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27 minutes ago, B-Man said:
Well certainly more that VP Biden claiming that Mitt Romney was going to put "Blacks back in chains"
No ?
At least he was attacking the candidate and his policies, not an entire segment of humanity (like immigrants or Muslims)
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30 minutes ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said:
When you say "he ratcheted up the hate and vitriol", what was the standard pre-Trump? What constituted hate and vitriol at an acceptable, pre-ratcheted level?
Go watch Reagan, G HW Bush or even McCain or Mitt Romney debate. They didn't vilify immigrants and call them criminals and murderers. No one ever proposed a "muslim ban", not even after 9/11. No president ever incited his followers to storm the Capitol to try and stop the certification of votes.
Newt Gingrich used to be the poster child for Republican hate and vitriol, but he is pretty friggin mild in comparison to Trump.
The tenor of our politics has gotten so much worse than it ever was, despite relatively minor problems in comparison to the past. There is no Vietnam War or civil rights movement, for example. Now the politicians are the ones creating the problems and stoking the flames. Biden also deserves his fair share of blame, but he's not been nearly as bad as Trump over the past 8 years.
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2 hours ago, B-Man said:
An Assassination Attempt on Trump Has Been the Dems' Goal All Along
STEPHEN KRUISER
Some part of me would like to say that the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was "shocking," but it really wasn't. It was awful and depressing, of course, but I can't say that I was shocked.
The Democrats have done everything they could since 2016 to make last Saturday happen, dutifully aided and abetted by their flying monkeys in the mainstream media. I use word unhinged a lot when writing about the Left, not because I have a limited vocabulary, but because it's the most accurate description of the way that they have been behaving since Trump was elected.
Matt wrote yesterday that Tucker Carlson had predicted this last year:
“If you begin with criticism, then you go to protest, then you go to impeachment, now you go to indictment and none of them work. What’s next? Graph it out, man. We’re speeding towards assassination, obviously," he said in an interview with comedian and podcaster Adam Carolla.
I had forgotten all about that. As Matt's post details, the MSM hacks were all over Carlson for that, calling it a conspiracy theory.
If there is one thing that we on the Right have learned since the pandemic, it's that "conspiracy theory" is leftist code for "They're correct, but we can't admit that."
The reaction from the Left has been pathetic and predictable. There have been a lot of variations of "Well, he kind of brought this on himself." David Frum vomited up some drivel at The Atlantic where he tried to draw a line connecting Trump supporters who legally open carry at rallies and the guy who tried to kill Trump.
The New York Times Editorial Board wrote an Opinion piece titled "The Attack On Trump Is Antithetical to America," which is rich coming from a group of people who preside over a stable of columnists who regularly compare Trump to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, while telling everyone that a Trump election will destroy democracy. They keep the Trump hate turned up to 11 at the Times all day, every day.
Democrats and their media lapdogs can continue to pretend that they don't condone violence, but hateful rhetoric about Donald Trump has been their brand for eight years now. Let's not forget the generous assist that they have been getting from the Never Trumpers all this time.
We can be grateful that Trump survived while we mourn the tragic death of Corey Comperatore, who died protecting his family.
As for the calls from the Left to tone things down, I won't be holding my breath while waiting for that to happen.
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When Trump came on the political scene he ratcheted up the hate and vitriol. He attacked immigrants, muslims, disabled people, etc... He hasn't really stopped or toned it down. If anything it's gotten worse. He incited the January 6 riot and then refused to call in the national guard to stop it. Policemen serving our nation died. His supporters even said they wanted to hang his own VP. What's the old saying: "you reap what you sow". Trump has sowed hatred and violence his entire, brief political career and his followers have taken their cues. So, it's not particularly surprising.
Now, unfortunately, Trump has brought the entire political system down into the gutter with him. The Dems are also now frothing at the mouth to dispose of Trump and their rhetoric is often just as inflammatory. Politicians have taken what should be civil policy discourse and turned it into a life or death struggle. And the people have followed suit. It's totally ridiculous. You want to know what real struggle is? Go to Sudan, or Gaza or Ukraine, or go spend a night in a Rohingya refugee camp. This country doesn't need to be fighting in this way over relatively minor differences. We've created false divisions and are all up in arms over relatively nothing.
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10 hours ago, Bockeye said:
Agreed.
This is where Libs like you go off the rails.
Conservatives believe in the constitution and Bill of Rights.
Libs want:-To ban freedom of speech
-To get rid of the 2nd amendment
-To allow illegal aliens freely into our country
-To create a nanny state
-Rekindle racism
-Force individuals to comply with the government by any means necessary
The list goes on…..
I’m curious (and probably correct), but you strike me as someone who has had a rough life and relied upon government subsidies to get through OR possibly too much indoctrination in universities with degree stacking but not many results.
Not sure if you're just trolling here....
- Ain't no one trying to ban freedom of speech. Hate speech (Nazis) is allowed in the US as opposed to other countries
- Gun control is needed and can be done while respecting the 2nd amendment. It's about how to interpret that age-old clause from another era
- Immigration is broken. there should be more open immigration for Latinos, but Congress refuses to increase the numbers, so people do it illegally. It's complex but Libs want a more human solution
- Everyone wants a nanny state. Libs want more environmental protection and conservatives more police and law and order.
- Rekindle racism?? Have you forgotten which party supported Jim Crow and segregation and which states still only vote for that party? Muslim ban, anyone? I don't see Libs peddling in race-based hate
- I'm pretty sure conservatives love law and order - that means complying with the government by any means necessary. You know who doesn't like complying the government - anarchists
Most of these are policy issues with a lot of grey area that should be part of a normal civil discourse. Its just nuts how people in the US have created these false divisions between "libs" and "conservatives" and political parties, when really we're often talking about the same thing, just through different lens. There are no real deep-seated ethnic or geographical grievances (unless you're Black, then you have some legit grievances), so we fabricate new labels so we can have an excuse to fight.
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6 hours ago, Big Blitz said:
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels stated in The Communist Manifesto and later works that "the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle of democracy" and universal suffrage, being "one of the first and most important tasks of the militant proletariat.”I cant' believe people are still talking about communists and red bastards, etc... there are no Communists left. If anything, based on the Communist Manifesto, Trump is more communist. Except he's not, because he's a a fascist populist.
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to be carved into the side of a mountain, it has to has to have been a major jerk. There are a number to chose from in the era of futility, but I'm going with:
1. Rex Ryan - worst coach in team history, set the team back after insisting on transitioning a solid 4-3 to his preferred 3-4. I'd put Russ Brandon up there with him fo. Doug Marrone comes in a close second for being such a jerk.
2. Russ Brandon - for basically causing the entire era of futility, with bad coaches/GMs and draft picks. Tom Donahue is a close second, but I at least appreciated the effort by bringing in Bledsoe.
3. Willis McGhee - the Toronto comment will forever keep him on our sh!t list
4. Rob Johnson - we would have won the SB that year with Flutie. He was such a bad fit, Cali surfer dude. I thought about doing a combo of the big busts - JP Losman/EJ Manuel/Mike Williams/Aaron Maybin - but it's hard to blame a guy too much for being a bust. Besides Maybin they all seemed to try.
There are probably a few good candidates from the pre-Kelly era too.
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Cook has the POTENTIAL to be top 5, but he needs at least 2 more years like last year to pass Fred, Shady, Travis Henry or Marshawn. Even Kenneth Davis is, at the moment, more of an all-time Bill.
Cook is like CJ Spiller at this moment in his career. Exciting to watch, but has to put it together year after year.
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On 6/5/2024 at 9:59 AM, Brand J said:
I’m a Keon Coleman fan, I loved his highlight video more than most of the receivers coming out. With that said, Parrino also mentioned Jamarcus Ingram was holding his own with Coleman, even had the defensive sideline hooting and hollering. I wasn’t bothered when I heard Elam was getting the better of him on some reps, but now Jamarcus Ingram? Hmmm…
When you watch his tape, Coleman feasted on college-level CBs that he could out muscle. That s%$* won't fly in the NFL. He's going to have a steep learning curve and will need to perfect his craft quickly, b/c his lack of speed will allow CBs to quickly recover from any initial moves.
1 hour ago, NickelCity said:Doesn't he usually play well in preseason and practice?
"Would be a flag football HOFer" is how I've heard him described.
Claypool has the talent and measurables to succeed. He wasn't a 2nd round pick for nothing. He balled out his rookie year too, but it's the maturity and consistency which has since been a major issue. Which is stuff that will show up over the course of the season, not at your first OTA with a new team.
However, If he gets his head on straight he could be due for a resurgence. It was a good flyer to take.
But the fact he's the most consistent WR so far is just as damning of the other WRs.
Either Claypool has really put it back together and is just excelling, or we're in for some growing pains.
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4 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:
I don't think you're going to see all that much, honestly.
We don't have enough money to sign our Draft Picks right now. So that will take out a couple million. You need 2-3 to pay for the Practice Squad for the year. And we'll need to keep 2-3 for in season spending. That cuts into most of it.
I think we'll sign a Cornerback. And there's a lot of good ones still left. Douglas was brought in last year to replace Tre. Daequan Hardy was brought in to replace Siran Neal. But we didn't add anyone to replace Dane Jackson yet. And with how often Benford is injured and Elam still being a question mark, I don't see them relying on UDFA's and PS players to replace Jackson - which is where we're currently at.
Everyone says DE and WR. But Beane has already made more moves at those positions than players we need to replace. At WR, we lost Stefon Diggs (replaced by Keon Coleman), Gabe Davis (replaced by MVS), Deonte Harty (replaced by Curtis Samuel), and Trent Sherfield (replaced by Mack Hollins). We also added Chase Claypool, K.J. Hamler, and have Justin Shorter debuting off his Redshirt year, after being Drafted in Round 5. We're only keeping 6 max and he's not going to release *all* of the latter list. Or all of the latter list plus one of MVS or Hollins, if we keep only 5 like last season.
At Defensive End, we lost Leonard Floyd and Shaq Lawson. We signed Dawuane Smoot (to some guaranteed money), Casey Toohill, and Drafted Javon Solomon. More than that, they re-signed Epenesa to a long term deal with a big pay raise. They wouldn't have brought him back and at the amount they did if they felt he was anything less than DE3 as the floor. They kept Miller, who they have faith will show improvement with an offseason of training and a full year removed from his ACL. Between Epenesa and Miller, one of them is going to start opposite Groot and the other will be DE3. And I don't see them cutting Smoot or Solomon. There's your 5. As it is, guys like Casey Toohill and Kingsley Jonathan are unlikely to make the roster.
It's fine to question whether he should have signed or Drafted someone more prestigious than he did at either position group. But he's made these moves, most of which with roles in mind. He's not going to cut a bunch of them he just signed because you think he should have done more. Moves like MVS and Smoot wouldn't have been made if he planned on something more. It's like Harty and Sherfield last year. You could argue he should have done more (and you would have been right) - but the moves were already made and they weren't going anywhere. Just like most of the 9 moves he decided to make at WR and DE this offseason to replace 7 roster spots.
He could easily still cut bait on Claypool, Hollins, MVS, Hamler and others, just like he should have on Sheffield and Harty and gotten someone who could make a real difference. But you're right, he won't.
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This is probably what they're waiting for to re-sign Hyde.
I don't think we add to the WR room after all the mediocre signings of late.
But CB depth would be wise
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It really hinges on Davis, who is entirely unproven in the NFL - particularly his pass blocking abilities. His college tape looks good, but to anoint this the best backfield in Bills history is a bit much. Damien Harris and Latavius Murry were better, more proven backs at the start of last year. Didn't end up working out all that well. Not bad in terms of vet leadership, but not really very explosive.
Cooks is a really good starter, but he needs to be spelled. He is not the biggest guy and has had his ball security issues. Hoping Davis picks up pro protection schemes quickly and turns into a great backup.
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22 hours ago, eball said:
I'm amazed by how many fans don't want to acknowledge the concept of quantity (multiple "good" players) over quality (a true WR1) when you have an all-world QB who can distribute the ball.
It puts SO much more pressure on the defense when they can't just try to take away one strength.
Guys still have to get open. It doesn't help Josh if he's continually having to go to his 3rd/ 4th/5th read cuz 1st and 2nd are covered. Sacks will go up.
You can't mask quality with quantity.
We're taking a chance that guys will either step up or reverse their career trajectory to date. No one, besides perhaps Cook and Kincaid, are proven and even those guys have only one year of demonstrated success-
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5 hours ago, Logic said:
I agree.
As someone who has been vocal the past few weeks about our WR room not being up to snuff, I feel a bit better about it today than I did on May 1st.
MVS, while not a world beater, adds some depth and downfield ability. Claypool so far is saying and doing all the right things, and if he actually has his head screwed on straight, has shown in the past that he has the ability to be an 800 yards per year type talent. I've been focusing more on what Coleman potentially CAN do than what he CAN'T do, and that has softened my apprehension about him at least a little bit. Beane talked up Shakir as being underrated on the Chris Long show, and I suspect he may have a big role this year.
I said all along that if they weren't gonna have top quality, then I at least wanted them to have quantity and variety. With Coleman, Samuel, Shakir, MVS, Claypool, Hollins, and then a Shorter/Shavers/Hamler deathmatch....I think the WR group may be fine. I still don't think it's gonna make anyone's top 10 lists, but combined with Kincaid/Knox, Cook/Davis, and the way Brady likes to spread the ball around, I think the Bills still have a chance to be pretty good on offense.
All of that said...I still hope they draft, sign, or trade for a dynamic WR in 2025, and I'd still be fine with them acquiring one post June 1st this year as well, though I give it an extremely low chance of happening.
Sounds like McDermott is pretty optimistic with Claypool, so doubt we do anything June 1. More likely, wait and see what happens in camp with this ragtag group.
The MVS signing gave me more hope and if Claypool has his head on straight again, we could have a pick your poison type WR committee, where a different guy steps up each game. It will certainly be harder for DCs to gameplan for us to take away our one strength (considering we don't have one!)
5 hours ago, CincyBillsFan said:He looks like Kincaid did under a similar situation last year. Just a natural at snagging the ball and turning upfield.
He'll need to play where Kincaid plays though, lined up inside against LBs or slot WRs. He'll get manhandled outside by bigger NFL CBs
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Kincaid is going to have 100+ catches this year
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On 5/14/2024 at 7:36 PM, DrMaxPower said:
This place has been miserable AF since the draft. The worst it's been since 'Wrong Josh'.
Everyone wanted a Playstation for Christmas but when they came downstairs, there was a bike with socks and underwear. Instead of realizing that there's nothing wrong with a bike and we really needed new socks and gotch, it's tantrum time.
Are we going to have to endure this endless whining for the next 6 months? Sounds like a fun way to be a fan...
Last off-season people were losing their minds because they intended to run Spencer Brown back out there and they didn't sign a MLB. They said their guys were in house and they believed in their development. Seems to have worked out OK. That's what good teams do.
Can we not take a breath and wait and see? 2nd best record in the league over the last 5 years says they deserve at least a bit of confidence. They aren't the morons people want to make them out to be.
I'll admit it, Bernard was a pleasant surprise at MLB. But he ultimately didn't hold up a full season, as an undersized MLB. A risk we will run every year. But I was right in that we still didn't do enough to get over the hump. We needed a better option outside of Gabe Davis and Harty and Sheffield were not it.
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Sorry, not buying this one Shaw.
A record 7 WRs went in the 1st round (3 in top 10). 0 RBs
The franchise tag for WRs is $21.8M. For RBs it's $11.9M.
Where you're right, is that NFL success is driven as much by work ethic and learning the crafts of the trade as it is speed or other measurables. Mid round guys have the talent and if they have the work ethic they can excel.
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3 hours ago, Don Otreply said:
Never said Diggs wasn’t a talent, but his game did fall off a bit last part of last season, had lots of drops by his own standards, as I said previously, 4 TDs in his post season career thus far, even with Allen forcing passes to him all season long.
Imo Davis will not be missed, he has a chronic ankle injury, that negatively effected his availability and performance annually, I am not worried about our receiver corp this year, you can bet the ball is going to be spread around considerably more without Diggs, which will have the effect of the defenses we face not being nearly as certain where the pass is going to go.
Also consider that with Diggs in his prime the team didn’t get it done, ya can’t endlessly rinse and repeat, ya gotta make changes at some point, and that is exactly what is happening in front of us, change upsets folk, we like the myth of consistency…,
Not mad about moving on from Diggs, except we didn't really do so. We replaced Davis with Keon and Diggs with.... no one.
Hoping Josh can raise the level of others around him.
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They actually play slightly different positions - Knox and Kincaid. Knox plays on the line and Kincaid plays the move TE role.
They could actually be co-starters.
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44 minutes ago, SCBills said:
Judging by Embedded, if we didn't go Ray Davis, it was going to be Van Pran-Granger, who we got a round later.
I'm not in love with spending a 4th on a RB. That said.. I do think Brady's Offense likes having good receivers as backs. When Cook comes out and Davis goes in, we might not have the down field WR routes that Cook can run, but Davis is an above average receiving back, so we still can operate the same offense regardless of who's in the game.
We're going to play alot shallow concepts - either RB, TE or WR. I like the MVS signing in that he's a proven outside guy that can at least be a threat to keep Defenses from attacking the short zones on every play. We will need some diversity in route trees, getting depth on each play, in order to allow the under stuff to thrive. Keon might bring some of that, but we'll need a faster outside WR to step up too, either Hamler, Hollins, Claypool, or MVS. It's still not inspiring a lot of confidence, but the MVS signing gives me a little more hope.
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1 hour ago, Don Otreply said:
Diggs didn’t = Diggs last season or in the playoffs, four total TDs in his post season career, not great for a #1,
Davis constantly hobbled by his ankle and then shoulder was a fine wr4 but a failed wr2, he won’t be missed. MVS is actually not a walking injury, fingers crossed 🤞 there,
Hollins is a step upfrom Sherfield,
Coleman is very likely going to be an upgrade to Davis, in which he can catch footballs when they are thrown to him, 😁👍
add in Shakir Kincaid Cook and Samual all is not lost,
Diggs not being Diggs at the end of last year is as much Brady as anyone else. He also consistently drew the best CBs or double teams, leaving options open for Shakir and others. Despite that all he still had over 100 catches and 1100 yds, only 3rd most catches in a season by a Bills WR ever. We will miss him.
We needed an upgrade from Davis, but it ain't MVS
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11 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:
You can argue that Beane could have done more (I can see an argument for Troy Franklin at pick 95 but I also don’t think this teams fortunes are going to rest on if they took a WR in late round 3). But after losing Diggs, Harry, Sherfield and Davis: Beane has done a decent job of attempting to replacing them.
Hollins is a better version of Sherfield, Samuel is a nice vet addition, Coleman was the teams top pick invested into the position. They added MVS who is a better receiver than Harry or Sherfield and they are kicking the tires on Claypool, Hamler and Isabella again. That’s in addition to Shorter coming in off his red shirt season.
The Bills also invested 3 additional picks at other spots along the offense. Davis, Van Pran and Grabel all add depth to the offense and Van Pran may be a starter.
Given the limited resources I think they have put together a solid offense for Josh. They also have the 2025 draft capital and the ability to add 6 million more in space by restructuring the rest of Josh’s contract both of which can assist in an in season trade if there is more help needed.
Bills made a conscious decision to not prioritize WR this offseason. We'll see if it works.
Coleman does not = Diggs
MVS does not = Davis
Samuel is the only upgrade, over Harty
Hollins = Sherfield
They're definitely going for the committee approach. But I'm worried the threat of the explosive play, big chunk (15+ yds) is pretty much absent, meaning D's will stack the box making it harder to run and do much with the short passing game. It will be interesting to see how it pans out.
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10 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
MVS can get down the field. He adds a skill that I’ve thought the WR room lacked. The Bills didn’t have a guy to run those Gabe Davis routes. MVS is good at that. He’s not a great WR but adds that dimension. I am good with the signing. If he hits 3 or 4 big plays this season it could make the difference in 1 or 2 wins. This division should be pretty close so 1 or 2 wins could be the difference in a home playoff game or missing the playoffs all together.
The WR room is still a bottom 3 group. It’s better today than it was yesterday. We should feel good about that.
Agree. He adds an element outside that wasn't there before he signed.
Not a #1 or even a #2, but can keep Defenses honest
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On 5/9/2024 at 10:36 AM, Charles Romes said:
Thought Beane would at least use one of the 7th rounders on a PK rather than hope for the best with Bass. When kickers hit the wall it’s usually for real.
Agree. Something was off with Bass last year. And I don't know how easily a kicker regains his confidence.
McD seemed to lose confidence in him as the year went along - rarely going for 50+yds - and it culminated with that final kick.
They once said Haack was the best holder in the game, maybe Martin isn't (with Haack holding in 2021, Bills' kicker Tyler Bass posted a career-best 87.5 success rate on field goals and made all 51 extra-point attempts.). So I guess by bringing Haack back to compete, they're trying to address that issue.
I don't know, Bass should be a little more resilient.
28 minutes ago, Eastport bills said:He may have not been the reason we lost, but he certainly didn’t help. He also kept the Steelers in the game with a 27 yard duck hook. You can’t let kickers crush your soul and don’t get emotionally tied to a kicker. They should be automatic.
If the Bills are going to play a plodding, ball control style of offense they absolutely need an automatic kicker. They can't chew up 8 mins of the clock and then shank a FG. There is absolutely no room for error with that style of O and there is really no room for error in the playoffs either against quality teams. Your kicker can be the difference between losing in the division round every year to bringing home a few Lombardis. Just ask Tom Brady
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12 hours ago, Scott7975 said:
For 4.5m the Bills should have picked this guy up. I highly doubt they trade for DHop like a few seem to think.
Boyd is more of a slot guy. We've already got like 5 of those
Attempted Assassination on President Trump (x2)
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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They're not lies. But the facts are a bit grey in areas, which is why they need to have a full trial. He told the crowd he won, the election was stolen, go fight like hell, but then go to peacefully and patriotically. I guess no one heard the peaceful part.
NG was authorized, but by Trump to protect his supporters. There were 4 hours between Capitol police request for NG backup. Its not exactly clear what happened, but it is clear that Trump did nothing to make it happen, despite people requesting him to do so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/us/politics/national-guard-january-6-riot.html
you're either being purposely deceitful, or just repeating what you heard. "on" J6 is a technicality, but nice try.
Capitol Police Brian Sicknick died the day after Jan 6 after being attacked by the mob
Ashli Babbit was shot while trying to break into the Capitol
Rosanne Boyland was trampled to death by fellow rioters
Kevin Greeson had a heart attack while storming the Capitol
Benjamin Phillips had a stroke on his way to the Capitol
Three other Capitol police died by suicide a few months later, from the trauma
I admit calling him Hitler is not helpful, even if his policies and tone are reminiscent. There are better ways to discuss policy differences.
However, fascism is resurgent around the world and Trump's penchant for hobnobbing with dictators is concerning.