Trump's Insurrection Archives

Just Joshing: Hawley Claims It’s Just a Mug, Not Incitement

February 16, 2022 Buck Banks

“It is not a pro-riot mug. This was not me encouraging rioters.”

— Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) denied that campaign merchandise depicting his infamous Jan. 6 salute celebrates the Capitol riot that day, the HuffPost reports.

86% of Republicans Won’t Say Biden Won

February 9, 2022 Buck Banks

14%

A new Pew Research poll finds that only about 1 in 3 Republicans think Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, and only about 14% of them say he definitely won. Philip Bump: “In other words, 6 out of every 7 Republicans are unwilling to say that Biden definitely won.”

— Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), in a statement after news she would be censured by the Republican National Committee.

— “Former President Trump defended some of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol, saying Thursday that they posed ‘zero threat’ to the lawmakers who had assembled to confirm President Biden’s victory in the November election,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Trump also complained that law enforcement was now “persecuting” the Capitol rioters, hundreds of whom have been arrested, while “nothing happens” to left-wing protesters.

A Third of Capitol Riot Suspects Donated to Trump — AFTER He Lost

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 Buck Banks

We know they were punk patriots, but now we also know that a good portion of the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 were gullible patsies, too. It turns out that 90 of the 311 people indicted on charges for their acts that day contributed to Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee or a Trump-related PAC after the Grifter-In-Chief became an ex-president, reported NBC News.

We know that a number of the rioters were out to overturn an election they didn’t even vote in, but finding out that many contributed to the $207.5 million Trump and related entities collected in the weeks after the electionputs the events of Jan. 6 in a whole new light.

12 Republicans Voted Against Honoring Capitol Police

March 18, 2021 Buck Banks

12

“A dozen Republicans voted against a resolution honoring U.S. Capitol police for their efforts to protect members of Congress during the insurrection on January 6,” The Guardian reports. “The House voted 413 to 12 on Wednesday to award congressional gold medals, Congress’s ‘highest expression of national appreciation,’ to all members of the Capitol police force. … The Republicans who opposed this honor included Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Matt Gaetz of Florida and Thomas Massie of Kentucky.”

Trump’s Insurrection Inspired a Wave of New Candidates

March 16, 2021 Buck Banks

11,000

The Daily Beast: “Seasoned political operatives say they’ve never seen anything like it.” Amanda Litman, who founded the nonprofit group Run For Something in 2017 to give first-time candidates for local office the tools they need to launch a campaign, said, “In the last two months roughly 11,000 people have registered with Run For Something to express an interest in a campaign for public office. … We saw January 2021 turn into our best candidate recruitment month yet since launching on inauguration day in 2017.”

Trump’s Defense Chief Blames Him for Capitol Riot

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Buck Banks

“Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried to overrun the Capitol, without the president’s speech? I think it’s pretty much definitive that wouldn’t have happened. … It seems cause-and-effect. The question is, did he know he was enraging people to do that? I don’t know.”

— Former Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller told Vice News that he believes former President Donald Trump’s speech caused the violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Schumer Paraphrases Dickens

March 11, 2021 Buck Banks

“January 6 was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.”

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), quoted by the New York Times, about the day he became Senate majority leader and just moments later was evacuated to a safe room during the Capitol riot.

Threats to Members of Congress Rise Sharply in 2021

March 5, 2021 Buck Banks

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Associated Press: “The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says there has been a more than 93% increase in the number of threats received by members of Congress in the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year.”

“It is not a pro-riot mug. This was not me encouraging rioters.”

— Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) denied that campaign merchandise depicting his infamous Jan. 6 salute celebrates the Capitol riot that day, the HuffPost reports.

14%

A new Pew Research poll finds that only about 1 in 3 Republicans think Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, and only about 14% of them say he definitely won. Philip Bump: “In other words, 6 out of every 7 Republicans are unwilling to say that Biden definitely won.”

— Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), in a statement after news she would be censured by the Republican National Committee.

“Some of them went in and they’re — they’re hugging and kissing the police and the guards. You know, they had great relationships. A lot of the people were waved in, and then they walked in and they walked out.”

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“Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried to overrun the Capitol, without the president’s speech? I think it’s pretty much definitive that wouldn’t have happened. … It seems cause-and-effect. The question is, did he know he was enraging people to do that? I don’t know.”

— Former Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller told Vice News that he believes former President Donald Trump’s speech caused the violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

“January 6 was the best of times, and it was the worst of times.”

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), quoted by the New York Times, about the day he became Senate majority leader and just moments later was evacuated to a safe room during the Capitol riot.

93%

Associated Press: “The acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says there has been a more than 93% increase in the number of threats received by members of Congress in the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year.”

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“Quite frankly, you have national regime media that they wanted to see Tampa, because they thought that would be worse for Florida. They don’t care about the lives here. If they can use it to pursue their political agenda, they will do it.”

— Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) claimed that “national regime media” wanted Hurricane Ian to hit Tampa to “pursue their political agenda” without regard for the people impacted by the storm, Yahoo News reports.

“To call what happened on January 6 an ‘armed insurrection,’ I just think, is not accurate.”

— Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) repeated his claim Tuesday that the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was not an “armed insurrection,” adding however, that protesters “did teach us how you can use flag poles, that kind of stuff, as weapons,” CNN reports.

“I don’t believe that Trump is going to plea bargain. I think he could go to prison, but it is more likely that he will serve home confinement. In all likelihood, he will be convicted of multiple felonies.”

— George Conway, in an interview with Salon.

— Washington Post

“Lindsey, Lindsey, Lindsey — God, he’s so disconnected.”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by Rolling Stone, on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) push of a nationwide abortion ban.

Numerati

4:20

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra retweeted President Biden’s 3 p.m. marijuana policy announcement at exactly 4:20 p.m.

$1 billion

299

“A majority of Republican nominees on the ballot this November for the House, Senate and key statewide offices — 299 in all — have denied or questioned the outcome of the last presidential election,” the Washington Post reports.

44% to 49%

A new Marist College poll finds President Biden’s job approval rating is at 44% to 49%. Among registered voters nationally, the Democrats running for Congress have a narrow two-point edge over the Republicans, 46% to 44%.

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