Raheem J. Kassam
@RaheemKassam
While I am obviously pleased Republican members are now discussing Pelosi’s culpability vis Jan 6th, I sure wish they had listened to me back on… Jan 11th when I was making those points:
“Incitement” Timeline Debunked As Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Pelosi, McConnell’s Sergeants-At-Arms Refused Security Measures
https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1420000253386936321
I wish they had too. But it was covered up.
Congressman Reveals What He Said and Did to Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt
C-Span is going to be running a series on the Capitol riot with interviews from 14 different members of Congress.
They’re literally trying to stretch it out like it’s a TV series. I wonder if they have one for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and what she went through in her office a quarter of a mile away?
The first clip that I’ve seen involves an interview with Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK). He explains how he hugged the Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt and told him that he “did what he had to.”
CSPAN
@cspan
.@RepMullin on police officer who fatally shot woman in Capitol on January 6th: “After it happened, he came over. He was physically and emotionally distraught. I actually gave him a hug and I said, ‘sir, you did what you had to do.’”
From a legal and factual point of view, there are big problems with that statement that he “did what he had to.” ...