Debbie Dingell Says Loudermilk Gave Multiple Tours

[RandySF]

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) told MSNBC that she saw Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) giving tours of the Capitol “the day before the certification was going to take place” on January 6, 2021.

Said Dingell: “There was a whole group of visitors. We weren’t even supposed to have visitors inside of the complex… They weren’t wearing masks and I was irritated enough that went over and complained to the police.”

She added: “There were tours and I was a witness to more than one.”



https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/17/debbie-dingell-says-loudermilk-gave-multiple-tours/

[SheltieLover]

1. Time to change his story again

[viva la]

5. "Now which tour did I lie and say I didn't do?"

"I didn't do those others either!"

[SheltieLover]

29. Right...

[2naSalit]

39. +1

[certainot]

46. did she actually say both were laudermilk? i only saw the end of it but it didn't sound like she

said that and if she says she saw two and both aren't laudermilk then she saw one of the other usual suspects.

all the congresspeople who saw those would have been interviewed and she wouldn't want to name the other knowing it would come out.

i hope earlier in the interview she didn't say both were laudermilk

[stopdiggin]

62. you're correct. people are 'assuming' (not for the first time) -(nt)-

[Pinback]

20. "It was a much larger family than I remembered."

“There were a number of children. But none of Herschel Walker’s, to be clear.”

[SheltieLover]

30. Bazinga!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

55. And file another bogus ethics complaint.

He is the epitome of all the RW's blatant dishonesty, hypocrisy, and projection.

[Emile]

2. Time for a reporter to ask him who gave him permission

to have these tours.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. Time to ask the Capitol police for a list of the names of the "visitors" and a FBI interview.

[OnDoutside]

4. Well said.

[Ferrets are Cool]

35. I wonder why it hasn't already been done?

[NullTuples]

37. Unless said logs simply don't exist, which is another can of worms...

[calimary]

58. No kidding!

[soldierant]

47. How do we know it hasn't already been done?

[LiberalFighter]

64. Hopefully the committee has that list.

Have to wonder too if the Capitol Police included who approved the visitors too. If they didn't why not?

[mopinko]

6. ya know, i went to both obama inaugurations.

in '12 i had tickets i had to pick up at my rep's office.
it's an absolutely insane week at the capitol. no nobody gets facetime w their rep, let alone a guided tour by other than staff. there sure dont get jack shit w/o identifying themselves.
does.not.happen.

cap police f'ed this big time.
heads need to roll.

[jimfields33]

9. Yes but this was not inaugural week. It was still two plus weeks away.

[Nevilledog]

23. And they were closed to tours due to covid

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Who is surprised by this?

[Hortensis]

8. :) They'll all be on video obtained by the committee, and almost

certainly by the DOJ. Just like the sample presented to us at the hearing.

But in any case, we know that the house committee has interviewed over 1000 people and that the very close-mouthed DOJ has requested transcripts.

Chuck Rosenberg believes both will have interviewed (many of) the same people and the biggest reason the DOJ would want the house's documentation would be to look for discrepancies between their respective interviews of people they plan to prosecute.

[rubbersole]

13. They probably already know who these assholes are.

Over 1,000 witness interviews...they had to sign in somewhere. I hope they get them all.

[patphil]

10. In the tour that was shown by the Jan 6th committee, it was evident the kids were for cover.

To make it look like the tour was legit.

[Hekate]

40. Like bringing the baby & stroller along for the shoplifting outing...

[patphil]

45. That got a chuckle.

Honey, I'm taking the kids out for a little recon, I mean civics lesson, in the Capitol. We should be back in a couple days...or not, depends on how it goes.

[onecaliberal]

11. Where is the FBI? These people are a national security risk.

[gab13by13]

28. Exactly, you get it,

the FBI should have confiscated all of the video, or are they waiting for the select committee to turn over what it has?

Going after Magats will appear to be partisan.

[onecaliberal]

38. I don't know why elected Dems are not demanding these people be prosecuted.

[BigmanPigman]

51. I bet many at the FBI are tRumpsters.

There will be no justice.

[DBoon]

54. do any of them hold clearances as part of their jobs as reps?

If so, these should be revoked immediately

[drray23]

60. it does not work that way.

elected officials get clearance by virtue of being elected, they do not need to go through a specific clearance process like others. They see the intel as needed. Meaning, those on intelligence committee will be able to see it without having to go through a vetting process.

[JanMichael]

12. How many tours did they gave prior to right before January 6th?

Like you know what's the daily average? Or the monthly average? There's got to be record of this. So if dipshit only gives 10 tours a year than all the sudden gives five on the day before and it's pretty much proven what he was doing.

[pnwmom]

14. The Capitol was supposed to be closed to tours, so they shouldn't have been giving any. nt

[JanMichael]

21. I know but since he did a couple why not more before? Just one more lie to have him create.

[lindysalsagal]

16. Cal the fbi, get his email and phone data, and his computers

He's giving reasonable probability for arrest. If the idiots got arrested, charged, and convicted, this guy was that so-called back channel.

[gab13by13]

31. Waiting for DOJ to get ducks in a row,

gives them time to cover their tracks and come up with a tale.

[sarcasmo]

17. Treason

[jalan48]

18. So this wasn't investigated previously and thus known to the Committee and the DOJ?

[Lilaclady]

19. Previous tours

How many tours has he personally conducted for people he doesn’t know during his time in office? Doesn’t he have legislative work to do? How often do legislators conduct hours long personally guided tours?

[calimary]

26. Welcome to DU, Lilaclady!

All good questions.

Now, who do we have to see for some honest answers? I think we should be asking everybody, everywhere, who is, or might be, in a position to know (or know WHO knows). And we shouldn't shut up about it til we get some confirmed answers from some objectively reliable sources.

[gab13by13]

32. The head of the Capitol police,

who stated he saw nothing out of the ordinary, needs to testify to someone under oath.

[OrangeJoe]

43. Extremely rare for member to personally give tour

I worked for a Senator, so it was even more unlikely that the member would give a tour himself as everyone in the state was a constituent. However, the only time I saw him give a tour was to the family of a young man who died in the Iraq war (which my boss voted against so it was doubly awkward.)

[Captain Zero]

56. Yes he needs to be asked this.

And congress in general can answer how often this is done by members.

[GentryDixon]

22. The problem we face is Republicans are not held to the rule of law.

They know they can get away with their lies, as they have the entire media complex to protect them.

[gab13by13]

33. I hear you,

wish we had a couple of honest billionaires who would start a cable news network that didn't just push a right wing narrative.

[certainot]

44. no, all they need is 1500 radio stations and fox, while the left ignores it, yr after yr and the

rest of the media follows the national buzz thinking it's legit instead of manufactured merely because the victims of it's lies ignore it - the biggest political mistake in history continues

[stopdiggin]

61. that's it exactly

Remember when the representatives were 'crashing' the metal detectors that were install at chamber doors? People keep saying "and the Capital was closed to tours during Covid." That's for people who care to obey the rules! That doesn't include this crowd. So what are the police really suppose to do when do when a rep shows up with 5 people in tow? "Its' alright, they're with me Jerry."

Hammerlock and frog march the elected official to the exits?

[dalton99a]

24. Kick

[H2O Man]

25. Recommended.

Thank you for this.

[Deminpenn]

27. Rep Mikie Sherrill's letter asking for an investigation of

the tours had 33 co-signers, who, iirc, had also seen groups of people touring the Capitol before Jan 6th.

[gab13by13]

34. Why only 33?

Did they actually have to see tours to be a co-signer?

[UTUSN]

36. K&R

[Mr. Evil]

41. This seems to me, to be our time at the precipice.

These defective people trying to break everything in sight with absolutely no plan for the future (any future) must be stopped at all costs. The pawns; proud boys, patriotic (psychotic) front, kkk (what's left of those sick fucks), oath (definitely 'oaf') keepers, et al, are for the most part the dregs of society. They don't realize they're being played to do the dirty work and ultimately pay the price. The instigators, they continue to come up with more insanity while laughing all night long. Sipping cognac, brandy, REALLY good bourbon on the rocks, they scheme, they scam, they really don't give a fart, shart or even an entire actual shit about this country or its future. Money... power... that's it.

Don't bother protesting the likes of Moscow Mitch, Radical Rand, Cornyn, DeathSentence, etc. Go straight to the HQ's of the gougers. Go to Wall Street and/or any other stock exchange. Harass the traders and speculators. Endless, non-stop. They may only be the messengers in this case but, they're some of the major cogs that facilitates all this madness.

I'm too poor to mount a significant front by myself but, there are actually millions of us. I always vote straight D. No purity tests, no qualms (unless we know they're a POD in sheep's clothing). I have no problem with joining with anyone in my area to push the issue. In my mind that's, just what kind of society do we really want to live in? Take a good long look at the cold, hard realities we experience every day. We can do better.

[Captain Zero]

48. Seems like they would be on cam if they did

But what I noticed in loudermilks 'tour' I saw was that one person was talking to him. One. Like keeping him distracted while other adults were straying away from him and snapping pictures while the ONE kid acted all ADHD to me.

Then I saw Lowdermilk interviewed and his excuse was well there were KIDS on the tour. (and he said THEY were really interested in the TROLLEY CARS members use !) I didn't see that kid interested in anything. He was bouncing off the walls.....but I think the adults were interested. Hmmm The trolley cars members ride in between the Capitol and the offices, ya don't say, hmmm? I can't imagine why insurrectionists would be interested in the TROLLEY cars THE MEMBERS MOVE ABOUT IN.

[Captain Zero]

49. If our FBI can't figure this out with everything

They have at their disposal then they are a bunch of stupid fucks or they are in on it.

[BigmanPigman]

50. I had no idea there was such a public interst in stairwells.

This dude must go down in flames!

[DFW]

57. The word "Housecleaning" has an additional meaning now

And it was never more urgently nedded.

[wendyb-NC]

66. Indeed

The people hired by tfg, that are still in place should be scrutinized, if not given their walking papers.

[Snackshack]

59. Traitor

This entire event was throughly planned. It is only blind luck that they ended up being too incompetent to carry it out effectively.

[tanyev]

63. Has the AG tried him, Loudermilk?

Has the AG tried him, Loudermilk?
Well, if the AG tries him I sure hope he will confine him
Could be this plot will bite him, Loudermilk.

Heavens, he’s hasty. And seditious.

[keithbvadu2]

65. This republican let rioters in... Police blocked them.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214899710

Oregon state representative fined, told to resign by House speaker after letting rioters into bldg
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Rep. Mike Nearman helps right-wing demonstrators breach Oregon Capitol

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017630872

[Kid Berwyn]

67. Inside Jobbers

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero