We hear about the "hero" Capital police acting as a personal protection unit. We know that the 2 officers engaged and neutralized the threat.
But..
The shooter apparently had been shooting for minutes before being engaged.
So that leaves the obvious question; where were these two when the situation started?
My guess is in the car, playing on their phones while practice went on.
Now, we have to ask how serious these hero AA types were to defending a bunch of Republicans. Not so much, it seems. Until they had to and even then it seems their skills were lacking.
The cold hard fact is that they failed in their jobs.
Their job was to protect the Congressman, and they failed.
I know that everyone wants to go back to their warm, fuzzy safe place, but the truth is the truth.
The bodyguards failed to do their jobs.
I thought that too. He fired 60+ rounds - I think I could have found decent cover and gotten a few rounds off before that much time elapsed, especially if it was my damned job.
FWIW... I had heard that the two “heroes” had been a ways off chit-chatting by a car or something.
It took them a while — too long — to figure out what was going on. Only heard that once, on the day it happened.