First off, I'll tell you a little story.
Some years ago, my wife, her son, and I flew to Washington DC to visit my stepdaughter and her boyfriend. While there, we of course took the opportunity to sightsee in the government district. At one point during our car tour, my daughter's boyfriend, who was driving, mistakenly turned down a restricted bystreet near the capital building. Immediately, our car was surrounded by a squad of armed capital officers who had swarmed out of nowhere, weapons at ready. A young couple, their middle-aged parents, and a small boy cannot have appeared to be very much of a threat, and yet one never knows. The police were doing their job just as they should.
How then does it happen that a violent mob can march unmolested on the capital building, burst in through doors and windows, alternately trash the inner premises and take selfies, climb the walls, raise Confederate flags in the face of the law enforcement presence of all of DC? How does it happen that only a handful of these folks were arrested? How does it happen that when they were finished with their fun, they simply walked away? And how is it that police officers have been recorded taking selfies with mob members. How is it that video seems to show officers simply opening the road barriers for the insurgents?
Well, these are the questions that are now being asked by congress members and authorities, and rightly so. There is certainly the appearance that this was, at least to some extent, an inside job, a cooperative effort between the insurgents, the police, and even certain members of congress--and that's something that needs to be gotten to the bottom of straightaway!
At the same time, many news broadcasts and newspaper commentaries have pointed out the glaring disparity between police reaction to the BLM movement and police reaction to the invasion of the capital by these white insurgents. One need say no more, for what is painfully obvious is simply that--painfully obvious.
The good news is that morons will be morons, and so in keeping with their nature, these particular morons have filmed themselves inside the capital building, outside the capital building, climbing the walls of the capital building, destroying property, assaulting officers, and have even posted photos and videos to their social media accounts. Shouldn't be hard to find and arrest these "patriots".
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Some of them are about as stupid as you can get. They did interviews today! One cannot make this up.
This makes watergate look like a minor transgression. And yet, Trump will survive impeachment because the republicans wont want to embarrass themselves by convicting him. Twelve dangerous days left....
Mb--Well sure. And take a look at some of these people he "loves". How about the guy sporting an 'Auswchwitz' tee-shirt? How about the guy with the shirt that says 'Six million was not enough'? Fine people, right?
Anonymous--Yes, you're probably right. Nonetheless, I hope they go ahead with the impeachment just as a matter of moral integrity.
I watched it unfold. All the way to the end of the confirmation vote. It was a coup attempt that failed. Hostages were going to be taken. Bombs detonated. If they weren’t such amateurs it would have been a massacre. To say the security forces were “unprepared” is naive. I don’t believe it’s over yet. The enablers are still protecting the mad king. He has revealed his true nature - he is fascist, he is them. There is no difference. He must be impeached, even knowing he will not be convicted. Let the enablers, the excusers, the deniers, the liars stand with him now so that we will know their names forever.
Anonymous--Yes, I agree. And it was a lot worse than much of what we have been seeing on the photos and videos that are commonly being shown. Other films showing violent acts and chants are just now coming out, for some reason, as is news of various physical attacks on people, including women, and plans to hang the Vice President and handcuff selected members of the senate.
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