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  Maybe this was all a game so they could just not take a stance, be asked about, or just be noticed on jan 6th. Considering they supported and encouraged this coup....
context: Yeah...that's why they didn't join... >
  
  Who doesn't celebrate their failures? >
  
  All the assholes with confederate flags on their trucks sure do love celebrating that failure! >
  
  They should make a 1/6 commemorative flag, which is just the rebel flag with the rebel flag as a canton >
  
  Rebelception. If they try and fail again they can put a canton in the canton. >
  
  is there a hero named Jayne? that's a lot of cantons. >
  
  He robbed from the rich
  And he gave to the poor
  Stood up to the man
  And gave him what for
  Our love for him now
  Ain't hard to explain
  The hero of Canton
  The man they call Jayne >
  
  No, this is what going mad must feel like. >
  
  By “riot” you must mean “insurrection.” >
  
  By "insurrection" you mean coup. >
  
  Failed coup* >
  
  Agreed. But just because it was done by idiots doesn't mean it wasn't a coup. I really wish more people called it what it was. >
  
  Agreed. I just like pointing out that the Republicans failed >
  
  Ahh yes too busy, so that's why they keep having to revote so they don't have to attend a commemoration of their previous failure to overturn the government. And all this time I thought they were bunch of childish morons....oh wait. >
  
  Somewhat true.  If a dozen R's leave the room for too long we get Jeffries as a speaker... >
  
  I'm actually astonished we didn't see some sort of repeat attempt yesterday. >
  
  I mean to be fair how many members of Al Qaeda came to pay their respects on 9/11/2003? >
  
  In the words of Bret Baier, “Understood.” >
  
  The same people who planned and supported Trump's coup attempt are the ones blocking McCarthy's bid for speaker. They're still obstructing Congress. >
  
  Fitzpatrick for speaker, McCarthy can’t lead the investigation into those responsible due to conflict of interest. >
  
  If 6 decent Republicans had joined them, they could have settled the speakership right then and there. Unfortunately, 6 decent republicans are nowhere to be found. >
  
  And the overton window shifts yet again. >
  
  Right.
  "Busy..." >
  
  Busy trying a different method to reach the same intended outcome. >
  
  And there it is. They were too "busy" with this to join the commemoration.
  Business Insider is such a horrible outlet. They didn't miss it because they were busy, they wouldn't have gone any way. This certainly is a convenient excuse for not going. >
  
  Busy with what? They don’t even have jobs. >
  
  Busy fighting over who their new district manager is gonna be. >
  
  Assistant to the district manager. >
  
  Yeah, half of the R's are worried the FBI would be waiting to take them into custody. >
  
  They should be. >
  
  That was quick >
  
  Rapid- even >
  
  Aw yes. "Busy." >
  
  They don't want to back those blue cause they stopped THEM not the brown people. >
  
  Aren't they literally sitting at the scene of the crime right now fighting with each other over the Speaker of the House? >
  
  Republicans hate America. 
  Why would they attend anything that has even a whiff of celebrating democracy? >
  
  “During the ceremony, members of Congress honored the four officers who lost their lives as the result of the riot: Capitol Police Officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Leibengood, and DC Metropolitan Police Officers Gunther Hashida, Kyle DeFreytag, and Jeffrey Smith, ringing a bell each time their names were called. Sicknick suffered violent attacks during the riot, while the four other officers died by suicide in the days and months afterward.”
  Party of Law & Order + Blue Lives Matter doesn’t seem to GAF. >
  
  Not a riot. Call it what it was an insurrection. >
  
  "Domestic terrorist attack on the capital" is my preferred terminology over "insurrection."
  It frames Jan 6 for exactly what it was. Politically motivated violence designed to instill fear. 
  And it also leaves no wiggle room for those that defend what happened.
  And it also contextualizes the republican motto of "being tough on terrorism" in the early 00's and the wars they lied their way into. >
  
  That's not at all why they weren't there. Come on >
  
  The American version of the Feast of Fools. >
  
  I'm surprised they didn't try to lock all the doors to the House Chambers while all the Dem reps were outside so they could ram McCarthy through with a majority of Rep votes. >
  
  Two years ago, the Republican party led by a failed president, attacked the United States of America. This was an act of war! The purpose of this attack was to kill democracy in the United States take over the government and control the nations resources and they even had people in place to kill political officials!
  The Republicans were not there today because they’re planning their next attack! This is the only thing the press should talk about when they talk about any Republican! >
  
  Oh goddamnit why didn't I think of the date. Now I'm highly suspicious this will all get sorted out over the weekend/Monday because it, like so much else they do, is just theater meant as a distraction. They've had way more bad press over their attempted terroristic government coup than they want for a while, so pulling all this bullshit as a distraction so people don't talk about Jan 6 on... Jan 6. >
  
  Republicans are busy preparing for their next attempt to destroy the republic.  That attempt will involve paralyzing the House until the US defaults on its debt and causes a worldwide economic catastrophe. >
  
  r/Conservative has articles claiming Biden started this as an “anti-republican” holiday >
  
  If I'm remembering my history textbooks correctly, January 6 was originally the date picked by the brave fellow travelers in the Party of Trump to celebrate their anti-American beliefs. >
  
  They were too busy planning the next one >
  
  Suddenly the vote swings to yes.