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| Peter Montgomery |
While the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was shocking, it was not surprising to Right Wing Watch or other extremism researchers and watchdogs, who repeatedly sounded the alarm about calls from far-right figures for violence and revolution both before and after the 2020 presidential election ...
For example, televangelist Jim Baker warned in August 2020 that if Trump were not reelected, “we’re gonna have a revolution.” In September, Rick Joyner repeated his warnings that the U.S. is headed for civil war, adding that God has “seeded” the country with Christian veterans who “know how to fight in urban warfare” and would help lead “good militias.”
It was into that volatile situation that former President Donald Trump dropped the Big Lie that he won the election only to have it stolen from him and his supporters. The Big Lie—and the implication that President Joe Biden is illegitimate and his supporters are traitors to the Constitution—was repeated relentlessly by Trump, his legal team, Republican allies, right-wing media and movement leaders, and Christian nationalist religious figures.
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Some people have either short memories or seem to think last years riots on Capital hill was a 'one off' , so just to balance things a little 10 times the US capital weathered political violence (it starts with 1814 and goes to last yrs events).
ReplyDeleteWill a disgruntled mob mobilize in the future to wreck Washington, like Carlsberg.....probably. And if anyone opens the link and even skims it, they soon discover it isn't only Republicans who are guilty of being pissed off with their political leaders.....
"Dangerous Christians"? Who writes this garbage. I love this obsession on the left with Jan. 6. How about the summer and autumn of 2020 which saw over 500 documented riots, billions in damages and dozens killed. Thousands of businesses torched including a few I used by scum. Who was doing that rioting? Marxists, leftists and I would guess very few Christians if we want to get into religion.
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