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Mitch McConnell slams ‘shocking failures’ of security at US Capitol
nypost ^ | 01/07/2021 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 01/07/2021 12:12:24 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s concerned about the “shocking failures” of security at the Capitol, when a mob of President Trump’s supporters was able to break into the premises in an attempt to halt certification of Trump’s re-election defeat.

“The ultimate blame for yesterday lies with the unhinged criminals who broke down doors, trampled our nation’s flag, fought with law enforcement, and tried to disrupt our democracy, and with those who incited them,” McConnell said.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: capitol; gopshockingfailure; mcconnell; security; slams
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Those unhinged people are those who voted for you mitch.


21 posted on 01/07/2021 12:28:22 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fair enough. What I want to know is what McConnell is going to do to identify Ashli’s shooter and bring him to justice?


22 posted on 01/07/2021 12:29:24 PM PST by plain talk
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To: JayAr36

what? you dont think that COVID is going to be spread among them with them being so tight together in their undisclosed loction??/

That Baked Alaska dude is positive for Covid 19 and had no mask on....so there is just one spreader right there


23 posted on 01/07/2021 12:31:07 PM PST by RummyChick (I do not advocate laying siege on the Capitol. Keep me off that list.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They will investigate this and they should, but no investigation of the election.


24 posted on 01/07/2021 12:31:50 PM PST by volunbeer (Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
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To: sergeantdave

“Another example showing that the deep state is incredibly inept at security and intelligence. And this was in the deep state’s front yard.”

And all the bad actors in the world saw that.


25 posted on 01/07/2021 12:32:05 PM PST by Texas resident (Biden is China's bitch)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It was deliberate.


26 posted on 01/07/2021 12:32:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All
I still accept the possibility that the corrupt, pro-Biden Congress staged the violent "Trump" protestors with Antifa people.

Insights welcome.

27 posted on 01/07/2021 12:39:06 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: CatOwner

“There you have it. At least 90% of DC is against the patriots. Any thoughts of the military or the police supporting conservatives is probably gone now.”

I always thought the military would split 50/50, and LE would split along similar lines but based on location (city LE would probably split 15/85 in favor of the lefties, but rural LE and sheriff’s departments would probably go 60/40 in favor of conservatives. Now, I have my doubts.


28 posted on 01/07/2021 12:43:08 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McConnell, you incited the mob with your easy acceptance of criminal election fraud.


29 posted on 01/07/2021 12:43:54 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (RISE UP O MEN OF GOD. BE DONE WITH LESSER THINGS.)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Hey Mitch,

Maybe they don’t like you and deliberately allowed this to happen.


30 posted on 01/07/2021 12:44:52 PM PST by RBW in PA
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To: RummyChick

I think she just wanted them off camera and didn’t care that they were actually crowded. It was hard to understand her through the mask, but I even think she said at one point that she was just doing it as an example to the public.


31 posted on 01/07/2021 12:45:55 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s only shocking that he pretends to know it wasn’t staged for this result. The only thing they didn’t get (that they wanted) was an armed Trump supporter shooting someone.

What they did get was a martyr.

Say her name.

Ashli Babbitt.


32 posted on 01/07/2021 12:46:32 PM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All other issues aside, I hope these members of Congress now understand what it feels like to be an honest, law-abiding business owner in Minneapolis, Portland, or Kenosha whose business establishment is burned to the group by a bunch of mutants and misfits.


33 posted on 01/07/2021 12:50:50 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So after failing to protect us from violent criminals the last several years, our congress critters didn’t feel safe? Welcome to my world Mitch! If you allow violence outside of your gated communities, please don’t act so scandalized when it overflows into your safe spaces. And by the way, Mitch - not sure you could even call this violent, except how that young lady was violently gunned down.


34 posted on 01/07/2021 12:51:16 PM PST by mr_griz (Someday we'll have a KING who rules with real justice, compassion & concern for his subjects - JESUS)
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To: mewzilla
Deep State left the doors unsecured.

There's video of the Capital Police opening up the barriers and welcoming them in. There are selfies taken inside with the Capital Police.

35 posted on 01/07/2021 12:57:54 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: mewzilla

Yes, I think this was a trap. Hindsight is always 20/20, but our side should not have broken through barriers or entered buildings. It would have been better to go Gandhi and stage a sit-in in front of the building and in the streets.


36 posted on 01/07/2021 1:06:05 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. Romans 11:29)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

37 posted on 01/07/2021 1:17:48 PM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Was he describing ANTIFA? Oh wait...


38 posted on 01/07/2021 3:13:12 PM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Crazy, so Mitch is not in the loop on his House’s security? LOL


39 posted on 01/07/2021 3:45:58 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The more he opens his mouth, the more he proves he is completely out of touch with the base of the party. He clearly doesn’t understand the anger out there nor that this is not just another problem that will be solved by the decades old lie from these RHINOs to “just give us both houses of Congress and the Presidency” and watch what we will do for conservatism.


40 posted on 01/07/2021 4:20:40 PM PST by falcon99 (qu)
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