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Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts)
Fri May 28, 2021, 03:27 AM May 2021

GOP's Trump Loyalists Are Trying To Memory Hole Capitol Riot - The 11th Hour - MSNBC



Save for a few outspoken critics, most Hill Republicans are actively trying to move on and not investigate the January 6th Capitol insurrection, worried about Trump's influence and the political effect a riot commission could have on the 2022 midterms. MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses with Carol Leonnig and Chuck Rosenberg. Aired on 05/27/2021.




Senate’s Trump Loyalists Worked To Kill Jan. 6 Riot Commission - The 11th Hour - MSNBC



Senate’s Trump loyalists worked to kill Jan. 6 Riot Commission
Most Republicans in the Senate backed Trump’s effort to stop the formation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection tied to Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. MSNBC’s Brian Williams discusses with Jonathan Lemire and Carol Leonnig. Aired on 05/27/2021.



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GOP's Trump Loyalists Are Trying To Memory Hole Capitol Riot - The 11th Hour - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2021 OP
Of course. SheltieLover May 2021 #1
How is there any question whether we need to get to the bottom of this murderous atrocity?? Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #2
Yup! SheltieLover May 2021 #3
MSNBC went into repeats after midnight, did they come to any late night agreements?? Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #4
It was a full blown insurrection matching classic historical insurrections bucolic_frolic May 2021 #5

Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts)
2. How is there any question whether we need to get to the bottom of this murderous atrocity??
Fri May 28, 2021, 05:07 AM
May 2021

Unless, of course, those voting on whether we need answers are complicit...

Rhiannon12866

(204,779 posts)
4. MSNBC went into repeats after midnight, did they come to any late night agreements??
Fri May 28, 2021, 05:47 AM
May 2021

That's all McConnell has done for years, stand for obstruction, quite a legacy...

bucolic_frolic

(43,062 posts)
5. It was a full blown insurrection matching classic historical insurrections
Fri May 28, 2021, 06:36 AM
May 2021

and might have succeeded if Donnie led the cavalry, but you know, bone spurs and bad presidential optics.

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