Ari Melber just brought up something that I didn't even think about

[Proud liberal 80]

The Vice President was in the Capitol Building, you would have thought with his presence that security would have been way better

[Sparkly]

1. The entire line of succession...

Really strange. All but Trump.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Interesting, had not thought about that. What a coincidence. nt

[Dream Girl]

16. Where was Pompeo?

[bamagal62]

2. Maybe he was told

He would be ok and to let it happen!

[mr_lebowski]

3. Coming on the heels of that exposed Michigan plot, too, and a recent bombing in TN

Do we know who shot the terrorist today?

Was it maybe Secret Service?

[eleny]

4. Did he just say something about members of Congress being expelled?

I just turned the sound up on the tv and didn't catch it even when I played it again.

[tinrobot]

5. But aren't Secret Service only there to protect him?

Their job would simply be to get him the hell out of there, period.

They're not really tasked with protecting Congress.

[Proud liberal 80]

8. But you would think that they would have the whole building locked down

[tinrobot]

10. Secret Service relies a lot on local law enforcement.

They can't block streets and stuff all by themselves.

But today, they relied on the wrong law enforcement organization.

[StarfishSaver]

11. When the president or vp go to the Capitol, their security detail stays with them

But Capitol Police remain in charge of protecting the perimeter and grounds.

[Mr.Bill]

12. He and Nancy Pelosi.

They were the first ones evacuated from the chambers. That's when I knew something serious was developing.

[StarfishSaver]

13. Exactly

[C_U_L8R]

7. It's possible Trump was expecting bigger results.

But only succeeded in suiciding his own maga movement. He always shoots himself in the foot.

[StarfishSaver]

9. The Secret Service was protecting him and I'm sure whatever area he was in was secure

[Cha]

14. Yes!

ETA.. I was thinking Security should have been better for everybody in the building

[rurallib]

15. Secret Service was also there for Senator (soon to be VP) Harris

not sure if there would be some for Pelosi and Grassley (Pres Pro-term of the senate and #3 in line)

[czarjak]

17. It was rigged, folks?

[Dagstead Bumwood]

18. Was he able to do it without dropping a rap reference?

That's the true test.