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Wicked Blue

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Thu Jan 7, 2021, 10:43 AM Jan 2021

House representative: I haven't felt like this "since I was a ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan"

CNN
Aditi Sangal

As rioters breached the US Capitol, House Rep. Jason Crow said there was a 15- to 20-minute period “where we were surrounded and had no way out.”

In the moment, he said he reverted to ranger mode and ensured the doors were locked, moved other lawmakers away from the door and “directed the other members to remove their pins so they weren't identifiable in case the mob did break through.”

He was also ready to fight.

“I had a pen in my pocket that I could use as a weapon, I was looking for other weapons as well. And then I was coordinating with the Capitol police to try to find a way out to for us.”

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/washington-dc-election-riots/index.html


One of the heroes yesterday- WB

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House representative: I haven't felt like this "since I was a ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan" (Original Post) Wicked Blue Jan 2021 OP
Martha Radditz on ABC was saying the same thing as a reporter in the middle east. She mucifer Jan 2021 #1
When they took the first AZ debate period I thought I had some time to take a well deserved nap... Hugin Jan 2021 #2

mucifer

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1. Martha Radditz on ABC was saying the same thing as a reporter in the middle east. She
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 11:04 AM
Jan 2021

looked a little like she was having PTSD.

Hugin

(32,778 posts)
2. When they took the first AZ debate period I thought I had some time to take a well deserved nap...
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 11:06 AM
Jan 2021

I woke up forty-five minutes later in fucking Bagdad.

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