Terrorists break into US Capitol Building

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Originally Posted by Parkbandit

Either Mayor Bowser is completely incompetent and has no idea what she is doing..

Or she wanted this to happen.

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To what end? To get em all on camera breaking laws? Seems like a lot of trouble just to slap some idiots with misdemeanors. Perhaps the point was to allow DT to show the world who he is to the core, one more time. But that can't be it. Can it?

It seems like this had to have been the plan. I just don't see the gain, really.

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Originally Posted by Gelston

She has said this is false in the press conference when asked about it just minutes ago.

Not only that, here is a story from yesterday that says that is false.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/polit...sts/index.html

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Thank you for that fact check. My fault for taking second hand information.

Apparently this was confusion based on the DC Council's press statement that a request by the Major to have the DCNG's role expanded so it could protect the Capitol building was denied. It looks like there was just a big set of jurisdictional issues that delayed everything. But, to your point, her original request was actually approved by the DoD.

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Originally Posted by Archigeek

As a point of clarity, the Capital Police is a federal police force, and isn't the same as the DC police. Obviously they coordinate together, but the Capital Police is a sizeable police force of its own, and weren't prepared. Arguably neither was prepared, and it's hard to imagine how they couldn't see this coming.

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Perhaps not unprepared, but following orders, as a result of lots of pre "the 6th" JTTF meetings in DC these last few weeks.

I do know the National Guard was deployed unarmed yesterday. It surprised me when I read it but then I thought maybe thats better anyway. They sure as hell weren't unarmed when BLM protested over the summer. Now THAT is a double standard.

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Originally Posted by Back

I do know the National Guard was deployed unarmed yesterday. It surprised me when I read it but then I thought maybe thats better anyway. They sure as hell weren't unarmed when BLM protested over the summer. Now THAT is a double standard.

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The National Guard was unarmed then too. Federal Police agencies were armed.

Oh, look. Back was wrong, again.

Anyways, if this is what the Electoral College vote day is like, I am not looking forward to Inauguration Day.

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Originally Posted by Parkbandit

Either Mayor Bowser is completely incompetent and has no idea what she is doing..

Or she wanted this to happen.

There is no way that they shouldn't have been completely prepared for this. They have protests in DC all the time.

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Oh look, another round of the "Anyone but Trump" blame game!

This is all on Trump and the people who supported him- including the 100+ GOP Congresspeople who gave all of his conspiracy theories oxygen with their BS planned objections.

Trump set all of this into motion intentionally. This is what he wanted. Which is why he refuses to come out forcibly to stop it.

And you know it.

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Originally Posted by time4fun

Oh look, another round of the "Anyone but Trump" blame game!

This is all on Trump and the people who supported him- including the 100+ GOP Congresspeople who gave all of his conspiracy theories oxygen with their BS planned objections.

Trump set all of this into motion intentionally. This is what he wanted. Which is why he refuses to come out forcibly to stop it.

And you know it.

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Not having the proper assets in place to protect the US Capitol is 100% on her.

Is this a surprise to anyone? A President openly inciting invasion of ths Capital building meant to disrupt Congress from exercising its Constitutional duties. Mitt Romney told the press today that the President attempted a coup and he's right. This was an attempted and failed insurrection.

Looking back to Ammon Bundy occupying the federal building in Idaho, the rioters in Seattle, Portland and across the country.. This isn't how you provoke change and it sure as shit shouldn't be instigated by an outgoing President.

Trump's just firing up real-life trolls for his own amusement and gain, with no care for the consequences. Words have consequences. Lies have consequences. It's shameful and baffling that it takes a riot at the US Capital to show that.