Just in case you haven’t heard, armed and angry MAGA supporters/domestic terrorists have breached the U.S. Capitol, stormed the rotunda, and broken into the Senate chamber.
A Confederate flag freely waves in the Capitol building.
Flags of our current president are being waved by terrorists occupying the Capitol building. pic.twitter.com/z7cD4a0IgR
— Lana Del Gay ?????? (@McClellandShane) January 6, 2021
Among the mob were people who appear to be members of the Gays For Trump klan. Video taken moments ago show Capitol Police fending off militants, including some idiot waving a rainbow flag.
who is there with the gays for trump flag https://t.co/8EEH82LknK
— d?zzle (@dazzzle666) January 6, 2021
Just another day in Trump’s America, right?
Here’s what Gay Twitter is saying about the matter…
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— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 6, 2021
I thought Trump was opposed to violent protestors?
— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) January 6, 2021
Gays for Trump…
Ants for Raid… https://t.co/H7asEYWrGM
— Rob ?????? (@DCRobMan) January 6, 2021
Not to be dramatic, but armed right-wingers, enabled by republicans and the president have overtaken the Capitol building in an attempted coup.
And we should call it that while they’re all forcefully removed and tried for treason.
— Lana Del Gay ?????? (@McClellandShane) January 6, 2021
It's your fault too, hag. https://t.co/O1PFzOv3Og
— Brandon T. Snider (@BrandonTSnider) January 6, 2021
White Gays for Trump haven't been shamed hard enough out of our community.
— Archbitch of Canterbury (@crazyrichjason) January 6, 2021
We know Donald Trump is a monster but stop for a second and think about what kind of person you have to be to see what is happening right now and still be supporting — or, like @kayleighmcenany and so many others, still working for — him
— Noah Michelson (@noahmichelson) January 6, 2021
This fucking piece of shit. https://t.co/MZbJF94H13
— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) January 6, 2021
On behalf of the LGBTQ+ community: anyone carrying a rainbow flag at this capital hill mob, is cancelled.
— Chris Mitchell (@SCG_4_life) January 6, 2021
They allow these people to run rampant in Washington but they gas peaceful #BLM protesters?! WOW pic.twitter.com/k6GUoJRkE6
— Don Lemon (@donlemon) January 6, 2021
American Domestic Terrorists have stormed the Capitol Building in Washington DC Jan 6 2020.
— Megan Rapinoe (@mPinoe) January 6, 2021
Is that a fuckin rainbow?! Seriously? Gays for Trump?? ? https://t.co/v79aNLRPfx
— EGYPT the Man (@__TaYmuR__) January 6, 2021
Related: “Gays For Trump” storm the streets of West Hollywood to flaunt their internalized homophobia
Roy Ajax
This is what happens when you people like Nancy Pelosi separate a country with her terrible political games. She has been dividing people up, calling Trump supporters trash and homophobes etc for years now. I DO NOT agree with any of the havock that is happening, the breaking in, broken windows, those people need to pay, but I agree these people can protest. I’ve been watching a live feed of it and most of the people are just standing around… at least for now. BUt it’s funny how quickly democrats jumped on this and and spinning it as more violent than it currently is, even when they closed their eyes and ears when democrat cities were being burned down, people being attacked, stores being looted last year. This is why identity politics is wrong. A difference of opinion should not make you hate someone.
barkomatic
Are you comparing a violent, attempted coup at our Capital with the Foot Locker being broken into? Your statement reflects the general disregard for reality that most Trump supporters seem to have.
Roy Ajax
bark
There was some violence and some broke in but the majority of the people were meandering outside on the steps. The ones who broke in should be arrested. Agreed.
Please don’t downplay the summer riots as just a store being broken into. There were fires, smashed windows… there were “several bags of human remains” found when they broke up Chad in Seattle. That’s the violence i’m talking about.
And again, the news has used the word “coup” a few times but that is the overthrow of a CURRENT goverment, Trump is still president so people supporting him, protesting at the capital, is not a coup.
Openminded
Barko, I’m not one to usually back up Roy Ajax, but you are not being honest if you think the only thing that happened at BLM RIOTS was a single shoe store being broken into.
Cam
No surprise that the same anti-LGBTQ right wing troll account is desperate to deflect from the fact that Republican Trump supporters committed treason and attacked the U.S. Capitol.
Roy Ajax is defending treason.
Mister P
You are as misinformed as the rioters Roy comet cleanser
Aranos
@Roy Ajax
No, this is because of people like you who supported and still support all of this because of your need to feel validated and because you think you will be part of the ruling group in a potential right wing dictatorship. But let me tell you this, darling: You will not. Unfortunately, by then, it will be too late, and blaming others will not help you anymore.
Roy Ajax
Help me for what? At the end of the day who’s president will do little to change my life. I’m not a political elite or a a huge corporation. I’ll still be able to do my job, as I am now, but the state of this country is ridiculous and there’s no need to hate people for a difference of opinion.
cuteguy
@Roy Ajax
1) a woman was just declared dead who was shot in the capital
2) you insulting Nancy Pelosi contradicts what you stated re: hating ppl with a diff of opinion
Roy Ajax
cuteguy
I know a woman is dead, shot by capitol police for breaching the building and she was in the wrong. I stated I don’t agree with the havoc that went on there, but the vast majority of the people were standing outside peacefully protesting, milling around until the capitol police started pushing people away.
I suppose you can think i’m a hypocrite, but it’s not just a difference of opinion with Nancy. She purposely caused a rift between the two parties. When she was asked about the summer protests, about the fires and damage, she literally shrugged her shoulders and said, “People will do what they do”. She told the democrat leaders of the cities being destroyed to keep quiet… the mayor of Seattle said it was going to be the “Summer of love” when Antifa blocked off a whole neighbourhood and destroyed stores. These people were told not to act by Pelosi. She’s doesn’t just have an opinion, she’s actively in there manipulating events for political gain.
Cam
@Roy Ajax
The right wing troll lying, trying to deflect from fact that the Republican domestic terrorists overran the barriers, broke in the capital and attacked our seat of government.
Nice to know that you aren’t just an anti-LGBTQ bigot, you’re also an anti-American traitor who supporters treason.
cuteguy
This equates to m0rons waving rainbow flags (had they existed at the time) during Nazi Germany times. Don’t these m0rons understand that the GOP hates gay ppl, except if ur closeted like Lindsay Graham or Aaron Schmuck (when this 1diot was in Washington and not at super spreader circuit parties)
Tx7791
Totally missed the mark Roy….u are wrong.
dhmonarch89
My comment gets flagged/reviewed by site for using an expletive against this Roy person- but in the middle of a coup, Queerty allows him to perpetuate lies. And here we are- America.
Roy Ajax
A coup is the overthrow of an EXISTING government. Trump is still the president (unil Jan 20) so wrong word.
Franky100
Roy after today, either take a knee or just go away. However you try and spin this there’s no justification for what occurred today and to equate it to this past summer speaks volumes regarding your lack of character and your attempt to sow frustration. A coup has been going on to keep himself in power and has been clearly established by the blatant attempt to disenfranchise the American people’s votes (ex. Trump’s Georgia Call).
Your attempts to deflect are irrelevant and moot at best, you won’t convince us otherwise so please stop trolling the site.
Cam
@Roy Ajax
Interfering in an election is an attempted Coup. But it’s cute that the right wing troll account tries to parse words to defend violent Republican extremist attacking our government.
Kangol2
Don the Treasonous Corrupt Con should be put on trial for this and his innumerable crimes, as should his abettors and enablers in the GOP!
sushi125
I like how Roy takes out the time to correct terminology but can’t apparently take the time to use the same discernment when comparing BLM and what happened today. I saw, with my own eyes, people with nooses, people with confederate flags, KKK flags, people taking selfies with law enforcement inside the capitol building, and the list goes on. I was personally part of BLM marches and I can tell you truthfully, that everything was peaceful till the police reigned down on us. Today was not a protest. A protest to call out the needless slaying of black lives. Today, as your republican reps are saying, was an insurrection. I saw people with guns storming the capitol. Violence is never the answer. But trying to compare the two is just wrong.
Roy Ajax
Anyone who broke in, caused any kind of havoc is wrong and should be arrested. Agree.
“With my own eyes”, i’m assuming, means that you saw this in photos or on TV, so did I. There will usually be someone out to take advantage of what was mostly a peaceful demonstration. The crowd did the storm the Capital buildings, they walked there and most stood outside. Some cowards broke in, they need to be held accountable. When police arrived they were shooting rubber bullets and pepper spray at the crowd, i was watching a first hand commentator who got sprayed. The crowd did not then burst out into violence and start trashing and looting and getting at people like the BLM rioters. Some threw insults at the police, others left… LEFT. Do you see fires burining there now? That’s the difference.
sushi125
Roy, your level of willful ignorance is beyond annoying. They only ‘left’ because police did nothing! I saw police helping a woman down the steps. I saw individuals go past the line of police on the east side of the senate multiple times. We saw footage of barricades being moved out of the way for goons to go in. You’re willing to compare people who were forced in to violence to people who had were openly carrying ammunition and were allowed to storm the capitol and ultimately brought down JUST by rubber bullets and pepper spray. Like I said, I saw what happened in person at BLM protests. I can’t imagine anyone who would think these two separate groups of people were treated even marginally the same! Yet, you persevere in comparing since it’s of no consequence to you.
And they didn’t leave for many hours. They didn’t just walk away as you claim.
And you say people should be arrested. 15 people were arrested today. 15. You know, and I know, many more people were in the building today. So yeah, the duplicity shown by law enforcement is beyond me and should be beyond you.
More than anything, this isn’t about Pelosi calling Trump supporters trash. These particular supporters are indeed trash. We, non Trump supporters, have been called much much worse for 4 years but it took a man being suffocated to death along with countless other needless deaths, for there to be protests. All it took was Trump lying about election results for violence to be incited. So again, you willingness to keep comparing the two is disappointing. Today lies solely on the shoulders of Trump and all his spineless supporters in the Senate and the House.
Roy Ajax
You’re the one playing identity politics. you don’t “know” how many people were inside and we still don’t have details about it all. If you saw police helping people down stairs and people walking past police and through barriers that’s because they were obeying the rules and leaving after rubber bullets and pepper spray was being used. When police were applying force to remove the protesters at BLM they did the opposite and attacked the police. Get your head out of the sand and take a look around. I looked at CNN tapes (Liberal media), some guy on YouTube who was IN the crowds (not in the house) and even a Canadian live coverage because i thought they’d be more fair. I saw the same thing in all live coverages. Most people were milling around, protesting what they feel was unfair, and when police finally started pushing back with force, it dispersed for the most part peacefully. WIth the BLM protests a CNN reporter was in front of a burning building and they said it’s still “mostly peaceful” that is impossible. There is nothing wrong with saying the cause of the protests for BLM were good and noble but the execution was a terrible mess.
Roy Ajax
sushi
Sorry. I didn’t mean the “get your head out of the sand”. I know you’re not blind to things and have an informed opinon.
sushi125
Roy, we’re not going to agree. Although you made my point for me- BLM was and is a movement founded on equality. You might think the ‘execution’ was a mess. I don’t know what to tell you- POC in this country have never been able to gain their rights peacefully. You seem like a historian buff. Give me even one example. Maybe that should tell you something?
I can’t pretend to understand why you’re defending any of these protestors but no, breaking glass, being heavily armed, and generally inciting chaos in my mind would necessitate swifter and more brutal action. Maybe because I’ve been dealt with violence for a lot less. Again, that should tell you something.
I’m not sure what you’re rambling on about what channels you saw but I looked everywhere- and I mean at every news source, and yeah I can definitively say there were more than 15 people in the building. So yes, I expect more than 15 arrests and I expected them many hours ago.
You know, I’m not sure Republicans realize that Democrats are willing to peacefully debate on anything. I don’t ever expect that we’ll bridge some divides. But why you continue to support Trump and these particular supporters is beyond me. And before you read this and immediately respond, I want you to actually think about that. Because this isn’t about being able to comment on each others posts. I have been met with direct violence, threats and blatant racism since Trump was elected. I’m not saying racism didn’t exist before. But now it’s a right to be exercised. It is tiring. I am tired. I am tired of a President who cannot stop lying.
sushi125
And I have to correct you quickly Roy- law enforcement were removing barricades to allow people in, not out. Similarly, law enforcement taking pictures with these people in the building. I also have to say, the level of indifference shown to people like me who peacefully protested- I was never, ever shown any compassion, anything by law enforcement Roy. Not once.
Cam
Because Roys main job here, and the job he has done for years under multiple screenames (Remember BJ McFrisky) is to always defend attacks on LGBTQ people, to always attack LGBTQ victims, to always defend bigots and to be an enraged troll for Republicans.
It’s boring and no matter what screename they’re under, the act is tired. Too bad the RNC, or Putin, or whomever funds them can’t afford smarter trolls.
Alexis
@Roy Ajax
If you want to play the blame game, just blame American white society for having capitalise on other ethnicity suffering. Years of exploitation and suppression is what has led to this…yet of course you will never acknowledge it like many GOP and white supremacists. You guys are so afraid of being displaced that you will do anything to keep your ‘privilege’.
Sure you’ll say that Pelosi is the divisive one, but she’s not the current president who has openly and blatantly created more division where instead the Dtrumpf could have used his influence to unite. Instead he used his craving for popularity and rating to create this chaos. After all, it is Pro Trump
Supporters that are creating havoc against people at the moment.
Anyway, feel free to shift the blame to democrats. People like you can’t be reasoned with. It’s clear you live in another reality where you cannot accept what’s real. Probably best for you to fraternise with people that are like you. I am not sure you will fine many on the queerty platform.
o.codone
@Alexis. You said to Roy Ajax: “Probably best for you to fraternize with people that are like you. I am not sure you will fine many on the queerty platform”.
Sure, there’s plenty of moderates/conservatives on Queerty, but you really don’t hear a lot from them because their comments are often “awaiting moderation”. I’m not saying it’s censorship, because the Q editors are entitled to manage their site however they want, but yeah, not all the conservative comments are posted. So, it could be a while before Roy Ajax makes any kindred friends here.
Cam
@o.codone
It’s always cute when you switch screenames Roy, and think nobody knows it.
Cam
Remember the photos of the white people at Trump rallies holding the “Blacks for Trump” signs?
As for “Gays for Trump” ANY time they’ve had an event less than 20 people showed.
Mister P
At least the BLM protestors and its few violent rioters had a cause of justice. Yesterday was misinformed people following a mentally ill leader.
kappa
Why in earth is my comment awaiting moderation when several posted in the fourteen hours since writing are immediately apparent here?
o.codone
Gays for Trump = Ants for Raid. Lolol. That’s really funny.
But, I was thinking, you know, Trump can pardon any of these rioters, um, I mean “protestors”. And, just because that’s how he can be, petty and revengeful, he quite possibly will pardon them. I guess if it’s legal to do so, he can do what he wants. He’s POTUS after all. But, wow.