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BarbD

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49. Not only a special commission is needed --

Thu Feb 25, 2021, 12:37 PM

Feb 2021

But, every relevant Congressional Committee should investigate.

I must admit to being rather naive in never considering a coup attempt. However, watching these thugs storm the Capitol on January 6th, and then simply walk away while remembering the over the top reaction to BLM protests, I was in a state of disbelief.

We have a long way to go before we can have any semblance of order.

Now, even this 83 year old great grandmother has come to the obvious conclusion that January 6th was well planned with many in power complicit. The only reason it didn't succeed is that the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, QAnon etc. were not up to the task.

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The Capitol Building Was Left Un-Defended On Purpose - Who Will Be The First To Say It? [View all] DanieRains Feb 2021 OP

Rec 1,000,000! choie Feb 2021 #1

Well, we can't know who was the first to make this accusation on January 6, Hortensis Feb 2021 #48

I want the testimony of the national guard guy who said bad optics Walleye Feb 2021 #2

And when the trail leads back to Trump, he should be charge$ criminally Kyblue1 Feb 2021 #3

Absolutely Rebl2 Feb 2021 #12

That appears to have been either michael flynn's brother or trump toady chris miller. niyad Feb 2021 #23

Yeah, I'd guess high-level underlings who wanted to make sure calimary Feb 2021 #39

Yep. No doubt about it. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #4

They made shirts saying CIVIL WAR January 6. Grasswire2 Feb 2021 #5

There have been vague comments about civil war in the hinterlands for months. pazzyanne Feb 2021 #15

Insurrectionist themed Tee-shirts is a cottage industry among their camp follower groupies. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #44

RePutin gas lighting is infuriating poli-junkie Feb 2021 #6

THIS malaise Feb 2021 #7

Of course it was, Butterflylady Feb 2021 #8

Remember those days and weeks wnylib Feb 2021 #55

Time Line PaulnFortWorth Feb 2021 #57

GQP probably told the people who resigned not to admit culpability lindysalsagal Feb 2021 #9

Oh, it was worse than undefended. It was partially defended. So Oldem Feb 2021 #10

But planned by who? Because it certainly made trump look terrible. oldsoftie Feb 2021 #11

trump's not exactly a "think ahead" sort flibbitygiblets Feb 2021 #30

Republican's were willing to overthrow yuiyoshida Feb 2021 #13

The serious portent of this is overlooked Alpeduez21 Feb 2021 #18

The worse thing about is that they yuiyoshida Feb 2021 #35

If Trump (and his minions) don't go to prison, we may not survive as a nation. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #38

Only tRump would have any interest in leaving it unguarded Blue Owl Feb 2021 #14

Yes PatSeg Feb 2021 #42

The "unspoken truth"...it will come out ashredux Feb 2021 #16

You just did. Corgigal Feb 2021 #17

K&R smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #19

I did that day! LittleGirl Feb 2021 #20

Many of us have been saying it from the 6th IronLionZion Feb 2021 #21

Amen. Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #22

It's so obvious that I wonder at the inability of the press to say it. dchill Feb 2021 #24

And you know, they don't even have to say it definitively PatSeg Feb 2021 #46

Agree. Stand down in code. K&R x 1000! Evolve Dammit Feb 2021 #25

absolutely........ Takket Feb 2021 #26

Oh, Hell Yes ybbor Feb 2021 #27

The GQP is trying to do an apples/oranges thing BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #28

when are we going to say trump did it? AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 #29

You nailed it. It's a miracle there weren't more Congressional deaths. (nt) Paladin Feb 2021 #31

That is for sure PatSeg Feb 2021 #47

I have bern saying this since 1/7/21 apnu Feb 2021 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Feb 2021 #33

Who are you claiming left it undefended? brooklynite Feb 2021 #34

So it was Pelosi?? Yeah right. triron Feb 2021 #41

The OP claims a purposeful choice was made... brooklynite Feb 2021 #50

Now you have names. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2021 #52

tRump, Miller, Sund, Lewandowski, .... "allowed no helmets, no body armor, no weapons, no arrests" Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2021 #51

Exactly. Mike Niendorff Feb 2021 #36

It's been obvious since January 6th. I don't know why it's so hard for our leaders to just say it. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #37

And ordered so by Trump. But the media to say this? Sigh. triron Feb 2021 #40

Mainstream media was tweeting about VIOLENT THREATS at least the day before Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2021 #43

EXACTLY seta1950 Feb 2021 #45

Not only a special commission is needed -- BarbD Feb 2021 #49

I've been preaching that sentiment since day one. The first videos and the subsequent Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #53

The only other choice is massive incompetence on the part of MANY officials. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #54

Exactly! I'm not sure why it's still so hard for some people ecstatic Feb 2021 #56