A brand new board game is being released this weekend to mark the three year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riots in Washington DC.
The right-wing podcast TrueAnon has created the game “Storm the Capitol – TrueAnon Edition” where players can “relive one of the funniest days in American history!”
Despite the day not being particularly funny for the Capitol staff and law enforcement officers who were faced with an angry mob of far-right activists and Donald Trump supporters seeking to overturn American democracy, the game celebrates the violence of the day – with players able to pretend they are “battling” their way through the Capitol building.
Players take on the role of a “Patriot” and try to “collect ballots, take hostages and fight the police” in a re-enactment of the riots.
Other players can take on the role of the Capitol police, aiming to stop the so-called “Patriots” from getting to the roof with enough ballots to “Stop the Steal”.
The game comes with cards such as Capitol police attack dogs, which leads to a “Patriot” losing points.
Players can gain points by stealing “AOC’s shoes” or “Pelosi’s laptop”.
At the end of the game, if the “Patriots” win, former president Donald Trump will be waiting to take them in his helicopter to change the results of the 2020 election, according to the game.
If the police win, President Joe Biden will be victorious.
The controversial game is being sold exclusively for $64.99 on the far-right podcast’s merchandise website and will be released on 6 January.
In a podcast episode announcing the game’s release, the host Brace Belden recalled seeing the riots covered in the news, saying it was “the best day of watching TV I’ve ever had in my life”.
He also falsely claimed about those who died that day that “most of them died from being too excited”.
Fellow podcast host, Liz Franczak, boasted about how fun the game is, calling it a “riot of a time”.
The hosts even went so far as to humbly say the board came could “heal the nation,” putting their product up with the invention of the wheel or the discovery of fire.
The podcast hosts wrote on X that they hope the game will bring back the “amazing feeling” felt on 6 January 2021.
The TrueAnon hosts claim the game is designed for everybody in America on “every single side of every single political issue” – as long, of course, that you are comfortable attacking police, taking hostages and upending democracy.
Over a thousand rioters have so far been arrested for their parts in that deadly day, with many being handed long prison sentences.
oh you think it was FUNNY that the nation’s largest and most adult sons all tried to enter the door of the capitol building at the same time shoulder to shoulder like the 3 stooges and got stuck, preventing the senators from leaving? you think it’s funny that someone pooped in nancy pelosi’s secret candy drawer? well why don’t you tell that to OUR BRAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, many of whom died of tazed balls in that senseless attack on democracy.
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You know, thinking about it, this person actually went above and beyond to be wrong. ChatGPT would do a better job.
Edit: ChatGPT DID do better
That’s so fucking funny
This isn’t a failure to do research, this is a useful lie that reinforces horseshoe theory bullshit. This isn’t an accident
The TrueAnon hosts claim the game is designed for everybody in America on “every single side of every single political issue” – as long, of course, that you are comfortable attacking police, taking hostages and upending democracy.
Did principal Skinner write this article
You know, between the lines of smug, ‘righteous’ fury, I couldn’t help but single this out
Over a thousand rioters have so far been arrested for their parts in that deadly day, with many being handed long prison sentences.
Really, 15 years is ‘long’ now? Plenty of people still in prison have gotten longer sentences than that for drug possession.
About 277 defendants have been sentenced to time behind bars, and roughly 113 defendants have been sentenced to a period of home detention.
Either this was a serious insurrection where participants should be charged with treason and punished accordingly (executions or life), or it was a farcical attempt at one and they’re not being punished harshly, but you don’t get it both ways you clowns
Stop disrespecting the law and the brave police officers who drew the short straw and were one of like two guys guarding the Capitol instead of getting to teargas George Floyd rallies
Whenever they actually make this point, I still direct to the videos showing officers just getting out of the way of the mob, letting them in
And then later pics/videos showing some of the cops taking pictures with the ‘insurrectionists’ lmao (bonus: tagline says Nancy Pelosi demanded Capitol Police Chief resign, libs sure did an about face on that in a hurry lmao)
I can’t find it now, but there was a vid (on twitter, maybe?) showing police in front of the capital just…moving out of the way, and hogs storming past them out on the front lawn
All the liberals say “well what were they supposed to do, shoot them?”
Uhh, yes?
I guess they used all their teargas on George Floyd protests. Seriously, crazy there was literally 0 crowd control planned or done, climate protests and disabled protests get more cops watching.
Suspicious how few cops were at Capitol Hill even though Q-anon people post publically and don’t care about opsec (considering very few bothered to cover their faces, and most of the footage used to prosecute were taken by them and they self-doxed by doing that).
Also one cop did actually shoot someone. Idk how libs go back and forth on getting mad that the gates were opened for the people, and some took selfies with them, but also want to fund the police more to protect them even though they support it more than avg
Secret service knew how to do their jobs lol
It’s such a perfect fumble and perfectly American.
Quarter assed coup attempt, followed by a wet fart of an attempt to punish and prevent.
Damnit you made me spit out my milk
If they were leftists they would have been disappeared
They would’ve been massacred by the cops long before ever reaching the capitol building.
15 years is ‘long’ now?
that is a pretty long time to be locked up, yes
Sure, but for treasonous insurrectionists who were trying to ‘overthrow democracy’ who participated in ‘that deadly day’?
Seems a bit lenient, especially for the American justice system and ESPECIALLY since only a handful of people have gotten that (I know at least one other plotter got something like 22 years after the article I noted was published)
ed. goddamn some of these lmao
Robert Sanford was sentenced to four years and four months in prison. He hit two police officers in the head with a fire extinguisher and threw a traffic cone at another officer
Jeffrey Scott Brown was sentenced to four years and six months in prison. He assaulted police with pepper spray.
Anthony Sargent, a Proud Boy from Florida, was sentenced to five years in prison. He threw a rock at the Capitol doors.
lmao
How does assaulting three police officers get you less time than assaulting one? Is it some sort of bundle deal? If I kill 30 cops will I only serve 2 hours in prison?
Is this so bad? Libs weren’t going to touch it anyway, leftists know what TrueAnon is, and The Independent’s misreporting helps Brace’s
in case any hogs buy the game unironicallyThe lack of research & lib blinders are very funny, the writer even went to listen to the relevant podcast episode but still couldn’t figure out it’s not a right-wing pod
Libs have no thoughts, only “lib good, system good”
And this is why it was worth releasing this. LOL! LMAO even!
Mister Fireworks is at it again
If I were Brace I think I’d get this article framed
calling it a “riot of a time”.
:sensible-chuckle:
Redditors are some of the most purposefully ignorant mfs in history, are you kidding me?
Thank god I left that dumpster fire of a website
When you’re so angry you can’t even tell when something is satire making fun of the people you don’t like
Libs hate the left more than they hate the right
No way, Rachel Jake’s podcast?
The tech CEO?
