Who Won The Week — 10/16/22

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The idea behind Who Won the Week is to give you the opportunity to select who (or what) you think “won” this past week. Your selection can be anyone or anything — politicians, celebrities, athletes, authors, bloggers, your friends or family members, books, movies, TV shows, businesses, organizations, whatever.

This week’s recipient of Who Won the Week recipient is the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The committee unanimously voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump. It’s about time!

So now that the congressional committee has subpoenaed him, you have to wonder what the former president’s next move will be. Will he or won’t he comply. And if he chooses not to comply, what might the consequences — if any — be?

The first thing Trump did after learning about the subpoena was to send a rambling 14-page letter to committee chairman, Representative Bennie Thompson. He started off reiterating the Big Lie when he titled his letter, “THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020 WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN!” It was not.

Trump did not say whether he would comply with the subpoena. Instead, he repeated various long-debunked election claims. But it seems unlikely that he will actually testify.

In his letter, Trump claimed that he “fully authorized” National Guard troops to be present at the Capitol before Jan. 6, but that Democrats, including Pelosi, refused the authorization. However, there is no record of Trump authorizing National Guard troops to be at the Capitol before the attack, and no evidence that Democrats denied such a request.

He also bragged about the size of the crowd that he had summoned on Jan. 6, claiming that it was a very big one, far bigger than anyone thought possible, and that it was “one of the largest crowds I have ever spoken to before, a very wide swath stretching all the way back to the Washington Monument.”

He went on to complain that the “massive size of this crowd, and its meaning, has never been a subject of your Committee, nor has it been discussed by the Fake News Media that absolutely refuses to acknowledge, in any way, shape or form, the magnitude of what was taking place.” What the hell does crowd size have to do with charges of instigating insurrection and engaging in seditious activities? It’s only meaningful to a sick egomaniac like Donald Trump.

Anyway, congratulations to the House Select Committee for voting to Subpoena the criminal Donald Trump. Now let’s see if anything comes of it.

So who (or what) do you think won the week?

If you want to participate, write your own post designating who you think won the week and why you think they deserve your nod. Then link back to this post and tag you post with FWWTW.

18 thoughts on “Who Won The Week — 10/16/22”

  2. donmatthewspoetry October 16, 2022 / 3:05 pm

    Informative. Thankyou. He seems to have a knack of getting out of things this man. i await the outcome……

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    • Fandango October 16, 2022 / 9:49 pm

      Teflon Don. 😠

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      • donmatthewspoetry October 17, 2022 / 1:34 am

        Cracks must surely start to appear soon? Surely?……….I can see your reply already… In your dreams Don

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    • Fandango October 16, 2022 / 9:54 pm

      You’re probably right. 😠

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  6. Marleen October 16, 2022 / 3:53 pm

    He must’ve done the full “authorization” in his head — the way he declassified documents — in that he didn’t. Actually, on the contrary, I’m pretty sure all of his signals were to not “fully authorize” National Guard presence for the safety of the Congresspeople. [And… he’s guilty of stealing and holding government property, whether declassified/classified or not.]

    A video clip of phony Republicans — after the fact — and of Nancy taking action is embedded, down at the bottom of this article:

    https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2022/10/he-was-in-the-room-morning-joe-blasts-steve-scalise-as-gop-conspiracy-theory-gets-blown-up-by-stunning-pelosi-video/

    MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough hooted with derision as a Republican conspiracy theory about Nancy Pelosi and Jan. 6 collapsed with a stunning video showing her decisive actions that day.

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  7. Nope, Not Pam October 17, 2022 / 3:02 am

    I have a strange one this week, one of the employees of the company I work for sent us a selfie. The selfie was of him being taken to the hospital after suffered a heart attack mid flight. I mean, at least he got the photo

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  8. Lolsy's Library October 17, 2022 / 5:03 am

    Who wins it for me this week, before I forget about it, is JKRowling. When she basically admitted that we shouldn’t trust her, lol

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  9. Carol anne October 18, 2022 / 6:12 pm

    Oh, thank god! I’m glad they supenaed him!
    Now here’s hoping something good comes from this!

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