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The seditious invasion of the Capitol building was a wake-up call. On January 20, there will be far, far more armed police, SS agents, swat teams, national guard soldiers and other authorities on the scene. Nobody is going to get anywhere near the Capitol steps. That will not happen.
If people seriously try to go past the barriers and storm the Inauguration, they will be shot dead. There will be no Capitol police taking selfies with the invaders. There will be no unarmed National Guard soldiers. Everyone will be armed, including many hundreds of armed plainclothes officers throughout any crowd that shows up near the barriers.
A lesson was learned on January 6. Such a thing will not repeat itself on Inauguration Day. No flagpoles will be allowed, nor signs on sticks. Anyone who comes there and is armed will be taken down and arrested immediately.
Further, if someone thinks they can crash a private plane into the Inauguration venue, any such plane will be shot down long before it gets anywhere close.
Heavy vehicle barriers, too, will be set up everywhere close to the Capitol. Nobody is going to drive anything anywhere near the Inauguration.
The instant anything untoward happens, the President, Vice-President, and whichever SCOTUS Justice is to give the oath will be surrounded by security personnel and whisked away immediately to a safe place and the oath will be administered there.
That said, I urge people not to go to the Inauguration, despite its being an important historical event. Watch it from your home or somewhere else. If there is a problem, it will not be a safe place to be for anyone, even innocent bystanders.
There will be nothing like a weak response that day. Not on your life.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)another 10-20,000 in reserve in immediate area.
bring it on
barbtries
(31,308 posts)will be white supremacists who are part of the trump cult? there isn't even enough time to vet for that even if someone has already considered it.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)this is a day time event fully covered with video and pics and no way to run away from an action. I don;t see the cops/NG assisting in any meaningful way unless they are suicide intent and to tel you the truth the bulk of white americans are NOT willing to commit suicide for trump
barbtries
(31,308 posts)i need to be talked down, honestly, I am truly scared for President Biden.
dware
(18,060 posts)was a huge Pissolini supporter and he died doing his job trying to prevent the Pissolini traitors from entering the Capitol.
I've no doubt that they will do their job and keep the peace.
barbtries
(31,308 posts)i tried and failed to learn more about him yesterday.
dware
(18,060 posts)have been posted here praising Pissolini, but he was still able to do his job.
i couldn't find him on social media, i'll look for the thread.
underpants
(196,498 posts)No doubt about that.
ananda
(35,148 posts)I think they should close down the airports and highways
on the 19th and 20th.
Wicked Blue
(8,868 posts)Let's hope some of their leadership is rounded up and arrested before then
underpants
(196,498 posts)My wife tells me its a forum with a lot of the chatter about activities. Im checking it out tonight but Im at work so I dont want to go through this WiFi to get to it.
dware
(18,060 posts)but in reality, how many will actually show up? With firearms?
How many actually have the balls to go toe to toe with heavily armed, well trained National Guard and police forces?
And how many would actually stick around once the shooting actually started?
Not as many as those traitors think would.
Marching around with firearms is far different from actual combat and I suspect most of these traitors have never faced actual combat, except maybe video games like Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc, where, if your character dies, you just push the reset button, unlike when you actually die.
These traitors are in for a very rude and lethal surprise if they try to storm the Inauguration.
barbtries
(31,308 posts)completely devoted to the trump cult. not in touch with reality. would-be suicide bombers.
dware
(18,060 posts)the Inauguration will be thoroughly vetted, it isn't that hard to check social media posts, past affiliations with WS groups, etc.
I have no worries about the security arrangement for the Inauguration.
This isn't going to be anything like what happened on Wed.
This time, they'll be met with lethal force if they try to breach the barricades, especially if they're in possession of a firearm, which is a HUGE NO NO in DC.
I understand your concerns, after what happened on Wed, we should all be wary, but I think we can relax just a little and enjoy the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
What a great thing huh?
barbtries
(31,308 posts)and we won the Senate! thank you GEORGIA
dware
(18,060 posts)Thank you Stacy Abrams and all GA voters that voted for our people and giving us the chance to try to put our country back on track again.
Turin_C3PO
(16,385 posts)Maybe 40,000. Maybe much less.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)If these people want a full blown confrontation, lets give to them as the cements the future of white power racist groups to GITMO
Initech
(108,783 posts)Seriously, DC should be treated like it's a war zone right now with the maximum amount of security possible. These assholes cannot get away with it again.
Wicked Blue
(8,868 posts)I'm not sure how many Capitol Police officers are compromised, but it's a concern
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)100s of trump mob arrested and start seeing murder charges as part of the charges that will carry a death sentence. LEOs and NG personnel will KNOW the outcome for them if they deviate from their duty.
COPS DO NOT LIKE PRISON and why the y lie for each other, You can't lie about who is in the photo or video or your cell phone location
barbtries
(31,308 posts)a friend who lives up there and i have been chatting about this on fb today, because i posted that the inauguration should be moved to an undisclosed location.
I wouldn't even put it past some of his adorers to fly in a bomb. I'm really scared. I guess you could say I've been terrorized by the mob.
Thekaspervote
(35,820 posts)Diluted than Dotard
This veteran lays it out in under one minute..theyre nuts if they try anything
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJnpsoNx/
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)dware
(18,060 posts)there are going to be Air Force fighters patrolling the skies, SAM missile launchers all over the place, there will be a no fly zone all around the airspace and any aircraft that makes any hostile move will have Sidewinder AAM shoved up their ass.
barbtries
(31,308 posts)this is really reassuring.
i look at our history and it is not reassuring. Nevertheless President Obama made it through 8 years alive, which is reassuring.
Demsrule86
(71,542 posts)dware
(18,060 posts)I would imagine that there are signal jammers for just such a possibility, like a Navy EA-18G Growler airborne for just such scenario.
Amaryllis
(11,297 posts)obamanut2012
(29,369 posts)They literally won't be able to.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)dware
(18,060 posts)Kitchari
(2,951 posts)in times of pandemic and insurrection this would be safest
Thekaspervote
(35,820 posts)KS Toronado
(23,727 posts)And at the last minute or so to disrupt any evil plans currently being fomented?
We are in uncharted territory with rabid trumpers, or as I like to call them, RADICAL REPUBLICAN TERRORISTS
MineralMan
(151,269 posts)There are probably multiple scenarios they are discussing.