"Unarmed insurrection is oxymoronic."what blanket statement did I make?
No clue.CHAZ is an even better example, I keep forgetting and lumping them in with "Portland Riots".
Q @Qat - was CHAZ an insurrection?
"Unarmed insurrection is oxymoronic."what blanket statement did I make?
No clue.CHAZ is an even better example, I keep forgetting and lumping them in with "Portland Riots".
Q @Qat - was CHAZ an insurrection?
fair point, all other context notwithstanding. Hyperbolic, at worst. But you can't deny that every successful insurrection involved arming the insurrection and/or disarming state actors."Unarmed insurrection is oxymoronic."
I thought all these social media companies just couldn't wait to ban everyone right of centre and act as an extension of the Democratic Party?
While exchanging calls with Simmons, James traveled from the Willard Hotel, in downtown Washington—where he had been leading a security detail guarding Stone—to the Capitol.We’ve unmasked the Oath Keepers’ January 6 “operations leader”
Rhodes was also in direct contact with Michael Simmons who actively engaged in the plot with the defendants but was not listed as a coconspirator.Among those listed to have communicated with Rhodes on the phone during the attack include previously indicted Oath Keepers and Roger Stone “bodyguards” Joshua James of Alabama and Roberto Minuta of Texas.
Court documents shed new light on coordination between Trump White House and fascist militias in January 6 coup attempt
In a separate indictment Simmons was implicated in the conspiracy via text / Parler messages. He sent the following text shortly before the insurrection:He [Simmons] said he went to Washington as as a security expert, helping to guard longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone and others for pay. Rhodes called Simmons the Oath Keepers' "team leader" in DC on 1/6.We’ve unmasked the Oath Keepers’ January 6 “operations leader”
Stone was at the Willard Hotel the morning of 1/6. Defendant Joshua James was at the Willard Hotel with Stone as a body guard. The Willard Hotel is where Republicans had set up a "War Room". This indictment directly connects Stone and the Willard Hotel to the seditious conspiracy.“The[y] have taken ground at the capital[.] We need to regroup any members who are not on mission.”
in·sur·rec·tion
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Oath Keepers? ...Proud Boys?....lmao...who are these fruit cakes?
in what way did interfering with this ceremony interfere with the lawful transition of power?Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said January 6 was ‘interference with the lawful transfer of power using violence’ — the definition of an insurrection — but refrains from using the word
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said January 6 was 'interference with the lawful transfer of power using violence' but refrained from using the word 'insurrection'
"I call it interference with the lawful transfer of power using violence, and that's wrong," Hutchinson told CNN's Jake Tapper.www.businessinsider.com.au
“Some people are going to call it an insurrection. Some people are going to call it terrorism. I call it interference with the lawful transfer of power using violence, and that’s wrong,” Hutchinson said.