We could’ve always stopped him. We had the ability to stop him on January 7 to throw him in jail to arrest the Congress people who facilitated the attempted overthrow of our government, but Merrick Garland look the other way took months and months and months to facilitate a response that was lame
Mitch could have impeachment and removal from office but he refused!
WE can still stop him...ONE psychiatrist or ONE sharp shooter(non of this fake shit"
I hope if we ever get the chance we don’t do the “healing” thing. I probably won’t live to see it but this nation is more in need of the “trial” thing and appropriate sanctions.
The worst decision Biden made was appointing Merrick Garland as Atty General!! He didn't have the guts to do the right thing!!
He was corrupt
OR the Republicans could have shown some decency and impeached him when they had the chance.
Reminder that Garland wasn’t AG on January 7, 2021, he subsequently obtained the convictions of hundreds of insurrectionists, and indicted Trump. Trump likely would have been convicted before the 2024 election but for Judge Canon and the Supreme Court.
Merrick Garland's craven incompetence led to the victory of American fascism. Joe Biden chose Garland to be our Attorney General - a horrific error of judgment. And Obama wanted him on the Supreme Court!
On January 7, 2021, the president was Trump, the AG was still an acting AG after Barr resigned. We had a bipartisan congress pissed on 1/7/21 knowing Trump masterminded the fake electors scheme & attack. We had a senate on 2/13/2021 say impeachment wasn’t necessary because he was out of office.
Garland might as well been there himself rioting, as he helped them as much as anyone.
I am still pissed, that that useless piece of humanity, did nothing
General Garland is not responsible. McConnell and the GOP refused to vote for impeachment and 77 million people put him back in office. We are to blame.
I think you’ve vastly overestimated your understanding of who was in power on 1/7 and how criminal investigations work. The GOP should have done their job impeached him and prevented him from running again. If you want to place blame place of where it belongs.
You are so right. This administration would have thrown the who bunch of em in jail in El Salvador and said they can’t get them back. Merrick Garland was a scared little wimp.
Read Sarah Kendzior's free substack on here about him. She has been spot on ever since her first book came out.
I’m a democrat and agree. His trials should have moved faster like they would have for you and me. I don’t think people would vote for an incarcerated felon, even MAGAs. We would not be in the mess we find ourselves today. Thanks garland
This also played a large part in his “win”. I will die on the hill that between all the voter suppression and musk tinkering around with the voting machines he actually lost. The ballots that only voted for president, all in swing states and all for 47 should have been enough for an investigation.
I wish we did. I wanted to.
Exactly right. Why? I would love to hear the answer.
And Mitch McConnell
Then he brings Jack on to take the heat while he sits back silent & pads his bank account. Horrible pick for an AG.
Yes, Garland was ineffective but let’s not forget that the courts (stacked by Mr McConnell and Republican Senate) essentially prevented prosecution on any federal level!
When Garland dies he will be buried looking the other way.
While I do agree that Garland took too long…..he wasn’t in place as AG on Jan 7, 2021.
Please tell us how we could have thrown him in jail on January 7? He was indicted on the January 6 and documents cases. The corrupt USSC and Alleen Cannon held up the trials.
Everything prior to that was what you’d call ‘doing it by the book, dotting the Is and crossing the Ts’…that’s the problem.. proper protocol and procedures. Garland tried to do it right, to not look partisan or improper. If only he knew. So going forward, the moment the power shifts, imprison him!
Merrick was derelict in his duties to prosecute Trump and others. Makes me wonder what dark force was behind it?
You still can always stop him. Maybe it’s time to finally pull the trigger on what people have failed to see for the last 60+ yrs. Mountains of evidence to prove what seems unbelievable. dai.ly/x52wix1
There is A LOT of blame to go around & I am as irate with leaders who failed to act. However, to some extent, Garland was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. The Biden administration was sensitive to weaponizing the Justice Dept. for political purposes.
(2.) Both Putin and Trump understood that the West doesn't tend to lock up political candidates. He ran for office to stay out of jail. Using the exact same playbook Hitler used & he leaned into that.
Not even. If, after the elderly demented golfer was impeached for the second time, the Senate Republicans had an ounce of fucking courage, he would have been convicted and completely removed from office with no way to return.
Exactly…that’s all they had to do…but instead they are once again voting to destroy the country. All so some dirt poor kids can pray in school and pump out light skinned factory workers from the time they are 12
Republican Trump appointed judge never held him accountable for stealing classified documents. She failed to save us.
She should never have gotten that case…
She never should have been appointed. She is unqualified. Period.
Yes, an example of republicans have no principals and democrats need to grow a spine😓
If blue wins 2028 Trump will attempt a second J6 in 2029. he's gotta be stopped before he burns the USA completely to the ground.
JD Vance was chosen for a reason.
#NoMoreRepublicans
The Senate could have convicted him and did not. This would have at least prevented him from ever holding office.
Agreed!
Exactly, if Garland, had done his job, we would not be here!!!
So actually giving the People due process of his crimes. Yes due process has been gone since 2021.
do not forget the turtle's role
Garland is a traitor and should be banned from practicing law of any kind.
Absolutely correct. He took months to reach the conclusion "Its not my job to indict guilty people. " Seriously? Then what did we pay him for?
Garland didn't take office till March. SCOTUS was responsible for every delay with every court case that came their way until they awarded him immunity. Plenty of blame to go around.
I think Merrick "MilkCarton" Garland was part of the coup.
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I truly believed that Garland was capable of delivering the best outcome. He had mentioned his Family's history of being in the Holocaust and his language gave me the sense that he was up to do this. We don't know....what occurred.
Further research re Garland suggests that he was never a MEMBER of the Federalist Society and they did not endorse him. However, he is listed on their website as a "contributor". In my mind, attending their conferences suggests he was not opposed to their views. fedsoc.org/contributors...
If he doesnt lean towards Republican/Federalist viewpoints, then I have to ask, "Why did he refuse to prosecute Trump in the first months of 2021 after the insurrection?" All I know is, he could have - and history will show he should have - but he didn't. So he may as well have been a Federalist.
What happened is that Garland is a Federalist whom Biden should never have appointed. He valued the Office of the Presidency so much that he didn't want to prosecute a President, even when that President fomented an insurrection. Biden appointed the wrong guy to the job! ... And so here we are...
And this is a generous explanation.
Yeah, hindsight is 20/ 20.
Not really hindsight. As soon as Garland was appointed I found out that he was a supporter of the Federalist Society, and 90% of Trump's appointees to the appellate courts are members. Garland was a stupid choice. When we saw that Garland wasn't prosecuting Trump in 2021, he should have been fired.
I did not know that. Sigh 🙏
We had the ability but not the spine nor a love of Constitution. Thanks, Joe.
I have no pity for Mitch or any of the scum around him. I don't care how infirm he becomes he deserves nothing from the American people.
In my opinion, nobody did anything that was worth a damn. He needed consequences. Immediate consequences. There we were watching him meet with foreign dignitaries all through Biden's term and undermine democracy. The stolen documents. ARREST. They all failed. Both parties. So many failed.
The whole damn time
The whole damn time.
They were afraid to do anything because he was an ex president! The democrats didn’t know what power they had! But they can still arrest him! He’s still a criminal! He’s still stealing from the taxpayers! He’s a grifter! Lock up!
We are dealing with people who think it’s OK to drop bombs on starving children both Democrats and Republicans granted all Republicans and only a majority of Democrats. These people are psychopaths.
😡🤬🤬🤬
I know, right?! There was plenty of evidence that day to arrest and hold them all.
Problem is nobody has any balls
1200 were tried. Most either pleaded or were found guilty.
Only the foot soldiers were tried. Trump needed to be arrested along with MTG, Boebert, Hawley, Cruz, Johnson, etc
Yes, we know. He was indicted and the USSC held it up so that he could not have been tried before the election. Where have you been? www.justice.gov/storage/Repo...
They should have *arrested* them like they’d do to normal people. Cops don’t typically check the fucking Supreme Court before making an arrest. But Merrick Garland had both thumbs jammed firmly up his ass.
OMG Look up probable cause.
People like you are the absolute fucking worst. No wonder we’re in this shitshow. I know what probably cause is. We all saw the events unfold on live tv. I’d say they had cause to arrest Trump and members of congress if Merrick Garland had any balls. But no, instead we died on the hill of “norms”
Probable* also fuck off
There was no proof to act on at that time. It took the January 6 Comm almost a year to get all the testimony.
Without consequences they will double down
amen.....S. Korea is an example on how to do it correctly
Merritt Garland was hiding under his desk. He’s a coward and a complete failure.
Agreed. Merrick Garland has a lot to answer for.
You. An blame who ever you want but the fault lies with congress
In other words we did nothing!? I will never forgive Trump and his cronies for what took place that day!!!
Garland is a coward! 🤣
McConnell could have impeached him.
Chicken shit
Looking back you have 20/20 vision on the level of illegal actions. But nothing was done. If it happened now(ffs usa wake up as it is happening now🤦🏻♂️) nothing will be done It’s all words and no action so the hoofwankingbubblecunt will never ever see justice Weak corrupt inept judicial system wins
I posted this many times as Garland failed to act. Now, I realize he was "doing his job" -- as a rethuglican, Garland was doing a job on the American people rather than working for the American people.
Mitch McConnell and the GOP senators are to blame for not convicting Trump for J6.
It wasn’t Garland. It was the Ted Cruz’s of the world. Not too mention millions of Americans who voted for Trump again.
