Mudline January 21, 2021
January 21, 2021
........Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Biden and Dems: "Are looking for any reason to implement Communist Chinese-style spying and censorship...[Americans] shouldn't be scared into submission by Socialists who want to end their way of life."....Michelle Goldberg: "The siege of the Capitol wasn't a departure for Trump, it was an apotheosis. For years he's been telling us he wouldn't accept an election loss."....Rep. Eric Swalwell on 1/6 Trump rally: "Hate speech that inspired and radicalized people to storm the Capitol."....Sen. Mitch McConnell: "The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people."....Rep. Liz Cheney on Trump: "Summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing."....Project Lincoln adviser Ryan Wiggins: "Right now there are hundreds of brave soldiers camped out in the Capitol ready to die to protect Republican Members of Congress who are too afraid of a weak, deranged narcissist to act in the best interest of our country."....Rep. Jamie Raskin on Trump: "Is not meeting the minimal requirements of the office."....Donny Deutsch on Trump and his brand: "Fully castrated....He has no business future at all. It is over...It is going to be enjoyable to watch this loathsome lizard of a human being go down the drain."....Tim O'Brien on Trump: "An epic self-immolation...He's going to end up cornered and feral."....former AG William Barr: "Orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable. The President's conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office and supporters."....Geraldo Rivera on Trump: "[Losing the election] made him crazy or revealed a dysfunction I had refused to see...He then unleashed a mob to make war on their own government."....Trump on the media: "The biggest problem we have as far as I'm concerned; single biggest problem."....Erin Gloria Ryan: "From the rioters who came with their moms, to the chickenshits in Congress who riled them up, to the 'most masculine' president ever, these are a sad bunch of men."....Rep. Cori Bush on storming the Capitol: "A white supremicist coup attempt."....Michael Moore: "Cop-killing terrorist mob."....Lawrence O'Brien on Trump: "A lawless criminal leader eager to lead people who are willing to break the law in his name."....Chris Christie, asked if the riot was an impeachable offense: "Oh sure."....Trump administration official on POTUS's behavior on 1/6: "He was a total monster today."....Michelle Obama on Trump: "Infantile."....Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Trump: "Unmoored not just from his duty or even his oath, but from reality itself."....former Sen. Jack Danforth on mentoring Sen. Josh Hawley, who objected to Electoral College results: "Supporting Josh and trying so hard to get him elected to the Senate was the worst mistake I ever made in my life...This guy is doing real harm."....David Remnick on Trump: "The three-minute-long speech he gave on Thursday night, calling for an orderly transfer of power, was as sincere as a hostage's gunpoint confession."....Mary Trump on her uncle: "If his only representation is Rudy Giuliani and the Pillow Guy, I don't think he's going to be making good decisions."....Michael Cohen: "I am certain that Donald Trump is psychotic right now. He would rather burn down the White House than turn over the keys."....Sarah Cooper on Trump: "What a petty bitch."....
