Subj : Re: Our President doesn't
To   : Dumas Walker
From : jimmylogan
Date : Tue Nov 25 2025 20:37:23

-=> Dumas Walker wrote to jimmylogan <=-


 DW> He respected them as much as HRC did in 2016.  While he was *much* more
 DW> vocal about it, she did just as much to undermine the process by
 DW> introducing the "collusion" boogey-man into the public mind.

Yeah - glad we agree it's not just a "Trump thing." :-)

 DW> The issue I have with him and 1/6 is real simple.  It really doesn't
 DW> matter what he told the crowd.  The fact that he decided to hold a
 DW> "loser's rally" on the day that the votes were being certified, in the
 DW> same city, *and* supposedly (by his own admission) asked for more
 DW> police because he thought it might get violent, is more than enough for
 DW> me.  The fact that he continues to deny any culpability for what
 DW> happened is just icing.

On the 1/6 point, I get what you're saying. I've never been, but I'd 
think there's enough room in D.C. for different groups to hold rallies 
at the same time. It might not have been the smartest move, but I don't 
think that alone makes him automatically guilty. People still have to 
be responsible for their own actions.

And who knows - maybe he really did think the Dems would bail out anyone 
arrested, like other cities. LOL

 DW> If he'd held his rally at Mara Lago and the violence in DC still
 DW> happened, maybe it isn't his fault.  If he'd dome *nothing* on that
 DW> day, as some of his adivisors were suggesting he should do, maybe it
 DW> isn't his fault.  Holding a rally on the same day, in the same city --
 DW> something that even sore losers HRC and Gore didn't do -- makes it
 DW> something he at the very least shares blame for. ---

As for the timing and location: fair point. If he'd stayed at Mar-a-Lago 
or done nothing that day, his level of blame would look different. 
Holding a rally in the same city on the same day certainly looks bad, 
and I can see why folks think he shares some blame for the 
environment it created.

I can only say that I wouldn't have done it. I've avoided cities 
where protests were planned - that['s just not something I want 
to be around. :-)




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