Posted on 09/17/2021 3:12:40 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he expects to see law enforcement take a zero-tolerance approach in response to any violent behavior during a right-wing rally slated for Washington, D.C., this weekend.
The rally, in support of rioters arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is scheduled for Saturday afternoon and is expected to draw hundreds of people to the nation's capital.
“They need to take a firm line, buddy,” Graham told The New York Times of the local police presence at the event. “If anybody gets out of line, they need to whack 'em.”
The Department of Homeland Security reportedly expects about 700 people to attend the weekend rally, and crews began constructing security fencing and barriers around the Capitol complex in anticipation of the large crowd's arrival.
Local police departments and federal officials say they remain on high alert ahead of the event, dubbed "Justice for J6," which some Republican lawmakers have either not acknowledged or downplayed.
“I don’t expect a lot of people there,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told the Times. “I haven’t heard anything about it. I will not be there.”
The rally comes as some Republican leaders work to move on from the violent events of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
“Republicans want the midterms to be a referendum on Biden,” GOP strategist Alex Conant told The Hill this week. “The Democrats will want it to be about Donald Trump. It’s clear that every Democrat is going to do what Newsom did in California and try to make their own reelection about the former president.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he is confident police will be “equipped to handle” any scenario that plays out on Saturday.
Graham, once a close ally of Trump's, voted to certify President Biden's victory following the attack on the Capitol and the day after the insurrection said Trump's legacy was "tarnished" by the incident.
"The president needs to understand that his actions were the problem, not the solution," Graham said at the time. "The rally yesterday was unseemly, it got out of hand."
A “firm line”. Like with the Summer rioters?
Its going to be hysterical when only 3 people show up.
“They need to take a firm line, buddy,”
Cringe. What a weirdo. Is it possible that he doesn’t know this “rally” is a trap?
The Lady has spoken.
Given that half the crowd will be an assortment of BLM, Antifa, and FBI informants/agitators how firm should law enforcement be with their friends?
If Antifa thugs in red MAGA caps show up, just yell "FBI IS HERE", "FBI IS HERE!!!"
That would agitate the heck out of them, hehehe.
“Its going to be hysterical when only 3 people show up”.
That’s for sure. It might not even be 3.
They need to put on some sort of show...
linda establishing her credentials because, like antifa's antics, there are violent
right wing rebels behind every light post.
Anyone wearing clothing in support of President Trump is a suspected right wing
terrorist, bent on violence.
Lindsey Graham: Police need ‘to take a firm line’ with Sept. 18 rally attendees
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voters need ‘to take a firm line’ with Lindsey Graham
Lindsey should don his riot gear and get out there on the front lines to stop this.
The hard bigotry of high expectations.
FBI goons will try to make patriots look bad for uninformed watching CNN, death gripping coffee, and saying “oh my gosh, something must be done”
After the September 18th riot:
Pelosi: “The rioters have been dealt with as is appropriate. Unfortunately, quite a few of them were shot.”
FBI: “Pelosi, you idiot! You just massacred our newest class of agents! That was their field work graduation exercise!”
Was the Jan 6 protest the one where stores were burned and looted?
Just go away Karen.
LOL
But possible..
I hope it is better organized than January 6. Trump did not organize January 6. I think a group called women for trump did but they did nothing for up around the Capitol. There were more than 200,000 people at the ellipse where the rally was held.
People who consume only the propaganda media or no news at all have no idea about the 200,000 people who gathered to support Trump. They think the only thing that happened was the “insurrection” at the capital building.
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