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(30,613 posts)We've seen how that works out: they just escalate once they're out; acquiring pipe bombs, etc.
Fullduplexxx
(7,857 posts)LonePirate
(13,417 posts)"Following the deadly pro-Trump siege on the federal building on January 6, Pressleys chief of staff Sarah Groh revealed the Massachusetts congresswomans panic buttons had been torn out, which she realised as she tried to protect herself during the riot."
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/investigation-launched-after-congresswomans-panic-buttons-were-removed-from-her-office-before-riot/#:~:text=Following%20the%20deadly%20pro-Trump%20siege%20on%20the%20federal,she%20tried%20to%20protect%20herself%20during%20the%20riot.
sanatanadharma
(3,699 posts)Link to Google search page for "representative office panic button january 6"
KS Toronado
(17,199 posts)were disconnected prior to Jan 6th so they couldn't call for help, Nancy's office was one of them.
Hopefully the Jan 6th commission will find out who, what, when, & how.
llmart
(15,536 posts)but I do watch some and I've never heard half of these things reported on the mainstream media. Why is that? Is it just a matter of "let's just sweep this under the rug and hope the public isn't interested"?
It's the first I've heard about the disabled panic buttons too.
KS Toronado
(17,199 posts)More like the reQublicans are doing so much stupid stuff, what's the most outrageous to report on.
Plus they still have the daily stuff, weather, building collapse, etc.
The MSM is mostly corporate owned. The CEO's of those corporations are mostly republicans. They are mostly greedy pieces of shit that believe it is their divine right to not have to pay taxes and to always set the narrative.
All three morning shows on ABC, CBS, NBC reported on the secret wedding of two country stars though. (I think they're country celebrities but I don't follow much celebrity news and have no idea who most of them are nowadays.)
Leith
(7,809 posts)and it's very concerning that they were disconnected. If a lone criminal or a small group of them had infiltrated the Capitol and security didn't know their exact whereabouts, then panic buttons would have helped.
On January 6, Capitol police knew before either house of Congress did that they were under siege. Panic buttons going off in various offices did little more than notify security that the occupants knew about the infiltrators that were all over security cameras. I may as well call a friend in the Florida Keys to tell her it's raining right now.
But, it is serious. If and when empty-G or booboo-bert decide to go crazy with illegal weaponry they smuggled in, the panic buttons would be useful. This is definitely something to be added to the investigation.
dchill
(38,472 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)I wanna know, too.
Alice Kramden
(2,166 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Where's the courts martial for the active duty and retired slime who joined that sedition?
Joinfortmill
(14,416 posts)Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,416 posts)czarjak
(11,266 posts)Ligyron
(7,627 posts)The fact that they knew where they were to then disconnect them is telling.
Unwind Your Mind
(2,041 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)We are just peons Jeff. What else could it be?
Rhiannon12866
(205,204 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Richard58
(239 posts)--it could have been Lauren Boebert. My money is on Boebert. At least one Democratic representative saw her give a tour of the Capital to a group of unidentified people just days before the assault. Boebert claims they were family members. But because of Covid no tours were allowed so it just seems suspicious. The House needs to look into this and jail her ass if she was aiding the insurrectionists.
Initech
(100,063 posts)It's known that asshole was confirmed to be at the Trump Tower meeting on Jan. 5th. The evidence that he's a traitor is there.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)This is why I have no patience.