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'We gave you guys guns, and you should have used them': Lindsey Graham called for cops to KILL January 6 rioters as they stormed the US Capitol, book reveals
Daily Mail ^ | October 10, 2020 | Alastair Talbot

Posted on 10/10/2022 10:42:43 AM PDT by Perseverando

Ex-DC and Capitol cop Michael Fanone said Graham spoke to him in May 2021

Both men were in a meeting involving Republican support for an investigation into the January 6 insurrection

Fanone told Graham that Capitol law enforcement officials have to abide by certain rules preventing them from using assault weapons in certain situations

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and the family of Brian Sicknick, who was a cop killed a day after last year's riots, were also present during the meeting

The conversation occurred just four months after the Capitol was under attack

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham once told an ex-Capitol police officer who was badly injured in the January 6 insurrection that he should have used his gun to shoot Trump supporters who were rioting in the head, a new memoir reveals.

Michael Fanone, who used to work for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from 2001 until 2021, said the South Carolina politician offered his two cents on the situation when they first met in May 2021 - four months after the attack.

'You guys should have shot them all in the head,' recalled Fanone in his memoir 'Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul,' which is set for publication on October 11. 'We gave you guys guns, and you should have used them. I don’t understand why that didn’t happen.'

The former police officer then told Graham that law enforcement officials employed at the Capitol have to abide certain rules preventing them from using weapons of deadly force on crowds.

Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and the family of Brian Sicknick, who was a cop killed a day after last year's riots, were also present during the meeting.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Alaska; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: alaska; banglist; j6; january6th; kellytshibaka; lindagraham; lindseygraham; lisamurkowski
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Linda is despicable!
1 posted on 10/10/2022 10:42:43 AM PDT by Perseverando
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To: Perseverando

After 2 years of riots and cities burning, they finally want to shoot protesters who are doing to them what they allowed to be done to us.


3 posted on 10/10/2022 10:46:07 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Levy78

When will the people of SC wake up and stop being conned by this RINO con-lady and primary him out. The people of Wyoming had enough of Liz Cheney, so when will SC have enough of Linda Graham?


4 posted on 10/10/2022 10:47:13 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Perseverando

Yeah, but half the crowd was feds from the DOJ. Kinda hard to not shoot the command and control agents dressed as Joe Sixpack with bull horn.


5 posted on 10/10/2022 10:48:02 AM PDT by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Blue Highway
When will the people of SC wake up and stop being conned by this RINO con-lady and primary him out. The people of Wyoming had enough of Liz Cheney, so when will SC have enough of Linda Graham?

It will be 4 years before Miss Lindsey is up for re-election. I don't think America has that long.

6 posted on 10/10/2022 10:48:59 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: Perseverando

Is Fanone the publicity whore who wears the big belt buckle and whose old man is a left wing lawyer and massive biden contributor??


7 posted on 10/10/2022 10:50:00 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Perseverando

“Republican Senator Lindsey Graham once told an ex-Capitol police officer who was badly injured in the January 6 insurrection that he should have used his gun to shoot Trump supporters who were rioting in the head, a new memoir reveals.”

I wonder if he ever said that with regards to Antifa and BLM


8 posted on 10/10/2022 10:50:03 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Blue Highway

I think it was Bannon (one of those podcast hosts) who said that the SC GOP “watchers” during election day every time he wins are under his wing. Hard to dislodge him. Same way the Dummycrats always ‘win” the elections in WA state (aka the Dino Rossi story)


9 posted on 10/10/2022 10:51:21 AM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2008 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: Perseverando

As usual Lindsey Graham doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about.


10 posted on 10/10/2022 10:54:17 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Perseverando

I’m calling BS on this one.


11 posted on 10/10/2022 10:56:12 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (DJT24)
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To: Perseverando

I think they tried that before - Kent State.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings


12 posted on 10/10/2022 10:57:04 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Perseverando

they couldnt shoot

might hit an fbi guy


13 posted on 10/10/2022 10:58:45 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Perseverando

We? So you WERE in on that January 6th framing of innocents, eh, Linda? Wicked human.


14 posted on 10/10/2022 10:59:37 AM PDT by madison10 (There is no King, but Jesus.)
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To: Perseverando

Lindsey never saw a weapon he didn’t want used on somebody


15 posted on 10/10/2022 11:00:54 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: Perseverando

Michael Fanone would make the Uvalde cops look competent.


17 posted on 10/10/2022 11:03:04 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Levy78

Yes he really is a fruitcake.


18 posted on 10/10/2022 11:04:34 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Perseverando

Must have been that time of the month.


19 posted on 10/10/2022 11:05:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Perseverando

“Stormed” ... like every other person let in by the guards.


20 posted on 10/10/2022 11:07:40 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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