Trump mob update – 8/12/21

David Mehaffie of Ohio, was given the nickname “#TunnelCommander” by online Capitol riot sleuthers for appearing to shepherd the violent mob as they tried to breach the Capitol’s lower western terrace entrance in one of the most violent episodes that day. https://t.co/hPozVKvaTE
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 12, 2021

Hypothetically https://t.co/gMyo1W0pfg
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) August 10, 2021

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Those accused of being at Capitol on Jan 6 now includes:

Seattle Police employees

DEA federal agent

State legislator

Southwest Virginia local police officer

US Marine

New Mexico county commissioner

Retired NYPD officer pic.twitter.com/BeLDsSnycl
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 8, 2021

JUST IN: New Jersey gym owner is first US Capitol rioter to plead guilty to assaulting a police officer on January 6 https://t.co/QITSUmHa3Z
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 6, 2021

.@chrislhayes: Alleged Capitol rioter and Proud Boy Ethan Nordean is still in jail pending a hearing, but he suddenly came up with almost $1M to offer as bail money. https://t.co/Vu0JLKBhrW
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 5, 2021

61 year old California contractor was turned in to the FBI after sending a selfie 🤳 to his church prayer group of him entering the Capitol on 1/6.

https://t.co/RtVtiRnjsw pic.twitter.com/OLJRvhU36z
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) August 3, 2021

The threat of violence from the Trump cult

Homeland Security warns of "increasing but modest" threat of violence from Trump conspiracy. https://t.co/vpSZrI2ojo
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 9, 2021

DHS issues new warning of potential conspiracy theory-fueled violence in August, from ⁦@Geneva_Sands⁩ https://t.co/WlbL2g7kP1
— Carrie Cordero (@carriecordero) August 9, 2021

Die hard Trump supporters increasingly demand violence if he isn’t reinstated, Homeland Security warns https://t.co/GLgC66c8TG pic.twitter.com/9DcpyRYKNU
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 7, 2021

"It is becoming more and more evident that right-wing outlets that give oxygen to the Big Lie are helping to foment possible violence," @oliverdarcy writes in @ReliableSources: https://t.co/iMKBcfeqAF
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 10, 2021

Good Morning America
‘Perfect storm’: Bulletin warns of extremist violence as pandemic restrictions lift

"Whenever a political faction becomes obsessed with violent rhetoric and fantasies, brutal acts aren’t far behind….The cancer of political violence is not an endemic American disease. At the moment, it is a Republican disease."

Good from @Ibishblog:https://t.co/QGOJWRTgg3
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 12, 2021

I doubt Congress will make Trump testify

He won’t do it voluntarily and they won’t make him. If he does testify, he’ll just lie. He acts like he’s above the law and so far he has been. He must be held accountable.

He won’t show and Congress won’t do anything. They won’t arrest or fine him even though they should.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 27, 2021

Which lie is it?

Trump has said the 1/6 rioters were wonderful people. He has also said they were Antifa and Black Lives Matter. Those are both lies but which one does he believe? Both can’t be plausible. I don’t understand how anyone would think liberals would want to stop the Electoral College vote. Biden isn’t as liberal as I and many others would like but he is far better than Trump.

Before he said the protesters were peaceful and loving. Trump lies do so much he contradicts himself. https://t.co/jFJlPmewDx
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 27, 2021

Cheney asks Officer Gonell about Trump saying "it was a loving crowd. How does that make you feel?"

Gonell: "It’s upsetting.. It’s a pathetic excuse for his behavior… He created the monstrosity.. It is insulting, demoralizing. ..He egged them to continue fighting."
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 27, 2021

Liz Cheney asks about Donald Trump’s claim that rioters were “hugging and kissing” police.

Sgt. Gonell: “I’m still recovering from those hugs and kisses… If those are hugs and kisses we should all go to his house and do the same thing to him.” pic.twitter.com/xJNnKKB19k
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 27, 2021

It’s not “partisan squabbling”, it’s Republicans trying to avoid the truth

The media “both sides” things so they don’t appear partisan. This helps Republicans get away with outrageous behavior.

Don’t “both sides” this. Republicans prevented the creation of the bipartisan commission. Then McCarthy chose people who voted to overturn the election which was the purpose of the insurrection which the commission will examine.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 24, 2021

another example of “both sides” nonsense

Republicans politicized the court when they wouldn’t even have a hearing on Garland.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) July 23, 2021

Trump mob update – 7/15/21

An Arizona man is facing charges after storming the U.S. Capitol in a Roman gladiator costume—and documenting the siege in a series of narrated videos for his mom, prosecutors allege https://t.co/q6yLejjeBL
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 15, 2021

Almost an entire family from Texas — a father, mother, and three of their kids — were charged on Tuesday with breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6. “We were in capital!!…I do mean IN the building!!” Dawn Munn wrote in a Facebook message obtained by the FBI. https://t.co/zt3quio2TN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 13, 2021

Capitol rioter with ties to White supremacist gang pleads guilty and is sentenced to 6 months in jail with credit for time served https://t.co/ZJ4tmjqUvl
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 13, 2021

Not only is Pauline Bauer, a Pennsylvania pizzeria owner, representing herself, she’s using far-out “sovereign citizen” talking points to claim she is immune from prosecution https://t.co/3ARYFhI81q
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 13, 2021

His defense lawyers are arguing their “kind” client does not deserve prison time for his one felony count https://t.co/RBaBef6Opb
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 11, 2021

More than 535 arrested so far in Capitol riot case. https://t.co/Yf8QJQaXHx
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) July 10, 2021

PLEA AGREEMENT hearing scheduled in Jan 6 case of Brit Dillon of Dundalk, Maryland

Dillon is accused of pushing past police at US Senate Carriage door entrance and allegedly sent messages saying "I fought hard" & "DC Police have reached a new low"

Hearing is WEDNESDAY pic.twitter.com/qLu5KgrJon
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) July 9, 2021

"The protesters were unarmed!" defense is a bit of a technicality given that they seized weapons from the police and used them against them. https://t.co/gjx1OpqQ7l
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 9, 2021

"A California man arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection showed up disguised as a member of the press, prosecutors alleged in newly unsealed charging papers.” https://t.co/pIrp9GVVfL
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 9, 2021

Derrick Van Orden barely lost his race to be a Congressman. But then he used campaign funds to get to D.C. for the Jan. 6 riot. Now he’s running again https://t.co/aE8NcI9H8f
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 3, 2021

Nearly six months after the U.S. Capitol riot, the Justice Department has begun arresting a new category of alleged criminals — those who attacked reporters or damaged their equipment https://t.co/QrCavdo41J
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 3, 2021

Trump supports the 1/6 insurrection

This is disgraceful. Trump and his cult are denying and warping what happened.

The dominant voice in the GOP has now embraced the Capitol rioters: https://t.co/ffN0Ut48UE
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) July 11, 2021

We are deep into evolution of pro-Trump thought from

"January 6 was not Trump's fault"

through

"January 6 was less bad than Democrats say"

to now

"January 6 was understandable"

to soon

"January 6 was good, let's do it again."
— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 9, 2021

"There was such love at that rally … the love in the air, I've never seen anything like it" — Trump has completely rewritten the history of the deadly January 6 insurrection he instigated pic.twitter.com/wpX4fvXaqT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 11, 2021

The insurrection is being recast as a patriotic uprising; the rioters are being transformed into heroes and martyrs. This sends a clear signal to groups like the Proud Boys about the future: Stand by to fight again — because there might be a next time. https://t.co/7vv2JFTZlb
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) July 11, 2021

TRUMP LIED repeatedly today about the January 6 insurrection. Here's my quick tally from his interview with @MariaBartiromo, who enabled these lies. He lied about his comments at the rally, the violence of the crowd, and Babbitt's death, and more. Just absolutely shameless. pic.twitter.com/StAd2Aw8bd
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 11, 2021

TRUMP, in 2017, on Charlottesville:

"You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides."

TRUMP, today, on the Jan. 6 rally:

"These were peaceful people, these were great people." https://t.co/qwl8ocyi81
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) July 11, 2021

1. Trump is, right before our eyes, rewriting Jan. 6 into a stabbed-in-the-back narrative, with Ashli Babbitt as a Horst Wessell style martyr. And Fox, once hesitant, is now on board out of fear they're losing audience to NewsMax and OAN. https://t.co/PgWs0nobGn
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 11, 2021

Trump and his cult are trying to make Ashli Babbitt into a martyr

She participated in an insurrection. She’s not a hero. The Trump cult is trying to make the insurrection into a good thing instead of sedition. They show no concern for the police that died or were injured.

“[Trump] venerated Babbitt as ‘an innocent, wonderful, incredible woman,’ adding, ‘if that were on the other side, the person that did the shooting would be strung up and hung.’” Now it all makes sense. https://t.co/ArNipFwQUU
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) July 14, 2021

Fmr. Pres. Trump suggested the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was the "head of security" for a "high-ranking" Democratic member of Congress.

That is false, senior law enforcement official says. https://t.co/pyMm1D7ubv
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 12, 2021

3 weeks ago, I wrote about the very slow-building, Trumpian effort to turn Ashli Babbitt into a martyr.

We had the video instantly. But it took time to land on this narrative — just like lots of the Jan. 6 revisionism.https://t.co/u0QC4QX9b6
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 7, 2021

“The far right’s highlighting of Babbitt’s death sends a different message: The insurrection was good.

“By throwing himself behind this message, Trump is endorsing the most radical interpretation of his presidency” https://t.co/Pke3UR0pEK
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 7, 2021

.@Sears (https://t.co/VTWoZlm95W) and @Kmart (https://t.co/lZolqc38ga) are selling Ashli Babbitt "American Patriot" shirts pic.twitter.com/CYx3dVINfB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 6, 2021

Trump says ‘there was no reason’ for officer to shoot rioter Ashli Babbitt who stormed Capitol Jan. 6 – The Washington Post https://t.co/7lJ0rSUrSV
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 7, 2021

"If the base believes they are being prosecuted and even 'assassinated,' they will justify anything to reject Democratic rule and future elections that deprive them of power" —@WajahatAli https://t.co/e3sovO8x0u
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 8, 2021

It’s a long way from the spin that he was claiming they looked like Democrats and he was embarrassed by the way they looked https://t.co/3qJaHXtuRa
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 7, 2021

https://t.co/vmNsmI1Isg pic.twitter.com/NGDxNiJ1SL
— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) July 8, 2021

Trump mob update – 7/2/21

New Kfile story: Capitol rioter accompanied members of Congress on trip to US-Mexico border
https://t.co/NquGDtwwLt pic.twitter.com/Ur4sjaNuZl
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 2, 2021

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"WE SWARMED THE CAPITOL,
THOUGH. HOT DAMN, LEADING THE CHARGE. GETTIN’ IT ON."

Florida Man Timothy Earl O’Malley, who wore a helmet with a “TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT” stickers when he stormed the Capitol, has been arrested. pic.twitter.com/B01YcWehXL
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 30, 2021

NEW: The DOJ ramped up the case against former WV State Rep. Derrick Evans, who resigned after storming the US Capitol. He only faced misdemeanors, but now he's charged with felony obstruction of Congress, which means possible prison time. previously –> https://t.co/BwTUzTypuS pic.twitter.com/gy9tXrv93t
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) July 1, 2021

Friends and family of Capitol rioter caught on video dragging a cop tell judge he was "helping" the officer https://t.co/Pcd9qVyns7
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 1, 2021

A+ footage here – deserves the Curb Your Enthusiasm credits treatment https://t.co/xujjQQWhoo
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 30, 2021

A cop who was released pending trial for storming the Capitol was told he could not possess firearms as part of the conditions of his release.

He’s since purchased 34 new firearms and a few days ago the FBI caught him making pipe bombs. https://t.co/Tw9LyLbflo pic.twitter.com/ycQFWIvyuK
— Tyler Hansen (@tjhansen) July 2, 2021

NEW: More than a dozen US Capitol rioters have now pleaded guilty https://t.co/cmGDV3vVME
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 2, 2021

A former police officer arrested after the Jan. 6 riot was told to stay away from guns. He bought 34, feds say. https://t.co/rOzwDUCzIu
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2021

Latest alleged Oath Keeper arrested in Capitol riot turned over body armor and firearms https://t.co/5iRZJhEjqO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2021

Among those who still haven't been caught: the person who planted two pipe bombs outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic national committees the night before the melee. https://t.co/K05a7OHxQg
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) July 6, 2021

SIX MONTHS AGO at this moment

Feds say a Trump Administration State Dept appointee is among this group. The video was released by Justice Dept as exhibit in the case pic.twitter.com/0gMsiWNrV3
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) July 6, 2021

6 months today https://t.co/0ecOPghvyB
— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) July 6, 2021

Another arrest linked to the attacks on journalists/media equipment on 1/6: "The DOJ has charged a Pennsylvania man who allegedly attacked an @AP photographer and used a stun gun while assaulting police officers," @MarshallCohen and @devancole1 report https://t.co/ApynCiTlQq
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 7, 2021

Since January 6th, 537 people have been arrested related to alleged crimes that day at the Capitol.

Average age: 39

From 43 states & DC

Cases have been brought against 468 men and 69 women

The largest numbers came from FLA (55), TX (52), & PA (47)https://t.co/aI7qr07KMn
— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) July 15, 2021

Republicans are now more likely to blame Biden and Democrats for the insurrection than they are Trump and Republicans

This is bad, They have lost touch with reality. It will damage the country. Republicans in Congress oppose the commission because they are afraid of the truth (and their voter base).

How can anyone blame Biden and the Democrats? Why would they not want to certify an election that they won? It makes no sense.

Source: https://t.co/CIsqrAIA1x
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 1, 2021

.@replouiegohmert blames Jan. 6 riot on a government conspiracy

"You think they were setting things up?" he tells #CPAC2021, noting absence of National Guard.

Gohmert also calls arrests of rioters "intimidation" by "tyrannical" Democrats. #CapitolRiot https://t.co/zAMt3yQSTL
— Todd J. Gillman (@toddgillman) July 11, 2021