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It’s your blog but from a reader, please stick to blogging about your walks, drinking, and eating and stay away from subjects where the only info you’ve read is on far-right sites. Not even sure why you’re bothering since you have zero skin in the game, living in a foreign country.
CLAIM: Calling the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6th Attack on the United States Capitol the “Unselect Committee of political thugs,” Trump alleged that then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “turned down the offer of 10,000 soldiers” on Jan. 6, 2021 and that she was “in charge of security at the Capitol.”
THE FACTS: Trump has frequently claimed Pelosi rejected his offer to send National Guard troops to the Capitol on Jan. 6. While he was involved in discussions in the days prior to Jan. 6 about whether the National Guard would be called ahead of the joint session, he issued no such order or formal request before or during the rioting, and the guard’s arrival was delayed for hours as Pentagon officials deliberated over how to proceed.
In a 2022 interview with the Democratic-led House committee that investigated the attack, Christopher Miller, the acting defense secretary at that time, confirmed that there was no order from the president.
Pelosi did not direct the National Guard. However, as the Capitol came under attack, she and then-Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell called for military assistance, including from the National Guard.
The Capitol Police Board makes the decision on whether to call National Guard troops to the Capitol. It is made up of the House Sergeant at Arms, the Senate Sergeant at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol. The board decided not to call the guard ahead of the insurrection but did eventually request assistance after the rioting had already begun, and the troops arrived several hours later.
» Posted By Steve On 24/January/2025 @ 10:25 pm
I’m curious, what were the differences between 2016-2020 and 2020-2024?
What, exactly, did Trump do during his first 4 years? Pretty much nothing. Most of what was there was handed to him by Obama. Oh right, that wall he never finished, the one Mexico is paying for. Or that health plan he promised to replace Obama care. LOL
Drill baby drill? You do realize the US is pumping record amounts of oil already, right?
This article should be mandatory reading so that people will understand why gas prices were so low in 2020 (hint – Covid). And here are the official prices of gas for the start of each month in the U.S. in 2019 (from the U.S. Energy Information Administration):
Jan – $2.23
Feb – $2.25
Mar – $2.42
Apr – $2.69
May – $2.89
Jun – $2.80
Jul – $2.71
Aug – $2.68
Sep – $2.53
Oct – $2.64
Nov – $2.60
Dec – $2.57
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2020/article/from-the-barrel-to-the-pump.htm#:~:text=Prices%20dropped%20precipitously%20in%20March,in%20the%20intraday%20futures%20market» Posted By Steve On 07/November/2024 @ 10:00 pm
On the other hand, I don’t understand how anyone could vote for someone who
– Openly bragged about grabbing women’s p*ssies
– Told New York Magazine in 1992 that when it comes to women, “You have to treat them like sh*t”
– Sexually assaulted at least one woman we know about
– Committed adultery
– Mocked a disabled reporter in front of a crowd
– Paid a porn star hush money to keep their affair quiet
– January 6th
– The attempt to overturn the 2020 election
– Totally & miserably failed with response to Covid-19
– Family separation at the border
– Withheld aid to Ukraine unless they dug up dirt on Hunter Biden
– Constant hateful rhetoric which stoked white nationalism
– On Sen John McCain: “He’s not a war hero, he’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured, OK? I hate to tell you.”
– The classified documents case and discussing classified information with civilians (for which anyone, anyone else, would be in jail. Period.)
– Called service members suckers and losersAnd those are just a few.
» Posted By Steve On 01/September/2024 @ 10:11 pm
Hmm he’s been making daily posts on his blog unless those are pre-dated posts? I see posts from 8/12 going back almost daily all month.
» Posted By Steve On 13/August/2024 @ 10:42 am
Have there been Congressional and/or Justice Department investigations into past elections? If not, why not? Again, just because one man, Trump says it’s so, doesn’t make it so. You have to have facts. Evidence. Witnesses. Video. FACTS. And so far, aside from Trump’s rantings, there ain’t none. Not. One. Single. One.
» Posted By Steve On 14/January/2021 @ 12:51 pm
«« Back To Stats PageI don’t comment often, think I’ve only left one other comment prior to this one but…
To this day, there still hasn’t been one single, verified, factual, proven instance of voter fraud (by the Dem side, that is). Remember, just because Trump says it’s so, doesn’t make it so, no matter how bad you want to believe him, Giuliani, Powell, or Lin.
IMHO, Biden won because most people voted against Trump, and rightly so.» Posted By Steve On 10/January/2021 @ 10:58 pm