If Congress doesnāt reconvene today to impeach, itās a dereliction of duty and theyāve failed the country.
I donāt care how practical it is, or whether itāll go anywhere. I donāt care how much time is left in his term.
I wrote my congress-critters, but itās spitting into the wind.
Thrag
1758
I hope the police wake up and are prepared for the armed terrorists that you can be sure are emboldened and already planning for inauguration day.
ShivaX
1759
I donāt think Iāve seen him this angry. And Iāve seen him very angry lately.
Yeah heās been on one latelyā¦he used to be so reserved.
ShivaX
1761
He believes in the Rule of Law and seeing it destroyed understandably gets him a little riled up.
āThis is the most direct attack on our capital (Capitol?) since 1814.ā
If he meant ācapitalā then Jubal Early is spinning in his grave!
Daagar
1763
Thatās making an assumption they want to prevent something. Didnāt really seem to be the case yesterday.
antlers
1764
Really a spectacular demonstration both of failure of imagination and institutional bias. It is very much because the people gathering for the protest were white, were not protesting police misconduct, and were there to be addressed by the President the Capitol Police assumed that it would be just another modestly-sized demonstration of the type they manage many times every year. They completely ignored the incendiary nature of the Presidentās remarks leading up to the demonstration as well as the professed goals of the demonstrators themselves-- factors that caused many others to foresee exactly the sort of chaos that occurred. Why did the management of the Hotel Harrington do a better job in planning for the occasion than the Capitol Police?
Teiman
1765
I feel really sad for the unnecesary dead of this lady. At the same time, I think protecting the lives on these inside the building against a mob was reason enough to aim a gun at the attackers, and the shot. And who radicalized this group of people? Trump and the Republican party, and the medie feeding them lies for money. Media that is often a tool by the billonaries to influence policy.
Have good mercy of his soul, poor woman :(
In terms of police presence and what happened because of it, you only have to look back as far as the BLM protests last year to quickly understand how big of a difference there was in the security measures in place yesterday vs. those in place for other large social and political protests in the D.C. metro area. In fact, CNN has a nice summary of it here:
There needs to be an investigation as to how exactly the Capital Police and federal agencies knew for weeks leading up to yesterday that MAGA World was riled up and planning to get crazy in support of their leader on January 6th, and yet the security presence was basically designed around a much smaller than expected crowd with seemingly little expectation of violence. This was the security force they put out for something like the Right to Life March, basically there to keep wandering people out of secure areas and assist in the event of a medical emergency or petty crimes. If they had deployed a force even half the size of what they deployed for the BLM protests, Million Man March, etcā¦yesterday would likely not have unfolded the way it did.
Thatās the crazy thing. Thereās TONS of cops all over goddamn DC right now. Park Police out in force especially. Because of the upcoming inauguration.
Andā¦thatās the thing they know how to secure, because the Secret Service isnāt going to take chances. When they lock down that DC area in and around the mall in about five days, it is locked down.
Also and again:
DC during the BLM protests: DC metro police.
Yesterday: Capitol Police and Park police.
I was surprised they took it as far as they did. March, sure. I expected a lot of milling around and some shouting, but I never thought theyād break into the capitol building.
Of course I expected a stronger police presence, too.
I feel the same way. But, as it turns out, the current House and Senate rules for impeachment would make the effort impossible in the time remaining, so first they would have to revise the rules in both chambers. I think they should do that, but I imagine it would take days to agree on those rules, even assuming you had Republicans in the Senate on board.
How soon can Warnock and Ossoff be sworn in? I guess not until Georgia certifies the results?
Having the President actually tell them: āWeāre going to the Capitol now. Iām going to walk with you.ā And then telling them that they had to fight to take their country backā¦wellā¦
If there was one thing Capitol Police didnāt plan on it is this: in the moments before rioters rushed the barricades, those rioters were told to do so by the sitting president of the United States.
Yes, I didnāt expect Trump to do that as well.
Thrag
1773
Trump announced the march on the Capitol right at the start of a long airing of grievances. They had at least an hour if not two (the speech seemed to last forever) to prepare.
I should add, he lied and said heād march with them. He of course instead got in an SUV back to the white house to watch the fire he started.
Not only that, but the insurrectionists have been planning violent protest for weeks, in public. Thereās really no reasonable excuse for not being prepared for something to go down.
