I think you are asking the wrong question — I say that b/c you assume facts not in evidence (chief among them, is DJT actually calling these shots).
Some of us already know the answer to this... No, no, no, no!! He's not calling the shots on anything!! He's the useful idiot... Just like he only wanted his cults votes to win, HF only wants his signature to change the world order...
All of us know the answer — and you are correct. This is about racism. All of this is about racism, subjugating minorities.
Exactly this, I've been saying it for months. ICE is far more than a deportation force, it's Trump's Brownshirts to intimidate & influence any political opposition or voters & to deny with force any election result he doesn't like
His vice president would have been hung, members of Congress would have died, Biden would have been jailed, trump would have become dictator for life. Anyone protesting his takeover would have been shot. News outlets would have been nationalized as military would have taken to the streets.
I always thought trump wanted that Jan 6th Insurrection to get so violent he could impose Martial Law and postpone the handover of power. EXACTLY what he is doing today !
This is the likely point.. Control of any law enforcement that could step in to enforce the laws Trump, or his mobsters, break. If he tries to expand his police state tactics beyond dc, it will likely be to undermine the (dem) authorities and/or to interfere in elections.
He is afraid of another Jan 6.
Hopefully the soldiers remain unarmed so that no one actually gets killed. This is just a show for the MAGA morons.
And what do we do when the mid-term polling places have these guys stationed outside intimidating anyone they think might vote the wrong way?
Democratic leadership in a nutshell
Oh dear me. We must be civil. We must exceed norms. Resistance and keeping to ones oath simply aren't done. It might hurt maga feeligns and we simply cannot have that.
Right!?
You know the answer.
What could have been hardly seems to matter with what’s happening now.
Make a note of this post for 2029 - you'll be referring back to it
I don't understand why you're wallowing around in the past with such hypotheticals George... are things that bland for you?
No, what WILL he do on January 6th?
Stand back and stand by, will be wild.
He’s preparing.
Seeks?…. mofo has maga law enforcement , about 90%, chomping at the bit to do his bidding…here in ultra maga South Daytona Beach, mayor “ little rudy” hall has decried “ we are an America first city and liberal democrats had better have eyes in the back of your head’s “
It’s a test run for all the states. I’m telling you all, you better vote this fall in your state and local elections & reject republicans. GOP governors are sending Nat Guard troops to DC-one governor from Vermont said no-one. If Trumpers get elected as governors, it’s the next authoritarian step
What he plans to do if we have election in 2028 a
"We hold these truths to be self-evident."
He would have done what he is going to do in 2026. Declared insurrection and call in his personal militia. Other wise known as ICE. Get used to a total dictatorship, plan around that.
Every elected Republican who was in Congress on January 6th knows what he would have done. The ones still in Congress voted to let him get away with it. Every SCOTUS justice knows what he would have done & the 6 bought-and-paid-for GOP justices gave him permission to do it The GOP endorses treason.
He would have aided the mob.
And told the police to stand down.
The biggest question: How do we get field actors, ie FBI agents, police, National Guard, armed forces members, etc to realize that they are being told to do things which are un-American and that violate the Constitution?
Most DGAF about that
Detain as many Dem lawmakers as needed to ensure that the House couldn’t approve legit slates of electors from swing states that voted for Biden.
Nothing at all
he had the same power then ...
Something tells me this is all part of someone's plan to accuse someone in DC of killing soldiers (sniper, bomb, walk-up shooting, who knows) a week or two before the mid-term elections so that he can 'suspend them' as part of a national police state act.
I don't know why you should dwell on that question when it's obvious that he can do it again in the present or next year after he's lost The Midterms. Never think Trump will spend a minute of his thoughts on the fate of America. He doesn't care.
“seems”?
Answer: it would currently be 1941 Germany instead of 1934 Germany.
When it happens right before your eyes you often cant believe it, wake up
The Felon47 would have rolled MRAPs right into the Capitol Rotundra and taken congress prisoners! 😠
Indeed.
And it raises another question: how bad must the Epstein files be for him?
Oh he's 100 percent going to mobilize everything for midterms and try to intimidate voters and influence the outcome.
Seriously? Pence would be dead. Maybe Pelosi too. A few others....
Trump is quick to deploy troops against his own citizens then puts out the red carpet for a wanted war criminal Putin,it tells you who he is.He admires this murderous tyrant who has murdered 10s of thousands of innocent Ukrainians,Georgians and Syrians.Be brave America,RESIST
Yes! This, to me, is the essential difference between now and then. Today, too, there are fewer institutions and individuals willing to stand up to him. Instead of Pence, we have Vance, e.g. He also has *three more years,* instead of ~30 days, to refine and execute his repressive mechanisms.
Yes
We all know the answer! 😫😡😫😡
He would have used those traitors to overthrow the election. Not much of a thought exercise there.
It’s not silly or performative. These are tests and practice runs. If Dems win the midterms, MAGA is going to declare the elections illegitimate. They’ll ignore congress, deny funds, salaries, access to offices or just outright abolish congress. They’re preparing for a full dismantling of the US.
The military is not leaving DC, and they won’t let Ds take control of Congress or the presidency even if the win. The writing is on the wall.
I agree. Even if Rump dies today, the wheels have already been set in motion and too many are in positions of power and will keep the momentum going. The country is in big trouble and too many Americans are complacent.
When Trump is gone, there will be a huge splintering of the far right. Trump is the glue that is holding it together. No one else has the inexplicable sway over people that Trump has.
Absolutely, those veteran Republicans will eat JD Vance for lunch.
I hope you’re correct, but, I believe there are many better looking, more articulate, more intelligent, and more personable individuals in the wings that would have even greater success with the MAGA lemmings.
They must be in the wings, because most of the prominent people seem to be on the crazy side.
Perhaps. But the process will be extremely painful and destructive for the country and people. And there is absolutely no guarantee that democracy will win out or that the US will remain intact.
Whatever happens to Trump, I see a lot of chaos ahead. I have a feeling the chaos without Trump would be quite different than the chaos with Trump, but perhaps less deadly.
Because DJT is a psychopath/sociopath, your pick. I’ve heard both terms used on him, so I don’t know which he is maybe both. He has no conscience, no empathy, he’s a pathological liar, he’s a narcissist. With those character traits, you could do a whole lot of damage.
Stephen Miller is running the show. He’s not going anywhere until we remove him from power.
We know Miller wasn’t on Epstein Island… No underage boys
Unless he WAS the underage boy
Do we really know there were no underage boys? Admittedly, I have never heard of any accusations about that, but who knows? With billionaires and politicians, you never know what they are getting up to.
The Vatican has that market cornered…
Maybe miller was a rent boy in his teen years.
Ouch. Definitely scary.
What is going ti happen in the midterms when these ICE goons are manning all the polls for “election integrity”?!!
Can't you just ask your lying wife?
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Ding ding ding
The decision is clear. When the People are done. Trump will be removed. 🔜
It seems we all agree that Americans in uniform pretty much consistently follow orders, no matter what the orders are.
He was still president- he could have called on tanks and military if it weren’t for Milly.
trump has literally turned our great capital city into Moscow on the Potomac! 🇺🇸🤡😢
He will have another go at the midterms
Misuse of funds and personnel. Isn't it illegal for American soldiers to be fighting Americans? Posse Commitus Act?
With all of his loyalists & SCOTUS, he would have been questioned
Jan 6 should have been a blood bath for the insurrectionists, and we wouldn't be in this shit.
Fuck those traitors. There are more of us. All we, those with goddamned standing orders to support and defend the constitution, need is trusted, progressive, visionary leadership, and motherfucking orders. They've FA'd. Time to FO!
All we need is some disgruntled military veterans with unresolved mental health issues due to VA cuts, to commandeer a few of these ambush protective armored vehicles and turn them onto the White House lawn. Trump could watch from the rooftop again.
Never given up power
Is it possible that an emergency is declared and official proceedings are delayed or halted altogether?
Might be Pence would have ended up in that noose... And probably Josh Hawley couldn't have out run them...
The true nature of Republican voters is crystal clear. They are evil criminals.
He’s going to refuse to seat the Democratic Congress after the midterms
a different branch of gvmt.
you may find out in 2029
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