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IsItJustMe

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Fri Jan 15, 2021, 02:42 AM Jan 2021

If the Capitol Is Closed to the Public, Why Did Some Republican Congress Members Give Tours the Day

Source: The Root - Stephen A. Crockett Jr. Thu, January 14, 2021, 10:00 AM

t’s been a week since a violent group of terrorists stormed the Capitol looking to overthrow democracy and Democrats have questions, a lot of questions.

According to Roll Call, Rep. Mikie Sherrill and 33 other House members want an investigation into tours provided by fellow House lawmakers inside the Capitol on Jan. 5, just one day before the attempted coup by Trump rioters.

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The lawmakers say that they witnessed “an extremely high number of outside groups in the complex, on Jan. 5, which is unusual given that public tours of the Capitol ended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic,” the Hill reports.

“Members of the group that attacked the Capitol seemed to have an unusually detailed knowledge of the layout of the Capitol Complex. The presence of these groups within the Capitol Complex was indeed suspicious,” the lawmakers write....CONTINUED...

Read More: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/capitol-closed-public-why-did-160000802.html
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This is just fricken insane. Watch your backs folks.

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If the Capitol Is Closed to the Public, Why Did Some Republican Congress Members Give Tours the Day (Original Post) IsItJustMe Jan 2021 OP
Who was there on 1/5? vapor2 Jan 2021 #1
Law does not apply nor have to be followed by Republicans as they prove over and over. LizBeth Jan 2021 #2
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