A note - multiple people warned that going to DC in THAT DAY was a trap. Posters on FR were mocked for that stance.
But people still went. And then stupidly entered buildings without apparently anyone asking Capital Police “Hey, is it okay to go in here?” AND record that interaction. Because if such an interaction had been recorded by anyone that entered buildings, you know it would be posted far and wide. But nothing. Or they were told they could not legally enter.
FedGov is going to work to identify every last person who entered buildings at the Capital that day that were normally closed. And work to prosecute every one.
Just utter stupidity on the part of people who entered those buildings.
“Just utter stupidity on the part of people who entered those buildings.”
I totally disagree that participants were stupid. They were led to believe that the Capitol doors would open and they would be able to enter peacefully. I saw policemen open the doors and motion for people to enter in a line - and so they did, There was no shoving; they just filed in with the policeman calmly motioning for them to enter; they followed his directions. I watched for many hours life coverage of the hundreds gathered outside the Capitol, waiting to enter and then entering. They were orderly as orderly can be. Families, clean-up fathers and kids, seniors, etc. Everyone I saw looked like middle America. They clearly felt strongly enough about the well=documented evidence of election tampering to prevent President Trump’s continuing in office that they made their way to D.C. to stand up for America. It was cold, there was believed to be Covid in the air, making participation even more a principled act. Tens of thousands more of regular folks would have been there, had it been normal times. There is no doubt in my mind that the few who misbehaved were an inside set-up. The prosecution and persecution of Americans that has followed is nauseating. I am convinced that this show trial was and is intended to dissuade people from every participating in a peaceful protest ever again, so that the Marxist take-over of the U.S. can proceed unfettered in this four year period.
You sound vaccinated. And boosted.
There are videos of Capitol Police basically inviting people in through open unlocked doors, doing nothing to stop it. Do you really think in the wake of 9/11 they couldn’t have shut and locked the doors, proof against opening without serious tools?
This was totally a setup.
McCarthy needs to release the videos.