Storming Of The Capitol Building

[Belsnickel]

(01-08-2021, 05:47 PM)GMDino Wrote: Any thoughts on this pushing DC statehood forward a bit?

They could have had the National Guard ready and without waiting for Pence to send them in after Trump wouldn't (reportedly).

I don't know if it will push DC statehood forward or not. It may result in some changes to the structure, though.

I do want to touch on that second part for a moment, though. As much as I think the ARNG should have been on the scene and despise Trump's delay in sending them, if that story is true that Pence gave that authorization then we have a serious question on our hands. Pence does not have that authority, and that is a huge breach of protocol if that rumor is true.

(01-08-2021, 05:57 PM)BrownAssClown Wrote: Point taken. I guess what I'm saying is if BLM or Antifa, were to plan on marching down to the Capitol, they would've dealt with much more resistance, well at least in my opinion. I am just not buying "We were caught with our pants down" argument. BTW Bels, I'm not accusing you of making that argument and thank you for schooling me on who was in charge of security. I just find it odd, well scary maybe a better term, that our country was not prepared for what a lot of us saw coming with the current political climate we are in.

Yeah, I am highly skeptical of this. Every time I see them saying "we had no idea" I can't help but call bullshit. It was all over the internet leading up to that day. These people weren't hiding their plans. Parler, Twitter, Gab, Facebook, Reddit, all of these sites are filled with these ******** saying they planned to do this. Our intelligence agencies aren't stupid. They had this information, and you know they offered it to the Capitol Police. For some reason, though, they chose to ignore the massive warning signs and refused the assistance of other federal agencies. Whether it was incompetence, hubris, or complicity, I don't know, but those are the three possibilities.