"WHO KNEW?" Every damned one of them!

[Atticus]

147 Republicans voted to overturn the free and fair 2020 election results AFTER the insurrectionist mob they aided, abetted, funded and incited just barely failed in their violent attempt to assassinate the Vice-President of the US, the Speaker of the House and "anyone else they could get their hands on".

I will not listen to any of their bs that they "had no idea there would be violence"; their claims now that they "thought it would be a peaceful protest by patriots"; their whining that they "could not have foreseen all the damage and injuries". They voiced their approval of all that had just occurred by voting to overturn the election of President Biden, which is what the whole sick and violent coup attempt was about.

Every damned one of the 147 has demonstrated their unfitness for their position. That any still hold office is a disgrace. IMHO, several of them should die in prison.

"Who knew?"

EVERY DAMNED ONE OF THEM!

[triron]

1. You bet. Thanks.

[NewHendoLib]

2. that they still get to maintain their office boggles my mind.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. AND all the pension, healthcare, etc. afterwards, courtesy of US!

[wendyb-NC]

3. I agree

They are not fit to serve in any office. They tried to overthrow our democracy to serve a former president who lost the presidential election, and their lust for power and wealth. They do not serve the people, nor honor their will.

I think they should be removed for violating their sworn, hallowed oath of office.

[barbtries]

4. the night before it happened,

i told my son, "there will be violence tomorrow." I deliberately watched the events because i knew something dreadful would happen. I'm just a normal person who pays attention.

[dmr]

55. Yup, I did too,

and I'm just an old lady in Northern Michigan. So, how come you and I, along with countless other Ameicans could see this, and they couldn't?

Those Republicans betrayed, and continue to betray each and every one of us. When tfg took office in 2017, I never imagined this betrayal. We took solace in that Congress would protect America from that orange buffoon. That, sadly, didn't happen. It was far worse.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. "147" should be a battle cry for the campaign trail, but are we doing that?

Do voters understand?

[TigressDem]

52. Names of the 147

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html

Pictures at the link


Senate

Tommy Tuberville, Ala.

Rick Scott, Fla.

Roger Marshall, Kan.

John Kennedy, La.

Cindy Hyde-Smith, Miss.

Josh Hawley, Mo.

Ted Cruz, Texas

Cynthia Lummis, Wyo.



House

Robert B. Aderholt, Ala.

Mo Brooks, Ala.

Jerry Carl, Ala.

Barry Moore, Ala.

Gary Palmer, Ala.

Mike Rogers, Ala.

Andy Biggs, Ariz.

Paul Gosar, Ariz.

Debbie Lesko, Ariz.

David Schweikert, Ariz.

Rick Crawford, Ark.

Ken Calvert, Calif.

Mike Garcia, Calif.

Darrell Issa, Calif.

Doug LaMalfa, Calif.

Kevin McCarthy, Calif.

Devin Nunes, Calif.

Jay Obernolte, Calif.

Lauren Boebert, Colo.

Doug Lamborn, Colo.

Kat Cammack, Fla.

Mario Diaz-Balart, Fla.

Byron Donalds, Fla.

Neal Dunn, Fla.

Scott Franklin, Fla.

Matt Gaetz, Fla.

Carlos Gimenez, Fla.

Brian Mast, Fla.

Bill Posey, Fla.

John Rutherford, Fla.

Greg Steube, Fla.

Daniel Webster, Fla.

Rick Allen, Ga.

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, Ga.

Andrew Clyde, Ga.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ga.

Jody Hice, Ga.

Barry Loudermilk, Ga.

Russ Fulcher, Idaho

Mike Bost, Ill.

Mary Miller, Ill.

Jim Baird, Ind.

Jim Banks, Ind.

Greg Pence, Ind.

Jackie Walorski, Ind.

Ron Estes, Kan.

Jacob LaTurner, Kan.

Tracey Mann, Kan.

Harold Rogers, Ky.

Garret Graves, La.

Clay Higgins, La.

Mike Johnson, La.

Steve Scalise, La.

Andy Harris, Md.

Jack Bergman, Mich.

Lisa McClain, Mich.

Tim Walberg, Mich.

Michelle Fischbach, Minn.

Jim Hagedorn, Minn.

Michael Guest, Miss.

Trent Kelly, Miss.

Steven Palazzo, Miss.

Sam Graves, Mo.

Vicky Hartzler, Mo.

Billy Long, Mo.

Blaine Luetkemeyer, Mo.

Jason Smith, Mo.

Matt Rosendale, Mont.

Dan Bishop, N.C.

Ted Budd, N.C.

Madison Cawthorn, N.C.

Virginia Foxx, N.C.

Richard Hudson, N.C.

Gregory F. Murphy, N.C.

David Rouzer, N.C.

Jeff Van Drew, N.J.

Yvette Herrell, N.M.

Chris Jacobs, N.Y.

Nicole Malliotakis, N.Y.

Elise M. Stefanik, N.Y.

Lee Zeldin, N.Y.

Adrian Smith, Neb.

Steve Chabot, Ohio

Warren Davidson, Ohio

Bob Gibbs, Ohio

Bill Johnson, Ohio

Jim Jordan, Ohio

Stephanie Bice, Okla.

Tom Cole, Okla.

Kevin Hern, Okla.

Frank Lucas, Okla.

Markwayne Mullin, Okla.

Cliff Bentz, Ore.

John Joyce, Pa.

Fred Keller, Pa.

Mike Kelly, Pa.

Daniel Meuser, Pa.

Scott Perry, Pa.

Guy Reschenthaler, Pa.

Lloyd Smucker, Pa.

Glenn Thompson, Pa.

Jeff Duncan, S.C.

Ralph Norman, S.C.

Tom Rice, S.C.

William Timmons, S.C.

Joe Wilson, S.C.

Tim Burchett, Tenn.

Scott DesJarlais, Tenn.

Chuck Fleischmann, Tenn.

Mark E. Green, Tenn.

Diana Harshbarger, Tenn.

David Kustoff, Tenn.

John Rose, Tenn.

Jodey Arrington, Texas

Brian Babin, Texas

Michael C. Burgess, Texas

John R. Carter, Texas

Michael Cloud, Texas

Pat Fallon, Texas

Louie Gohmert, Texas

Lance Gooden, Texas

Ronny Jackson, Texas

Troy Nehls, Texas

August Pfluger, Texas

Pete Sessions, Texas

Beth Van Duyne, Texas

Randy Weber, Texas

Roger Williams, Texas

Ron Wright, Texas

Burgess Owens, Utah

Chris Stewart, Utah

Ben Cline, Va.

Bob Good, Va.

Morgan Griffith, Va.

Robert J. Wittman, Va.

Carol Miller, W.Va.

Alexander X. Mooney, W.Va.

Scott Fitzgerald, Wis.

Tom Tiffany, Wis.

[cannabis_flower]

54. Interesting

I don’t see Dan “Eyepatch” Crenshaw on this list. Good on him. Unless it was a mistake that he was left off the list.

[TigressDem]

60. Those who did NOT vote YES with their Rethug group after the Coup Attempt.

GOP Sens.
Loeffler, Daines, Braun shift, say they won’t object to Biden electors after pro-Trump attack on Capitol.

No objection to AZ electors: (Most voted same in PA elector objection)

NV Amodei Republican No
ND Armstrong Republican No
NE Bacon Republican No
OH Balderson Republican No
KY Barr Republican No
OR Bentz Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
FL Bilirakis Republican Not voting
TX Brady Republican Not voting
FL Buchanan Republican No
CO Buck Republican No
IN Bucshon Republican No
OH Chabot Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
WY Cheney Republican No
KY Comer Republican No
TX Crenshaw Republican No ***** NO ON BOTH
UT Curtis Republican No
IL Davis, Rodney Republican No
MN Emmer Republican No
IA Feenstra Republican No
GA Ferguson Republican No
PA Fitzpatrick Republican No
NE Fortenberry Republican No
NC Foxx Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
WI Gallagher Republican No
NY Garbarino Republican No
TX Gonzales, Tony Republican No
OH Gonzalez (OH) Republican No
TX Granger Republican Not voting
LA Graves (LA) Republican No
WI Grothman Republican No
KY Guthrie Republican No
WA Herrera Beutler Republican No
AR Hill Republican No
IA Hinson Republican No
IN Hollingsworth Republican No
MI Huizenga Republican No
SD Johnson (SD) Republican No
OH Joyce (OH) Republican No
NY Katko Republican No
PA Keller Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
CA Kim (CA) Republican Not voting
IL Kinzinger Republican No
TN Kustoff Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
IL LaHood Republican No
OH Latta Republican No
AZ Lesko Republican Yes (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
SC Mace Republican No
KY Massie Republican No
TX McCaul Republican No
CA McClintock Republican No
NC McHenry Republican No
WV McKinley Republican No
MI Meijer Republican No
PA Meuser Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
IA Miller-Meeks Republican No
MI Moolenaar Republican No
WV Mooney Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
UT Moore (UT) Republican No
NC Murphy (NC) Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
WA Newhouse Republican No
UT Owens Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
IN Pence Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
NY Reed Republican No
WA Rodgers (WA) Republican No
TX Roy Republican No
AZ Schweikert Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
GA Scott, Austin Republican No
ID Simpson Republican No
NJ Smith (NJ) Republican No
PA Smucker Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
IN Spartz Republican No
MN Stauber Republican No
CA Steel Republican Not voting
NY Stefanik Republican No
WI Steil Republican No
UT Stewart Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
OH Stivers Republican No
TX Taylor Republican No
PA Thompson (PA) Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
OH Turner Republican No
MI Upton Republican No
TX Van Duyne Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
MO Wagner Republican No
FL Waltz Republican No
OH Wenstrup Republican No
AR Westerman Republican No
VA Wittman Republican No (Did vote Yes on PA elector objection)
AR Womack Republican No
AK Young Republican No

[GreenWave]

6. Traitors.

[rubbersole]

7. Yep.

Imagine the RW noise machine if dems had done half of what these treasonous bastards did.

[Septua]

8. And truth be known, every damned one of that group...

..will secretly accept further violence if Trump's veiled threats become reality. Trump's a fool and a coward and so are they.

[Duppers]

10. #1 rule regarding Repubs

They lie. Yes, they're unfit for office.

Bravo for this OP, Atticus.

[bluboid]

11. "Who knew?" EVERY DAMNED ONE OF THEM!

YUP!

[MyOwnPeace]

14. THEY voted to send........

a flying "F**K YOU!" to over 81 MILLION Americans that went to the polls to show what they wanted for America.
These F'ers opted to show that they believe that THEY have the right to decide what WE want.
Do NOT believe any of their "Patriot" bullshit - they don't believe in the Constitution or 'fairness' - they only believe in POWER.

[Zilli]

12. The MSM and all media should be pounding this factual information with a sledge hammer

but the one thing I can count on is that this will not be mentioned and/or will be brushed aside if mentioned and maybe even lies will become alternative facts. Our media corporate overlords would never allow these truths to be repeated and repeated and repeated like the "big steal" was. Just one more reason why I cut the cord 12 years ago and as a really great side effect of this cord cutting, I haven't seen or heard a TV or radio political ad since. Improved my quality of life significantly.. My home is a no lying ads zone TA DA!

[MyOwnPeace]

15. WOW! THAT takes incredible discipline.

Congrats on your dedication and commitment. I do wonder if you aren't depriving yourself of some 'insight' or understanding of what's going on out there in the world - but if you're posting here at DU you MUST have something going on!

Oh, and WELCOME to DU!!!!

[Zilli]

37. Thanks for the welcome

I do stream and I stream news from around the world. I find news that would never be covered by MSM here. It all began when I found SKY news (admittedly somewhat conservative, but in a UK way) during the first Ukraine stand off over a freezing winter in Kiev in 2014 called the Revolution of Dignity. They also cover events in Africa which would NEVER be included in the eyewitless news here. I have found dozens of news sits around the globe and the little computer translates...... I also find tons of current event things on YouTube, like Glenn Kirschner and I'm fairly well informed about local events as I belong to a few organizations that advocate for social justice, housing justice, food justice anti poverty issues and racial equity. I live in Oakland Calif. so there is a lot to learn that would rarely be found on TV. I find that I in no way miss the vapid TV shows that fill the hours of the evening, so I just stream away.

[MyOwnPeace]

38. WOW! What a 'name!'

"eyewitless news!"

Yeah, you're gonna' be a good fit here at DU!!!!

[Zilli]

39. Thank you

I feel like I've found like minded people here. Love this site and have been reading it for years and decided to join in.... I'm going to have to ask a grandchild to show me how to do those great emoji's.

[MyOwnPeace]

40. Simple!

Go to 'smilies' up there:

They'll 'pop up' and pick the one you believe expresses your thoughts!
Oh, and at the bottom there's a little box with 3 dots...
Click on it and you'll find some more!

[90-percent]

45. Glenn Kirshner is a national treasure!

would like to know more about your alternate and international news sources. American MSM is like that Chomsky meme - allowing spirited debate on an extremely narrow range of subjects.

Thanks for joining DU!

-90% Jimmy

[Zilli]

50. Glenn is a rare jewel and he thankfully shares his light.

I just started stumbling around the internet to find what the world was thinking about anything really, not just what the world thinks of the US. Most of the news sources I check in on don't really cover much US news at all. I find out what is happening elsewhere. I have read the fabulous Der Spiegel, the excellent
Al Jazeera, Le Monde, the Glasgow Times, the New Zealand Herald, the Helsinki Times most of the UK publications except the Daily Mail which is like the Enquirer. . EW and a couple of African papers the Botswana Gazette and the South African Mail & Guardian. There are dozens of publications out there and I don't read every word every day I just check out what the content is and click on some of it. I check in on our liberal sites regularly TPM, Koz, Crooks and Liars (cuz I love the name), Mother Jones, The Nation etc.. The Globe if filled with news and it's all out there for us to find and by doing this I do not rely on the corporate overlords to decide what news is appropriate for me to know about and do find out what news they have withheld because it might embarrass some MAGA snowflake.
To much information?

[calimary]

44. Welcome to DU, Zilli!

Impressive! Glad you’re here!

Too much of a news junkie to completely disconnect from the “American standard” (uh, ironically, it just struck me that - isn’t that a major brand of toilet?). But you’re resourceful enough to have done so, and connected to literally a whole new world of information and news programming.

What a perspective that provides! Looking forward to hearing more from you!

[LiberalArkie]

51. I wonder why Fox and others haven't shown film of the riots and destruction after Gore was

denied the victory in Florida. All the destruction that the Democrats caused.

[DemocraticPatriot]

57. Because it never happened, of course...

The only riot was the "Brooks Brothers" riot in Florida, by which GOP operatives flown in from all over the country, were successful in halting the counting of Florida's votes...

All of those operatives were part of a conspiracy to cross state lines for the purpose of inciting/participating in a riot... they should have ended up in jail!

[barbtries]

58. i did too, almost 15 years now.

the only political ads i watch are by the Lincoln Project or the Meidas Touch. Because they get posted on DU primarily.

[Zilli]

59. So true about Lincoln Project

Those ads are a gift that tell truth. I actually look for them on YouTube and DU.

[Joinfortmill]

13. Totally agree.

[Wounded Bear]

16. K & R...for truth...nt

[Warpy]

17. If an old, broken down ex nurse in flyover country knew

they were going there spoiling for a fight, then there is no excuse for anyone in DC, in that crowd or in government or law enforcement, for not knowing. They knew. The Capitol Police were sent in without proper equipment or backup because they were meant to be oerwhelmed. The whole idea was to use those violent jerks to cause a panic that would get rid of Pence, evacuate Congress, and allow the switcheroo with the envelopes containing the state electoral vote with the fake electors.

It's only quick thinking and fast action by staffers that kept the coup from succeeding. It explains why those Congressmen from states with fake electors objected to the certification of the electoral vote in those states. It's a dead giveaway, those electors weren't the ones they'd been told to expect!

Every damned one of those fake electors needs to be hauled in and put on the spot about this.

The boobs who LARPed violent patriots clearly had no idea what to do once they got into offices. Their only function was to scare Congress out of the chamber and Pence out of the building (to gawd knows where), leaving the boxes containing the envelopes of state electors unattended.

It failed by the width of a whisker. We came so close to losing everything.

They will undoubtedly succeed the next time. I just hope people in the DOJ are connecting the dots this time.

[Dan]

26. Well, actually the violence - if they had been successful -

Would have allowed the TFG to declare martial law. Game over.

[Warpy]

33. No, that would have taken a bit longer to accomplish.

Stopping Biden from assuming the presidency was their main aim, and if a bunch of people got beaten up or even killed, that was acceptable to the zealots in the Republican Party, the ones who want a fascist Christian dictatorship (never mind TFG was the former but not the latter, not ever, his religion is himself). It was all about Jesus, and any violation of the laws of god or man was acceptable.

Nope, the whole violent mess was a distraction. The point was to keep Biden out of the White House and TFG in it for life.

Martial law would have been later, when the majority of us objected to that.

[mjvpi]

18. I think there were 11 Senators poised to vote against it.

I hate to give Senator Daines credit for anything, but saw that the coup failed. At least he changed his vote.

All of these guys knew the coup was coming. The fact that they didn’t speak out should disqualify them from serving in our government.

Will our legal system allow for a purge? A slow, sensible legal purge.

[mjvpi]

27. The moral arc of history acts a a purge, but I'm with you.

I’d like to think that our democratic institutions can rise to the occasion.

[Stuart G]

19. K and R...Thanks for posting, Repeat Quote: "WHO KNEW? ..Every damn one of them!"

[c-rational]

20. Bingo. K&R. Great post.

[czarjak]

21. Locked in step means what it means. Admitting fault would show weakness.

[johnp3907]

23. You tell us.

We hate debate.

[johnp3907]

30. I'm not one of you, I'm sure.

[GP6971]

32. Welcome to DU

I guess.

[johnp3907]

34. I'm a guitarist.

Picking’s what I do!

[William769]

36. You join A Democratic website where people debate all day long

And you join with that username? What do you expect? For what it's worth, welcome to DU.

[housecat]

41. I am just curious. What does DemsHateDebate mean?

[jaxexpat]

24. Should be the opening line for every Democratic campaign speech.

Republicans, our opponents, refused to certify the 2020 presidential election. They have no business or legitimate right to even use the election system for their personal promotion.

[Snackshack]

28. Not just Jan 6th...

The GOP has known since day 1 how DT is the antithesis of what an American president should be. They knew about his past. His ties to Russia, ties to the mob, his history of fraud narcissism and everything else.

Remember when those Dems came out of that meeting about DT looking just beside themselves with disbelief and shock? Yet even though they looked petrified they were not allowed to tell the rest of us…had they been able to tell us and had the GOP not so completely capitulated to DT in its oversight role thousands of the more then one million Americans who died from COVID might still be alive.

People used to get at least arrested or even life sentences & death sentences for things like treason, fraud, attempting to overthrow the government, stealing National Secrets. The MAL raid was just the tip of this particular crime iceberg. No one believes all those boxes of National Secrets sat there in a store room in the dark for months and never got touched or that that is the totality of the documents he took. Who knows who has looked at these or where else other documents are. We know for a fact that one of the people that hung out at MAL was a Chinese spy.

It’s fucking unbelievable how much this asshole did and to see the DOJ tip toe around it. They actually asked DT for several months to return the TS docs before executing the raid. For months they knew TS docs were there unsecured, why they did not immediately pounce on him makes no sense. Can you even imagine how fast justices would have been had it been Dems that did all these things, I can’t.

[Blue Owl]

35. K&R

[Aussie105]

43. The Jan 6th crowd came ready for a fight.

Dressed for battle, grim faces.

They didn't come dressed like normal people with hopeful looks on their faces to sing "We shall overcome!", that is for sure.

Civil war, or the start of one?

A lot of people were ok with that.

And a lot of them claimed plausible deniability after the blue touchpaper fizzled out.

[Botany]

46. And they all voted in the House and Senate to let Trump off the hook for helping Putin ....

.... in his war on the Ukraine and in the blackmailing of Zelenskyy to make up dirt
on the Bidens.

[Irish_Dem]

47. Will the sitting US members of Congress ever be held accountable for their J6 crimes?

And will the FBI release info about the pipe bomber?

So far, nothing on either score.

[Marthe48]

48. check the Vote tally after bush v. Gore

The black caucus, comprising Florida Dems, protested the awarding of electoral votes from Florida to bush. Al Gore told them they couldn't go on with the protest, because no Senator had signed on to support it.

That was it. No rebellion, no storming the Capitol and no threats of death from anyone who actually was cheated out of their leadership.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/01/07/gore-presides-as-congress-tallies-votes-electing-bush/0461e40f-3317-4a7e-a1ad-2232aae304db/

In 2016, when Hilary won the popular vote, 7 electors voted for a candidate other than their own party. There was no rebellion, attak on the Capitol or death threats against sitting, elected officials participating in the count: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/president

There are way too many traitors sitting in the Capitol who are subverting the goverment every single day they are allowed to stay.

[sellitman]

49. THe Reigth Wing all knew

And agreed. Truth!

[Brainfodder]

53. Whip out "twice impeached" as needed also!

Had chance, TWICE!

If it is Xmas and this shit aint locked up I am probably gonna have to avoid politics except to vote.

[Emile]

56. They were all in on it to steal an election.

None of them should be allowed to run for public office ever again!