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The insurrection of the insurrection commission vote. Is there any hope left for our democracy?

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Jun 1, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

I was 18 when Nixon resigned, I thought that was the worst of politics. Not even close! The longer TFG is allowed to be free the greater the imprint on America’s face! Hillary was right about everything. Greg so enjoy your writing, your descriptions are spot on !

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You’re going a little easy on ‘em, Greg. Stop pulling those punches.

The bigger problem, of course, is the over 70 million votes cast for Trump. Congress reflects the national consensus, as it should. The nattering nabobs of nationalistic murder and the trailer park troglodytes who support them are the problem. A generation of Republic attack on public education has dumbed down America to mobthink.

We deserve the leaders we elect. As a nation.

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Greg, this piece is fantastic, just editing of a detail or two. Great work 👍

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Yep. This. Totes.

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Jun 1, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Great article as always. Why can't the dems say fck it and go forth with a special commission? We have to stop thinking these owned traitors/GQP will magically play fair because they won't. They continue to build up their lunatic base of culties which include Qwacks, violent white supremacist groups who will be ready to try again in the future and perhaps succeed if we don't shut them down now.

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Jun 1, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

I have never read a better description of Josh Hawley than “a hateful little prick.” Bravo

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Jun 1, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

How depressing. I know the wheels of justice turn slow, and I'm trying to be patient. But I have to wonder if more damage isn't being caused because of the freedom these criminals' are being allowed to continue their traitorous bullshit.

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Jun 1, 2021Liked by Greg Olear

Well said. I KNOW there are enough of us (those of us who voted out TFG) who have working brains and absolutely "get" the fact that these 35 voted down a commission because they could not afford to be caught out in the light of day for their roles in the insurrection. But why on earth do Chuck Schumer and Manchin and Sinema continue to think we are so stupid we cannot see what lies before our very eyes? Are THEY brain dead? And why on earth is this not being made a literal drumbeat in the media? Is it just not "sexy" enough news to report that there are 35 traitors...obvious traitors...sitting in OUR Senate? Right now. Living off OUR dime. Voting against US. It is infuriating.

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Absolutely right, Greg! My take, since the vote has been exclusively that the "Senators" voting against a J6 Commission knew that if there ever was such a thing, their complicity in the insurrection would surely be exposed for all to see. From Boebert's alleged Capitol tours on January 5th to Hawley's raised "White Power" fist in solidarity with the pigs that attacked our Capitol building.

So now it's left to the Democrats to form select committees to investigate, and no matter how accurate they will be, they will always be accused of having a partisan investigation. As this situation continues to heat up, I can't help but think that people are going to eventually be killed over what's going on. I don't know which side yet, maybe both, but this is not over. I wish it were, but Republicans keep pushing and pushing until they get whatever it is they want. It's worked for them for so long that they're not about to stop now. For some reason I can't understand they seem to WANT to live in a whites-only, theocratic autocracy. That's, apparently, the dream.

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I was floored to see a yea vote on the commission from Rep. Michael Guest (R) of Mississippi 3rd. Guest has been a hyper-Trumper until this point, even being one of the reps who signed on to the Texas v. Pennsylvania amicus brief.

Only thing I can think is, maybe his support for law enforcement (he was an assistant and head county DA for about 25 years) is actually sincere.

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'Similarly, there is widespread—and apparently sincere—disbelief on the Hill that Republican Senators would not want a commission to investigate the besieging of the Capitol, in which their own lives were at risk. '(article)

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