Those in charge of security for the U.S. Capitol are testifying in public for the first time on Tuesday before Congress.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1361582
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1361582
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Ron Johnsonwax still insisting that Antifa was behind the riots?
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Assisted by the Black Panthers.
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The lapse of time since 1/6 has given the GOPs on the panel ample time to spin their questions away from the mob and its backers/enablers and towards inadequate preparations management.
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Just read that Josh (Hitler Pump Fist) Hawley will be one of them.
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Sund is trying to set up the GOPs narrative that the House Sgt at Arms knew and therefore Pelosi knew and therefore it is obvious Pelosi delayed him to make things worse and take advantage of it.
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We can piss around with this but let’s try cutting to the chase. Right wing authoritarians are drawn to careers in law enforcement. It gives them the power over people they lust for and impunity too. It’s ridiculous to think that isn’t the underlying reason all this went down. The folks that are supposed to stop it sympathize with it and as much as they could…allowed it to go down.
That’s it. NONE are going to fess up and America’s love of cops will prevail. Just the rubes that followed will go up the creek.
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What happened to the feed?
ETA: Weird but it is back.
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TPM: what happened between 1:09 and 1:28 that Sund is trying to cover his ass about?
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Inadequate preparations were obviously a prime contributing factor to things getting out of control. 2000 National Guard troops in full battle gear on the Capitol grounds might have dissuaded the insurrectionists. Plus it was an armed assault of government property. Why the hell permission to shoot wasn’t granted is weird. These people were no different than an ISIS brigade trying to overrun an Army barracks in Iraq. They had self identified as the enemy, traitors, and a clear and present danger to both Congresspersons, their staff, and Capitol employees and Capitol police. If being faced with armed persons making it plain they intend you severe bodily injury or death doesn’t justify permission to use weapons I don’t know what does.
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Sort of like why some women are drawn to marriage I guess.
According to CNN:
Former US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will tell lawmakers Tuesday that law enforcement was prepared for the January 6 US Capitol riots based on the intelligence it had but that intelligence did not suggest a violent, coordinated attack, which overwhelmed their forces that day.
No buying it. anyone who listened to Trump’s speech to that mob should’ve had a clue before they marched.
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Yeah, and Napoleon couldn’t imagine winter in Russia. No way to plan for that. Unpossible.
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…by white people.
Conundrum solved.
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I think someone needs to tell that asshole to STFU. What did he think was going to happen? What has always happened when these idiots bunch up for gang courage?
The Intel? Who is this guy? A fat slob in Made in China tac gear yakking about “the intel”? No he’s a professional law enforcement office. The Intel was all over social media. Cliams to do what was done.
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just started watching. Did the House S-A-A say he briefed Pelosi on Jan 4th?
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Who could have predicted that an angry mob of MAGAts publicly riled up by the President for weeks in advance of the Electoral College certification would be capable of breaching a line of sparsely-manned bike racks?
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Everyone. And they did. But they’re sympathetic to the cause…and That’s It.
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