Chaos at the Capitol: New thread edition

https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1348249481284874240

Preach.

https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1348311925138939905

Everybody knows the louder you shout the more truth you speak.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/capitol-police-howard-liebengood-dies.html

Just a rumor right now, but I have friends in LE saying this USCP officer just committed suicide. RIP.

The more info that comes out on this whole thing... just sickening

At this point I'm so angry, this Trump cancer runs deep

The more info that comes out on this whole thing... just sickening

At this point I'm so angry, this Trump cancer runs deep

100

What a piece of shit Trump is and anyone who backs him.

Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots (https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/955548910/ex-capitol-police-chief-rebuffs-claims-national-guard-was-never-called-during-ri)

Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots (https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/955548910/ex-capitol-police-chief-rebuffs-claims-national-guard-was-never-called-during-ri)

Worried about the optics of having the Guard protecting the Capitol. Yeah, I guess the optics of a bunch of extremists overrunning the Capitol is a better look.

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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1347909214203760644.html

This guy did a breakdown of Trump's speech inciting the insurrection (which leaves no doubt in my mind Trump is responsible). He literally tells the crowd he's going to march to the Capitol with them, and then he hops in his limo and goes back to the WH.

https://wtop.com/dc/2021/01/prosecutors-weigh-heavy-hammer-felony-murder-for-rioters-in-capitol-officers-death/

If prosecutors follow through with this and charge people with felony murder (for those who don't know, felony murder is a charge people get tacked on with when someone dies in the commission of another felony) those people are going to be really upset unless Trump pardons them. Which leads me to my next point, Trump absolutely needs to be removed because no doubt he is probably already considering pardoning anybody charged in connection with this insurrection.

Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says (https://abcnews.go.com/US/armed-protests-planned-50-state-capitols-fbi-bulletin/story?id=75179771)

JFC

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/nation/it-was-like-looking-evil-capitol-attack-through-eyes-massachusetts-delegation/


As people rushed out of other buildings on the Capitol grounds, staffers in Pressley’s office barricaded the entrance with furniture and water jugs that had piled up during the pandemic. Groh pulled out gas masks and looked for the special panic buttons in the office.

“Every panic button in my office had been torn out — the whole unit,” she said, though they could come up with no rationale as to why. She had used them before and hadn’t switched offices since then. As they were escorted to several different secure locations, Groh and Pressley and her husband tried to remain calm and vigilant — not only of rioters but of officers they did not know or trust, she said.


Not gonna overreact but that's a serious question that needs to be answered. Oversight from building maintenance or intentional? I honestly think given how lax security was there might have been some coordination between Trump and people who make decisions about how much security Congress needs.

https://twitter.com/KristinMinkDC/status/1349259399404126208

Every time I see a new video from the Capitol, I feel like I shouldn't be surprised. But listen to the woman talking with the bullhorn, she knows her way around and she actually sounds annoyed at the incompetence. "If we're gonna take the building" what do you think happens if you take the Capitol while lawmakers are in session? I think LE is reserving the serious charges for after Trump is out of office so he can't do anything about it then.