When I hear about the coup attempt in Germany & the desire of these violent extremists to insert Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss as the leader after a planned execution of the German chancellor, it sounds ludicrous, laughable. But that's the thing: These people are deadly serious.
Because the plots of these anti-democratic extremists often seem so ludicrous, they can succeed because the public--& too many leaders--don't take them seriously enough. This tendency is how Trump got as far as he did.
"A federal appeals court debated whether #Trump can be forced to pay damages for his role in the #January6th riot to lawmakers and police officers injured by the mob.
While they struggled with the line between protected speechmaking and actionable incitement, all 3 judges on the DC #CourtOfAppeals indicated that a line exists and Trump may have crossed it"
One judge is a Trump appointee. #legal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/07/trump-jan6-riot-lawsuit/
Here are the 21 Republicans who voted no on giving a Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol on January 6
Lauren Boebert
John Rose
Andy Harris
Thomas Massie
Bob Good
Louie Gohmert
Barry Moore
Ralph Norman
Matt Rosendale
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Chip Roy
Paul Gosar
Andy Biggs
Warren Davidson
Scott Perry
Matt Gaetz
Greg Steuben
Andrew Clyde
Jody Hice
Mary Miller
Michael Cloud
In Texas an Sri Lanken-American named Rajan Moonsinghe got a gun to protect his home. Suspecting a burglar he stood on his front porch. Cops arrived unannounced & shot him dead in less than 1 sec. And the NRA is silent. This is a trend.
Before Rajan, when cops killed Tamir Rice for a toy gun in an open carry state—NRA was 🤐. When cops killed legal gun owner Philando Castille, NRA was 🤐. But when Rittenhouse killed 2 people, NRA called him " a warrior for gun owners!”
2A doesn't apply to BIPOC.