If Trump thought that the protest would make him untouchable then he drank his own koolaid. Even his hardcore supporters in Congress are dropping their support.
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SteelBird
Colonel
Off topic: I prefer those mods to be around. We're international forum, aren't we? We discuss matters, mainly, China and the whole world. We accept different ideas and different people as well. Popeye and AFB are supporters of Trump and it's their right to do so. I personally don't like Trump but I'd accept people from all sides.
I am not going to talk about collusion or not. Just about what has happened on site (int the first video).
I have watched the first video for couple of times. I have also watch another video from another angle. These are the conclusions.
- Police behind the door (from video vantage point) are not uniformed, they wear suit. They are likely security details of congressmen and staff. They are part of Capitol police, but their mission is make sure safety of VIPs. Like the bodyguards of the president, I think they are authorized to shoot without warning even if it turned out to be a mistake afterwards. Their rule is a sense of real danger and a red line on the ground (the door). The woman was shot immediately when she attempted to cross the door.
- The uniformed police with badges and helmet outside of the door are ones who were supposed to keep protesters enter, they act according to rules similar or same to if this happens out on the street. They don't just shoot without warning. In the video they apparently have failed their duty to keep the protesters away from the building, and last away from that door.
- The door is at a higher floor. The uniformed police arrived from a lower floor through the stairs. The protesters are all in the corridor on the same floor to the door. This means that protesters probably entered the building from a point that the outer layer police could not have blocked.
- You can see that after the woman was shot, one uniformed officer momentarily pointed his rifle to the door, then signaled "ok" with whoever behind the door, then lowered his rifle.
SteelBird
Colonel
The "normal" here is when Trump was not a president yet. There were some types of clashes between the US and China but everyone could still live easily. I could buy my favorite Huawei handset but today I am forced to buy another brand because Huawei no longer have Android.
solarz
Brigadier
I think it's pretty clear that Trump's supporters do not give a crap about COVID-19.
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
If they debate with a pro-Trump stance, that would be fine; I would be happy to debate anyone. I don't know about Popeye but AFB simply abused his power, declared all non-Trump-sanctioned news like CNN to be fake news and impermissible here, and moderated his argument as the final say. I got a ban from him, which was lifted, for simply suggesting that mods be elected and voted for in the suggestions section; I guess he didn't believe in his own democracy after all, which was a foreshadow of what true Trump supporters are like. AFB was the most unprofessional and unfit mod I have ever seen, and he was also a weak debater.
manqiangrexue
Brigadier
Sorry, I don't know what that means. He's a contributor to Epoch or he trolls the comments section? I don't go looking for crazy chit like that and of course I can debate and drive into the ground anyone what wants to support falungong's stance here or in person. I don't avoid anyone like some posters avoid me here because they know they can't win a debate with me.
