On Jan. 6, 2021, an angry mob of Donald Trump supporters swarmed a CBC News crew working near Capitol Hill. Nearly four years later, reporter Katie Nicholson tracked down one of the people who surrounded her that day to find out what she’s thinking heading into another volatile U.S. presidential election.
Was worth the watch for the emotional contortions the supporter twists herself into when confronted by one of the people she threatened, her Democrat-voting husband dealing with it all, and that messed up Trump paraphernalia store.
Our voices didn't matter.
It didn't matter how we voted.
My suspicion is that she feels that way because she lost. A wild guess, but I think she's so selfish that she can't imagine other people's voice/desires mattering as much as her own personal wishes; their votes shouldn't count like her's does.
Fair. But I think the reason behind that feeling is different between the two of you. One is internal, the other is systemic. Though I guess if you were to ask her, she'd say the same thing in reverse.
Zero proof of anything and zero reason to doubt anything, yet both women they talked to know in their hearts that the election will be stolen (again in their minds).
The biggest point all those election deniers ignore is that almost the only Republican with any chance of winning who didn't win that election was Trump. Why would Democrats not steal the election from goddamn Mitch "The Turtle" McConnell? Why would they they "allow" Republicans to gain 12 seats in the house?
Yeah, what kind of reporter/interviewer doesn't immediately follow up with:
Who is "They?"
Where did "they" find these ballots?
Whose ballots were they? Surely they have names on them??
After "they" found them, what did "they" do with them? Surely they would parade this proof around on the news circuits or put them on display somewhere since it's supposedly a corner stone of their narrative?
No?
Interesting. End of interview. Stop giving these jerkoff whackjobs a platform.
It is important that we understand these people, who are our family and neighbours. This isn't a person who is seeking a "platform". Labeling them "jerkoff whackjobs" is emotionally gratifying, but it doesn't give you useful insight. Indeed, it's a way of turning off your brain and not thinking deeply about it. It's a defense mechanism against things that are disturbing and difficult to understand and process.
She says Jan 6 was about "love" directly in the face of a woman whose life she previously threatened on that day. But she has to say it, because that's what the cult told her last.
"Nothing done wrong at all," Trump said.
"There were no guns down there. We didn’t have guns. The others had guns, but we didn’t have guns.
"And when I say we, these are people that walked down - this was a tiny percentage of the overall which nobody sees and nobody, nobody shows. But that was a day of love."
"The others" had guns? As in, the Capitol Police, Secret Service, and other security services who were desperately trying to stop the mob? Because I'm not aware of any "others" that were there that day.