Trump’s legal team also tried to throw cold water on the idea in a filing earlier this week, writing that the “events of January 6 were not an ‘insurrection’ as they did not involve an organized attempt to overthrow or resist the U.S. government.”

Trump disagrees, apparently.

“They kept saying about what I said right after the insurrection,” he said outside Mar-a-Lago after arguments concluded in Washington, D.C. “I think it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi.

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    You know the real privilege we all live with? Peace. Not being the targets of mass-murder campaigns.

    So yes, I’d rather things get worse for a small part of our population for a short while if it means we can stop our government from actively funding a literal genocide.

    And not that it’s any of your business, but I am trans (enby) and my partner and I fairly recently (post-2020) narrowly avoided needing an abortion.

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      9 months ago

      if it means we can stop our government from actively funding a literal genocide.

      How exactly does this happen if Trump wins?

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        9 months ago

        Same way if Biden wins: it doesn’t.

        Though at this point, it’s looking like it’ll already be too late by inauguration time.