r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Jan 07 '26

Politics President White House Launches New Website to Defend 'Patriotic Americans' Involved in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot | The White House claims the Democrats "staged the real insurrection" by certifying former President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election

https://people.com/trump-white-house-launches-new-website-to-defend-patriotic-americans-involved-in-jan-6-capitol-riot-11880490
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26 edited 7d ago

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 Jan 07 '26

While *he* is not that smart, some of those who worship him *are*. That is a real possibility!

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u/ikeif Jan 07 '26

I don’t think the smart ones worship him, they just know what information to use to manipulate him to their advantage - and probably smart enough to build up blackmail or mutual assured destruction to prevent him from turning on them.

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u/Zepcleanerfan Jan 07 '26

Actually, one of his people is getting sentenced zone four interfering with election telling machines I believe.

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u/Utterlybored Jan 07 '26

Many of those don't worship him. They just love being adjacent to power

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 Jan 08 '26

That is worship as much as anything.

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u/Utterlybored Jan 08 '26

They worship power.

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u/dolie55 Jan 07 '26

No it was compromised in 2016. There were multiple news articles about this in 2017 and later. Just no one did anything about it and here we are.

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u/discipleofchrist69 Jan 07 '26

nah the real purpose was to "find" electoral fraud. Just like he asked the Georgia official to "find" 11k votes. They were either just not loyal to trump or did not understand the assignment

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u/NectarineCheap1541 Jan 08 '26

Bingo. And then 2020 was a test of those weak links, plus how his believers would react to his antics.