Posted on 04/10/2021 9:51:17 AM PDT by John W
WASHINGTON (AP) — From a secure room in the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, Vice President Mike Pence tried to assert control. In an urgent phone call to the acting defense secretary, he issued a startling demand.
“Clear the Capitol,” Pence said.
Elsewhere in the building, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were making a similarly dire appeal to military leaders, asking the Army to deploy the National Guard.
These new details about the deadly riot are contained in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use that was obtained by The Associated Press and vetted by current and former government officials.
The timeline adds another layer of understanding about the state of fear and panic while the insurrection played out, and lays bare the inaction by then-President Donald Trump and how that void contributed to a slowed response by the military and law enforcement. It shows that the intelligence missteps, tactical errors and bureaucratic delays were eclipsed by the government’s failure to comprehend the scale and intensity of a violent uprising by its own citizens.
With Trump not engaged, it fell to Pentagon officials, a handful of senior White House aides, the leaders of Congress and the vice president holed up in a secure bunker to manage the chaos.
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THERE is something the AP could be looking for— fat chance.
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AP = Always Propaganda.
The filthy traitor coward is now on a reputation remolding tour now, huh? He was the four year leaker to the press of everything that would hurt Trump. He is scum.
After Pence failed to uphold the oath of office that day, I will never vote for him for even so much as a manure mixer at a hog farm.
Deadly riot? The only death that resulted (that was not natural) was the murder of Ashli Babbitt by a coward employed by someone in the Capitol who had no control over his weapon. The worthless little coward can’t even man up enough to show his face.
I don’t think Pence ever had any intention of running for President.
Wow, need rubber boots for this article because the manure is deep.
Yes I have a crack in my truck windshield.
The longer they have away from January 6th...the longer thru have to make stuff up.
Wow... it took three AP writers to barf forth this splattering of lies, misrepresentations and other crap.
President Trump was still giving his speech when they entered the Capitol. He didn’t even know what was going on down the road. It’s not his fault Pelosi refused his offer of National Guard troops that day. At this point, after all that has happened, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pence was in on it.
I will never forgive, or forget. The GOP is dead to me. It pains me to see President Trump associating with them. The GOP is not redeemable.
That happened on January 6th.
Nor would I. It was a set up from the gitgo. The Trump supporters walked into a buffalo jump and they were the buffalo.
But he's such a humble p*ssy.
I remember, during the 2016 campaign, that p*ssy I mean Pence, would repeatedly say how humbled he was to be selected as candidate for VP.
I knew then, that panty waist pence was a light weight.
Don't forget, there were plenty of Republicans like Rand Paul, and others who voted to certify a potato, and allow unlimited voter fraud. Now those same Repukes claim to be so abhorred at the actions of Biden, when they knowingly voted for it on January 6th. They're all a bunch of phonies.
So it was a coup. Pence took command of the armed forces. It was done with approval of Pelosi and McConnell.
Trump was deposed in a stealth 25th, his cabinet mostly left. He was told to basically shut up and not to make any moves they didn’t approve first. O Snowden or Assange pardons. No military orders. No interfering with the 2 divisions moving into DC.
He was told if he did he could depart in relative peace. Otherwise they would remove him in a day and prosecute.
Pence seized power illegally.
“as rioters pummeled police”
Does AP just pull this crap out of thin air? The police served as tour guides, hardly getting pummeled. Unless, of course, they had a pre-existing condition.
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Well Said!
That Goes For Me Too
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