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28K Trump supporters were armed for battle on Jan. 6, panel report says (Barfamundo)
NY Post ^ | December 23, 2022 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 12/23/2022 1:56:17 PM PST by Dahoser

At least 28,000 supporters of President Donald Trump flocked to the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, 2021 — many of them carrying weaponry ranging from firearms to brass knuckles to screwdrivers, the House select committee investigating the events of that day revealed in its final report.

The 814-page document, released late Thursday, draws the previously unreported crowd figure from data from Secret Service magnetometers stationed at Trump’s pre-riot speech on the Ellipse near the White House — though hundreds of the most hardcore rioters skipped the rally and went directly to the Capitol.

The committee of seven Democrats and two anti-Trump Republicans voted Monday to ask the Justice Department to charge the 76-year-old former president with crimes including inciting an insurrection — and the report suggests many attendees were indeed ready for violence.

Secret Service confiscated a haul of weapons from the 28,000 spectators who did pass through the magnetometers: 242 cannisters of pepper spray, 269 knives or blades, 18 brass knuckles, 18 tasers, 6 pieces of body armor, 3 gas masks, 30 batons or blunt instruments, and 17 miscellaneous items like scissors, needles, or screwdrivers,” the report says.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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242+269+18+18+6+3+30+17 ≠ 28,000
1 posted on 12/23/2022 1:56:17 PM PST by Dahoser
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To: Dahoser

Someone has been watching too many movies.


2 posted on 12/23/2022 1:57:11 PM PST by From The Deer Stand (P)
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To: Dahoser

More like 26 million, which is why the Democrats are in such ABJECT FEAR of Trump.


3 posted on 12/23/2022 1:58:06 PM PST by BobL
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To: Dahoser
All of this Jan 6 stuff can be confusing, so I'll see if I can help clear it up.

If you know that Republicans are all about their guns and the 2nd Amendment, and you're also convinced that the Jan 6 protest was an insurrection even though nobody brought a gun ... you might be a Democrat. LOL

4 posted on 12/23/2022 1:58:28 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Dahoser

I see Adam Schiff’s psychosis again! 😵‍💫🖍️


5 posted on 12/23/2022 1:58:32 PM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nation of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: From The Deer Stand

How many of those folks carry anyway?

If they’d wanted to use the guns The Piglouse, Chuckie, and a Dumb Shiite would be feasting in their Infernal Father’s house below.


6 posted on 12/23/2022 2:00:04 PM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: Dahoser

Headline writer did not read article.


7 posted on 12/23/2022 2:02:00 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Dahoser

Yup...those moose antlers looked very,very dangerous indeed!


8 posted on 12/23/2022 2:02:03 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: Dahoser

I’ll bet most of the ones who actually had these items were AntiFa in disguise.


9 posted on 12/23/2022 2:02:23 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Dahoser

The J6 investigation is the 2020 election fraud cover-up. And everyone knows it. Everyone.


10 posted on 12/23/2022 2:02:25 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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And they all went home without firing a single shot.

Curious.

Almost as if....

11 posted on 12/23/2022 2:02:58 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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I guess their being armed was why the protesters shot and killed so many people. /sarc These people are delusional to the point of being dangerous.


12 posted on 12/23/2022 2:03:39 PM PST by RatRipper
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Yup, they planned to overthrow the government with their screwdrivers and gas masks, so they left their guns at home.

Ask your physician to adjust your daily lithium dose.

13 posted on 12/23/2022 2:03:42 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: Dahoser

Paging Ashli Babbitt.


14 posted on 12/23/2022 2:04:55 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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242 cannisters of pepper spray, 269 knives or blades, 18 brass knuckles, 18 tasers, 6 pieces of body armor, 3 gas masks, 30 batons or blunt instruments, and 17 miscellaneous items like scissors, needles, or screwdrivers,”

NO guns and in a crowd of 28,000 I wish more had pepper spray for personal protection. I certainly try to get the women to carry pepper spray.

And LOTS of people carry knives as a basic useful tool.

These numbers are very low and to say they were “armed for violence” is absolutely a filthy leftist lie.


15 posted on 12/23/2022 2:06:00 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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16 posted on 12/23/2022 2:06:13 PM PST by Theoria
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To: RatRipper

The Nazis were delusional too. Scary times. One party states are scary things.


17 posted on 12/23/2022 2:06:23 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Dahoser

I remember the slaughter. There were piles of Deep State bodies everywhere. If Pelosi hadn’t used her armored divisions, I think we would have won that day.


18 posted on 12/23/2022 2:09:36 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (No one is as asleep as the "woke". They define the term "useful idiot".)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“And they all went home without firing a single shot.”

There were zero guns. The headline is deliberately false.

200 knives out of 28,000 people.

I try to wear a knife on my belt every day it’s extremely useful.
In Italy I went to the Colloseum and forgot to leave my favorite knife home. Had to let them confiscate it to continue the tour.

What a total bs article.


19 posted on 12/23/2022 2:10:23 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Dahoser

I would have LOVED to see that!


20 posted on 12/23/2022 2:11:12 PM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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