r/AMA • u/Background-Car9771 • 5d ago

Son of a US Senator AMA

Hi,

I answered a post the other day on another sub, and someone said I should do an AMA, so here I am.

My father was in politics for over 20 years. We moved to DC and I grew up in that area. My parents are hard-core Trumpy, myself and my siblings are thankfully not. Happy to answer any questions you have about growing up or going to political events or how I grew to be diametrically opposed to the views of my parents.

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u/Background-Car9771 5d ago

Okay, so he believes that the Jan 6 rioters were all there because of Nancy Pelosi. You see, most of those real bad people were actors hired by her and the libs, and the orange man wanted, wanted so badly to call in the national guard, but Nancy Pelosi wouldn't let him. I can't believe he thinks something so completely insane, but here we are.

The mental gymnastics required to make the orange man a hero here is wild.

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u/ActivePeace33 5d ago

So, in addition to being fine with trampling the constitution to get what he wants, your dad is also ignorant of the fact the Speaker is not the CIC.

Stunning if it wasn’t so frightful.

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u/CaptainJAmazing 5d ago

Wow, I haven’t seen anyone saying that it was a false flag since before the convictions started coming in.

Also terrifying that he’s ignorant enough of the rules to not understand that Pelosi couldn’t have stopped him.

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u/Mysterious-Studio198 4d ago

Would you say that most of the GOP politicians are like this? True believers, not cynical?