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WATCH: Townhall's Frontline Video of the Capitol Building Riot
Townhall.com ^ | January 11, 2021 | Julio Rosas

Posted on 01/11/2021 7:33:22 AM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 01/11/2021 7:33:22 AM PST by Kaslin
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What a relief, antifa and blm were nowhere to be seen. (/sarc).
A spontaneous riot by Trump supporters, of course, those darned Trump supporters always riot, burn and destroy.


2 posted on 01/11/2021 7:42:31 AM PST by Hulka ( )
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One thing I haven’t seen anywhere....
The riot at the capital building started almost immediately after the President finished speaking - meaning, the people who started it weren’t present in the Ellipse when the speech was finished. -— They could not have been ‘incited’ by the President.


3 posted on 01/11/2021 7:45:15 AM PST by Outlaw76 (...)
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Projectiles were thrown at officers, mace and bear spray were heavily used from both sides.....a mob ran off reporters and destroyed camera equipment.

Who does these things? Trump supporters, or antifa/blm?

4 posted on 01/11/2021 7:56:02 AM PST by jimtorr
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The douchebag at the 3-minute mark pushing his buddy into the cop from behind. Shortly after the ensuing melee, he is seen reeling from a face full of mace. Idiot...


5 posted on 01/11/2021 7:56:25 AM PST by Hatteras
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Disheartening video but ultimately what decent people can be driven to when freedom is stolen from them. I know that I was really hoping that something very, very significant (like live witness testimony from someone deeply involved who had turned, something that congress could not ignore) was going to be revealed at this rally. Just didn’t make sense to call for a lot of angry patriots to come and say it would be wild without anything new.


6 posted on 01/11/2021 7:57:51 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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Pelosi needed the riot to happen in order to shutdown debate and testimony from EVER being heard in Congress....IMHO.


7 posted on 01/11/2021 8:11:36 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty
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To: Outlaw76

I spoke with a local woman who attended the Wednesday rally - a well respected business woman. She said where she was the crowd were mostly middle-aged men and woman with a number of families with children. It was a well behaved crowd in good spirits and she saw none of the dark clothed, helmeted people she later saw on video. The whole area was packed with Trump supporters as far as the eye could see. After the speeches they all turned to walk to the Capital where they were to gather on the North lawn where she expected more speeches, and singing. As she approached the Capital she saw the dark-clothed crowd of people rushing the Capital, ripping away the barricades and she could tell it would not end well. She said at that point she and most all near her returned to their hotels and watched on TV.


8 posted on 01/11/2021 8:11:59 AM PST by elpadre
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To: bramps
Just didn’t make sense to call for a lot of angry patriots to come and say it would be wild without anything new.


Agreed. There are many things that did not make sense before, and after this debacle.

Why the attempt by the media, democrats, DOJ etc., to steamroll the American people with "there was no evidence of election fraud of the magnitude that would have changed the outcome of the election"? Disinformation campaign. Election fraud investigation takes time.

No legal mechanism to address potential areas of election fraud, before or after the election

Stonewalling and obfuscation by election officials

I do not condone any violence. It was also terrible what congress was doing: certifying fraudulent election results.

9 posted on 01/11/2021 8:16:01 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (I do not regret my decision to cut all ties with Fox News. )
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To: Kaslin

Was this guy there for a protest or was he there for a riot. Just because some antifa member breaks through a police barricade doesn’t mean you have to follow him through it.


10 posted on 01/11/2021 8:24:19 AM PST by nagant
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I left the west side of the Capitol at 1:00 and fences were up. I was on the east side of the Capitol when the President finished his speech. Three minutes later I was walking to the west side and started hearing flash bangs and seeing downed fencing. No way people from that ellipse crowd started the problem.

By 1pm the Capitol police chief was calling for reinforcements. Trump had not even finished his speech (1:11). Trump was about 35 minutes late starting his speech and the planned incursion was set for a certain time, so as to disrupt the count. The agitators went ahead anyway, because their schedule was tied to disrupting the voting.

The reps had just retired to consider the Arizona objection when all hell broke loose. I will never believe this was not coordinated by Pelosi. These stupid talking points about insurrection are idiocy.

There were probably about a busload of Antifa types who led unaware Trump supporters into the Capitol after police opened the gates and doors. While there was probably chaos inside, outside was millions of people watching, even picnicing on the grassy hill.


11 posted on 01/11/2021 8:26:37 AM PST by Savage Rider
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At 3:08 when you see the two burly men in light blue, look on the left at the guy wearing a black hat on top of a red hat.

A picture is worth a thousand words ...


12 posted on 01/11/2021 8:30:08 AM PST by RideForever (We were born to be tested)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Heh...

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13 posted on 01/11/2021 8:37:47 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Notice: The helmets, masks, tinted glasses, goggles, face masks, gas masks and spray paint.

These are ANTIFA and BLM, not MAGA.

The DC police knew in advance, and congressional security did zip to prepare, when congressional security answers to Pelosi and McConnell. This was a set up to stop the testimony from going forward, plain and simple.

14 posted on 01/11/2021 8:46:05 AM PST by Widget Jr
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The DC police knew in advance, and congressional security did zip to prepare, when congressional security answers to Pelosi and McConnell. This was a set up to stop the testimony from going forward, plain and simple.

Sure appears to be very odd set of events.

15 posted on 01/11/2021 9:03:25 AM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Eagle of Liberty

Pelosi needed the riot to happen in order to shutdown debate and testimony from EVER being heard in Congress....IMHO

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Makes more sense than anything else.


16 posted on 01/11/2021 9:05:24 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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Very ugly.


17 posted on 01/11/2021 9:07:26 AM PST by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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I blame those who took the bait and made us all look bad. Now anyone who doesn’t publicly espouse Dem talking points will be targeted. A true Reichstag fire.


18 posted on 01/11/2021 9:09:18 AM PST by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Outlaw76
12:40 BLM Antifa arrive at Capital with a few thousand MAGA who thought they were part of the group. This timing confirmed by Capital Police. It's about a 30 min walk from the Ellipse. So they left around 12:00. Before Trump started his speech.

12:55 Capital building is breached.

1:10 Trump finishes his speech.

A million MAGA begin to walk over to Capital.

19 posted on 01/11/2021 9:19:30 AM PST by ethical
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And your reporter was wearing his “ballistic vest.” Did he have a big “PRESS” sign on his hat?


20 posted on 01/11/2021 9:30:07 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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