Anyway, Mitch McConnell has come out in support of Sen. Mike Rounds' blunt declaration that Trump lost. Interesting, but it remains to be seen if this is a significant turn against Trump.

If you really want to say "Fuck You, Biden" out loud, then have some balls and just say it. Don't cowardly resort to a coded phrase and act like you're being so edgy and clever about it.

Pressed on his election lies, former twice impeached "Moron-In-Chief" cuts NPR interview short-

No surprise with how it ended... cowards flee when they are cornered.

-C!

“The presence of these extraordinary forces under the control of the Attorney General—and mostly operating under contingency plans that Congress and the U.S. Capitol Police were not privy to—added an additional layer of highly armed responders. The role that the military played in this highly classified operation is still unknown, though FBI sources tell Newsweek that military operators seconded to the FBI, and those on alert as part of the National Mission Force, were present in the metropolitan area. The lingering question is: What was it that the Justice Department saw that provoked it to see January 6 as an extraordinary event, something that the other agencies evidently missed.”

Here is the article, 

I wonder just how close things came to seeing many more people die on that day? It was a serious threat and to downplay that fact or distance anyone present as “not a part of the violence” seems self serving.

Even 'outmatched' would be understating it. No insult to Steve Inskeep, but Trump would be outmatched in an interview by Koko the signing gorilla.

I consider myself an independent because I don't vote along party lines, but I am registered as a Republican so that I am eligible to vote in primary elections.  I have been a Democrat in the past, and even served as a delegate for Obama to the state convention the first time he ran.

Historically, I have supported Republicans more often than Democrats in state and local elections, but Democrats more often than Republicans in national races.    

Nevada is currently a blue state; at least in the two population centers. Geographically, most of Nevada is rural and red, but I live in Vegas.  In my part of the state there are no Republican incumbents who "did nothing or vocally offered support" to the insurrection, so it most likely won't be a deciding factor for me in the next election.  If there were, it would be a consideration.

With respect to the presidency, I won't support Biden or Harris in the next election.  I also won't support Trump if he runs again.  So I am hoping for some strong challengers on both sides.

Eric Ladd- the availability of special forces units as security is one of the many reasons why the insurrection never presented a threat to the country, or the certification of the election results.  There are layers upon layers of security and protection at the capitol.

Also, I'm not downplaying the roles of anyone who stormed the capitol building.  This was a legitimate insurrection, and the participants must be dealt with accordingly.  I'm making two points; first, it was a poorly conceived, poorly executed insurrection, that had no chance to be successful, and was therefore not a serious threat to the Republic or the election.  And second, several thousand people were gathered that day to protest, and many of them did not enter the capitol or participate in the insurrection in any way.  Those who were peaceful protestors should not be lumped in with the insurrectionists.