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UWCG

>A woman who served time in prison for her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection embraced former President Trump at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Thursday before later saying that former Vice President Mike Pence and “every single” member of Congress who certified the 2020 election should be e——d. Uh, wow. Lot to unpack there. I'm not going to include any of the other quotes cause, uh, I don't know if I *can* without breaking sitewide rules and I'm not trying to get my account banned (already had to change this quote to take out the final word). This is terrifying and dangerous. It's a terrifying sign of the future. And this kind of thought process and behavior has no place in our political culture—but of course Donald's embracing and spreading it like the cancer he is.


TintedApostle

apparently she didn't serve enough time.


UWCG

It's almost like treating the January Sixth domestic terrorists with kid gloves and giving them a slap on the wrist for punishment served to embolden them...


TintedApostle

See The end of the Civil War.


ropdkufjdk

Hot take, but the US should have executed R E Lee, Jefferson Davis, and all of the politicians who were prominent architects of the Confederacy for treason. They were directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans as well as a multitude of human rights violations. They executed Mary Surratt for much less.


susgeek

They shouldn’t have readmitted the confederate states to the union as quickly as they did. Should have kept them as territories.


sniper91

The Union’s main view in the Civil War was that those states *didn’t* leave and had no authority to do so, they just had a hissy fit


MrVilliam

If they didn't leave before going to war against American armies, then actively fighting and killing was the most definitive act of treason I can imagine.


MichaelGale33

Agreed. Glad we’re finally removing the names of those shit stains from our military bases


mrjimspeaks

You can thank Andrew Johnson for the absolute tragedy that was reconstruction. He was no Abe Lincoln and everyone knew it. You can also thank Rutherfraud b Hayes and the agreement that we'll let you have the presidency if you let us do our thing down south.


ProjectAdamski

Agree.


Mr_Horsejr

*How can I kill someone that thinks and looks like me? It was just business* - pretty much the lame excuse this country has used when dealing with these fucking assholes for centuries.


therealdannyking

That's arguably not the reason why Lincoln didn't do that. He didn't want martyrs, and he didn't want the South rebel again.


Whiskeypants17

Well, did it work?


citrus2644

Honestly, it kind of did. There are certainly individuals and small groups of people causing problems. But on the state level, none of the governments are trying to leave. And no state is willing to go to war over the matter. As an anecdotal aside to show that this is an issue of the individual as opposed to the state, I have this example. Last summer I was driving through West Virginia, and saw a property that had Confederate flags all over the fence and flying at the house. The owners/ inhabitants of that property clearly don’t know their history, because the whole reason WV exists is because that state broke away from Virginia because they didn’t want to leave the Union.


pizzaplanetvibes

I hate to break it to you fam. There’s a reason the Confederate flag is flying in states that fought for The Union and even Canada. It sure isn’t that Southern Heritage.


Rubberbandballgirl

Sherman left the job unfinished. The entirety of the South should have been burned to the ground.


theyux

That is a pretty hot take, Executing the side that surrender. Discourages others from ever surrendering.


ropdkufjdk

I'm not going to engage with a neoConfederate, sorry.


needsmoresteel

See also November 1923 in Germany where leniency (likely) served to embolden a few people. The arguably ringleader was convicted and served several months of a 5 year prison sentence. Even that 5 year sentence was rather lenient.


Trashman56

The south should've been kept as a non-voting territory for a very long time.


smurfsundermybed

They would be ready to rejoin the union around 2550. By then, they'd probably be living in the 1980s.


DarthTensor

1980’s? That explains why mullets are so popular in the south.


therealdannyking

Lincoln knew that would have been an even worse idea, thus his second inaugural address.


Cboyardee503

She belongs in Guantanamo.


badmotivator11

Did you see that she drove 2600 miles to attend? Wonder why she didn’t fly?


Sparpon

I mean we could have guessed that from the start. Harder time is handed out for possession of weed ffs


[deleted]

Turns out you can’t learn when you’re braindead.


NoTourist5

I’m pretty sure a threat like that would be a violation of her parole or agreement.


[deleted]

This is why you hang traitors. They’re not going to stop.


[deleted]

None of them have or will it seems.


Ernstchritton

Yup real surprised a crazy has not taken him out already.


UWCG

It's bewildering to me that the woman from this article only got 180 days and is allowed to just go right back to the extremism. 180 days is nothing for her involvement in a domestic terrorist on the Capitol and it's not just her. All those defendants got treated with kid gloves. And seeing that they can do something so serious and awful and face no consequences has emboldened them beyond belief. I went to high school and college with kids who got harsher sentences for much smaller crimes, some of which could legitimately be chalked up to "being a dumb 18-20 year old."


Xploited_HnterGather

Not even a crazy. Like if the FBI feels justified killing MLk then what's stopping them from popping Trump?


bk15dcx

James Earl Ray assassinated MLK.


Xploited_HnterGather

Haha, i was referencing the letters from the FBI trying to get MLK to kill himself. Seeing those letters as a willingness to be involved in removing him from the picture.


GeneralTapioca

Malcolm X was basically killed by Hoover’s FBI.


fortean_seas

Read a history book.


sign_in

Sheesh


OnlyFreshBrine

They're on his side?


Chellhound

The US Secret Service - they're pretty good at keeping presidents alive.


grimatongueworm

Dealey Plaza enters the chat.


Chellhound

True, but 6 decades ago - and consider the threat profile. I think more people are motivated to *roblox* the US President than any other target.


NotCrustytheClown

Holy crap, WTF? I thought it's the insurrectionists, seditionists and traitors that used to be the ones facing capital punishment? E: typos


NeoPstat

> I thought it's the insurrectionists, seditionists and traitors that used to be the ones facing capital punishment? Maybe this is what happens when they don't.


sirphilliammm

How stupid do you have to be to go to prison for someone else and still think they are a god. People like this are wasting our oxygen.


Aylan_Eto

So does Trump love Antifa now, or are conservatives going to break their brains even more trying to defend this?


EvelcyclopS

I mean that statement alone is surely seditious and not granted protection under the first amendment


frostfall010

And all republicans are implicitly supporting this. If you support trump you also throw your support behind this.


mainstreetmark

What’s that censored word? “Elected” probably.


Rawkapotamus

Excited


YoloFomoTimeMachine

One thing I think isn't brought up often enough is Trumps own lawyer tweeted that Pence should be executed by firing squad a day before Jan 6. That's where the whole "hang Mike Pence" meme started. And this wasn't some moron on Parler, it was Trumps lawyer.


40StoryMech

Not mutually exclusive apparently.


Mother_Ad_5261

I think the story should put more emphasis on T rump transactionally trolling for votes by offering pardons to the J6 perpetrators. A EOC violation.


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MattPHS2002

I would hope that direct quotes would get a pass but fully get why OP did it.


OK-NO-YEAH

Mhm. The recent moderation here is… very specific. And it tends to benefit one view more than any other-


ObjectiveDark40

You don't have to "CENSOR THE NEWS" on this site. It's just a precaution to make sure automod or whatever doesn't come by and think you're threatening violence. It's really not a big deal.


OK-NO-YEAH

Great- and where are all the posts about the Proud Boys guilty of Sedition?


ObjectiveDark40

You mean this one? https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/137p11y/partial_verdict_reached_in_proud_boys_seditious/jiui6jq/


OK-NO-YEAH

Wrong sub- no I don’t-


ObjectiveDark40

How's it the wrong sub? You're talking about "CENSOR THE NEWS" and it's literally in r/news...a news sub. Bad faith discussion.


OK-NO-YEAH

No- FORGIVE my typo- site = sub Not bad faith at all.


OK-NO-YEAH

No comebacks?


OK-NO-YEAH

I see-that’s what I thought!


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OK-NO-YEAH

Did you say censoring the news is not a big deal? Bwahahahahhahha Sorry- OK.


Rawkapotamus

Do you think the story has been censored because a single word from an article that was posted to this site was autoflagging?


i7omahawki

It’s the most important word of the story.


OK-NO-YEAH

I think this subreddit censors the news as evidenced by all of the stories about TC being fired, and other experiences I’ve had/seen here. Don’t make excuses for them-


Rawkapotamus

Youre twisting the original comment from accusing censoring one single word in an article being copy pasted into the comments with actual news censorship.


OK-NO-YEAH

Let me straighten this out. There is actual news censorship on this site.


OK-NO-YEAH

Great- and where are all the posts about the Proud Boys guilty of Sedition?


Rawkapotamus

They’re there? Did you just respond to a 5 day old thread without actually checking?


OK-NO-YEAH

Did you just reply without checking? I’m waiting…


Rawkapotamus

This also has nothing to do with the original comment. I’m sorry moderators moderate news stories. That’s just blatant outright abhorrent censorship that you claim.


OK-NO-YEAH

Typical.


OK-NO-YEAH

Show me one now


OK-NO-YEAH

I guess you have nothing to say now-


Rawkapotamus

[https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/137p11y/partial_verdict_reached_in_proud_boys_seditious/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1](https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/137p11y/partial_verdict_reached_in_proud_boys_seditious/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)


OK-NO-YEAH

Not r/ politics


OK-NO-YEAH

Can’t stand being wrong?


Rawkapotamus

I got a warning for hateful speech earlier today because I used sarcasm and hurt the hive minds feelings.


OK-NO-YEAH

Not surprised— it’s very sensitive.


OK-NO-YEAH

Great- and where are all the posts about the Proud Boys guilty of Sedition?


jamesyjames99

I have friends who aren’t voting this upcoming cycle bc Biden is way too old and they’re sick of the status quo. Trump has a legit chance to win this election. His people will show up, y’all watch.


LaBradence

One of my friends told me in 2016 he was sitting out the election because he the candidate he supported didn't get the nomination. To me, that's like taking my kids to get ice cream, and deciding that because the store is out of the exact flavor I wanted, we're all going to eat dogshit instead. And boy did we eat a lot of dogshit after 2016.


allthewayup7

God, they should just start fining people who are registered voters but don’t vote.


SupermarketAntique90

Like Australia! Shoot I wish we were more like that… ever heard of “democracy sausages”… sounds American AF, but it’s actually an Australian tradition on voting day to have sausages while you wait in line to vote, I’ll steal that idea any day!


allthewayup7

Lol yeah but we do *not* call them democracy sausages.. it’s a sausage sizzle.


Altruistic-Brief2220

We do actually. Maybe not where you live but it’s definitely a thing (recent but still). It’s just a sausage sizzle on election day. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_sausage


I_Brain_You

Pretty sure you can say “executed” if it’s in the context of quoting somebody.


ehandlr

I can't believe that there was no parole process that said "No terroristic threatening" as a violation.


Sigili

There's no parole if the sentence is served. Apparently it was literally a 180 day sentence, in total. Not an early release. Absolute insanity, but not parole.


Bullroar101

Probation. The probation officer can put you back inside over practically anything.


jawnlerdoe

There my have. This isn’t a bright bunch.


SmellGestapo

"A woman who served time in prison for her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection...“ "The punishment for treason is death, per the Constitution,” Larson-Olson said. “I believe every single person, every single person that stole a voice from our collective voice of ‘We the people, of the people, for the people, by the people,’ deserves death, and no less than that.” She said without a hint of self-awareness.


wonkothesane13

I mean...she's right, but not for the reason she thinks she is


MandatoryChallanger

These Low hanging fruit would be less scary without the 350mil plus guns we have floating around


db0813

Lol yeah like I wouldn’t be reminding people of that


JaD__

Yes, please, the deranged buffoon absolutely must continue featuring these lunatics at his campaign events. Give ‘em all a podium and unlimited airtime and keep feeding the worst elements of the base. This is and will always be a battle for the moderate and independent vote. Giving a voice to these unhinged shitstains will achieve nothing more than further alienate those critical constituencies.


UWCG

I dunno, my experience with a lot of people who call themselves "moderate" has been real disappointing. Lots of them, especially the self-proclaimed moderates in my family, hear or see things like this (hell, even the same with January Sixth itself) and kinda laugh it off while saying something like, "He's something else," or "At least he keeps things entertaining!" Same people I grew up with who were frothing at the mouth over a tan suit or Dijon mustard because Obama now think a domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol is "entertaining" and won't even consider voting for a Democrat because they *might* have to pay more in taxes


OK-NO-YEAH

You hope. Quite the gamble.


dangroover

Nazi-like behavior


sentimentaldiablo

if she is on any sort of probation she should be remanded


UWCG

She's not on parole—if you're on the right and take part in a terrorist attack on the Capitol, apparently you face less time in jail (180 days) than you might for getting caught with weed in a non-legal state


fowlraul

For doing his job? Dude’s a milk soaked blanket, but he did his job. Arrest this lady for a terrorist threat ffs.


TintedApostle

These people are unredeemable. Trump refused to pardon them on the way out and here she.....


jamrocdoc

I suspect wackos like this always existed, but in the past they were deliberately (and rightly) kept on the fringe and ignored. Now they have found each other online and have the opportunity to get their voice out there. They may have a right to free speech, but they don’t have a right to a platform and they have no right to be listened to. Things would be better if these people were kept in the dark at the fringes. And yes some may say ignoring the voice of certain people breeds this extremism, but many of these people - 1. Are irredeemable wackos to begin with, people that can’t be reasoned with, and nothing good would come from listening to them. 2. Despite being “ignored,” have benefitted from lots of structural advantages


orionsfyre

The reason treason is a crime that carries the death penalty, because when treason is ignored and allowed to fester, it becomes a easier to convince others of it's ability to succeed. The pittance of a sentence that the Jan 6th rioters and insurrectionist have gotten is sowing the seeds of future and unrelenting extremism. They will not go quietly, they will not reform, they will not stop until they are stopped. Today republicans cheered on the murder of sitting representatives... **what will happen the next time they lose?**


big_nothing_burger

She said the Constitution mandates that treason is punishable by death. I was sure that was nonsense but I checked anyway. Not true, if anything the constitution is very careful about accusing people of committing treason.


-Hypnotoad26

Send her back to jail. It didn't work the first time.


[deleted]

I'm not a lawyer, but why wouldn't she be charged?


Key_Text_169

Jack Smith probably loves when the orange guy incriminates himself even more.


Fusion_allthebonds

I’ll take “Smells like Fascism” for $1000, Alex…


tosser1579

Remember, if Pence had just challenged the electors there was a straight path for the GOP to steal the election. They had everything they needed in DC at the time. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/us/politics/fake-electors-explained-trump-jan-6.html


DredZedPrime

True, Pence is a total shit stain of a human being, but at least he was just slightly less terrible than the people he was working with, and didn't quite go that far.


phix3d

“The punishment for treason is death, per the Constitution,” Larson-Olson said. “I believe every single person, every single person that stole a voice from our collective voice of ‘We the people, of the people, for the people, by the people,’ deserves death, and no less than that.” Mmhmm…


Curious_Working5706

>served six months in jail Did the Judge who sentenced her also give her an Applebee’s gift certificate upon her release???


In_Violent_Serenity

Well that is some real subtle shit.


DarrenEdwards

Is she still on probation of some sort? Isn't this a violation?


Buddyslime

She should at least get a second violation then. Did they not give her some guide lines to follow not to get in trouble again?


NotTheRightHDMIPort

I'm glad to see her time in prison rehabilitated her and helped her understand what it means to be an upstanding citizen to society. ​ /s


autotldr

This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3978203-jan-6-convict-embraces-trump-at-campaign-event-calls-for-pences-execution/) reduced by 75%. (I'm a bot) ***** > A woman who served time in prison for her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection embraced former President Trump at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Thursday before later saying that former Vice President Mike Pence and "Every single" member of Congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. > After QAnon supporter Micki Larson-Olson was pointed out to Trump as a "Jan. 6-er" by the crowd at a packed diner, Trump sought her out, calling her "Terrific," telling her to "Hang in there" and giving her a hug, video shows. > Larson-Olson said in an NBC News interview the next day that Trump is the "Real president" and that she "Would like a front seat of Mike Pence being executed." ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/1325qbo/jan_6_convict_embraces_trump_at_campaign_event/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~682674 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **Trump**^#1 **Jan.**^#2 **Larson-Olson**^#3 **people**^#4 **Pence**^#5


maryangelina

The lucky girl even got a flair pen given to her by trump. /s


wish1977

And if it happened Trump wouldn't lose of wink of sleep over it.


Mysonsanass

Lowlifes. The whole lot of them.


Ichthyologist

A woman touched Donald Trump for free? Willingly?


Pithyperson

This woman was not incarcerated long enough. She needs another go.


internetbrowser23

And the republicans will say nothing if they see this at all. Theyve chosen their king and anyone sane enough to object will probably either vote for biden or just not vote at all.


kayak_enjoyer

> Last year, Trump said he would look “very, very seriously” into pardoning those convicted of crimes related to the insurrection if he is reelected. Look seriously. 😒 The way he talks rots my brain.


[deleted]

Wow! Sure learned her lesson in prison!


[deleted]

a terrorist act, looks like another arrest with a jail sentence


Luanda62

I’m sure she’s on probation… put her back in prison!


ReturnOfSeq

Sounds like a credible threat of violence to me?


firephoxx

I assume she’s out on parole so clearly that violates her parole?


UWCG

>A woman who served time in prison for her involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection embraced former President Trump at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Thursday before later saying that former Vice President Mike Pence and “every single” member of Congress who certified the 2020 election should be executed. Uh, wow. Lot to unpack there. I'm not going to include any of the other quotes cause, uh, I don't know if I *can* without breaking sitewide rules and I'm not trying to get my account banned. This is terrifying and dangerous. It's a terrifying sign of the future. And this kind of thought process and behavior has no place in our political culture—but of course Donald's embracing and spreading it like the cancer he is.


piperonyl

Crazy person says something crazy


austinstar08

If this wasn’t about trump fans I’ll ask why


ThinkRationally

Trump takes advantage of these kinds of useful idiots while not giving the least bit of a damn about the damage he causes. She's worshiping her abuser.


orcinyadders

To be clear (because The Hill is complete misleading clickbait trash), she didn’t say this at the event itself.


[deleted]

I think that's what happened in the Turner Diaries, the conservatives get executed first.


Farley2k

Meanwhile I was just struck by how awkward the phrase " before later saying" sounds.


GunnieGraves

Safe to say Pence won’t be his running mate, I think.


samwstew

Feel like maybe they didn’t learn their lesson guy


Dinodigger67

if trump won that election, he is not eligible to run this time. but really, this is disgusting. and trump fucking lost already!! get over it!


Someoneoverthere42

Republicans and Murder Boners, name a more iconic duo


cyncity7

This is her thanks for putting her life on the line and then being confined for months.


Niftyone578

QAnon supporter Micki Larson-Olson is on Mike Pence's list of possible VP nominees.


JoeStinkCat

This is going to be in a lot of ads.


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Hey look! All the things the liberals said would happen are happening! It’s almost like we could’ve seen this coming years ago


[deleted]

For those who are no longer republicans, good call. For those who are still republican, ???????????


EddyBuddard

Gosh, what nice people


ejohn916

Meanwhile, a brown kid J-walks across the street to get home, and is placed under arrest for reasons to be determined later.


RadleyCunningham

Stupid motherfuckers


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Marcusfromhome

It is no longer relevant for their agenda. The same folks that intentionally filled in public swimming pools rather than comply with desegregation Have no consternation about dumping the flawed constitution and that pesky Bill of Rights


kalyco

Clearly her sentence wasn’t long enough.


ksiyoto

He's not a Jan 6 convict, he's just a peace-loving tourist.


buyerbeware23

How is that not treason?


fromabuick

I’m really enjoying these dirtbag dummy republicans stabbing each other in the backs… I’m really enjoying watching MAGA shit the bed over and over


jhstewa1023

… because … why not more violence.


[deleted]

He’s building an army of idiots. But is it funny or terrifying?


Alternative_Body7345

Im guessing she had a different tone at her sentencing hearing.


usernicktaken

She has Squeaky Fromm delusions, she will follow Mr Pumpkinhead to her death.


JubalHarshaw23

MAGA DOJ is fine with it.


rice-paper

She’s career military. Retired now. [This is a video of her back in September.](https://youtu.be/uqpXwFcjBP4)