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Tiedrich on the Failed Pence Abduction (Original Post) BlueGreenLady Jul 2022 OP
Complicit In The Coup. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2022 #1
Has been... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #6
You'd be amazed at the amount of law enforcement in America who are enthusiasts NullTuples Jul 2022 #12
Sheriffs and Deputies duckworth969 Jul 2022 #15
And now they're organized nationwide to believe they are the only valid source of law in the USA NullTuples Jul 2022 #16
I should have clarified: The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2022 #20
It's all part of the same subculture. NullTuples Jul 2022 #21
I think the SS helped plan the overthrow. DURHAM D Jul 2022 #2
+1 2naSalit Jul 2022 #4
Trump finished his speech around 1:15. Pence wasn't ushered off the Senate floor until 2:20. meadowlander Jul 2022 #5
Pence said he didn't recognize the driver, so decided not to get in. alfredo Jul 2022 #19
I was wondering about that, thanks for the insight. usonian Jul 2022 #7
I'm pretty sure the "mean agents stopped me from going ... Whiskeytide Jul 2022 #23
I keep reading SS as "Schutzstaffel" (German for "protective echelon") and it fits. NullTuples Jul 2022 #17
Text for twitter blockers Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #3
Thanks! I know there are some who only see "Link to tweet". Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #22
They had a boat warming up on the Potomac and a helicopter waiting on the Virginia side. Ford_Prefect Jul 2022 #8
dupe thread btw nt orleans Jul 2022 #9
K&R, uponit7771 Jul 2022 #10
It all comes down to Tony Ornato Fiendish Thingy Jul 2022 #11
and i'll bet pence was a lot more concerned about his ass than getting back to certify the vote certainot Jul 2022 #13
"I'm not getting in that bleep car" Historic NY Jul 2022 #14
Giebels, Goebbels...potato, potahtoe NullTuples Jul 2022 #18
where to stash Mike Pence usonian Jul 2022 #24

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,807 posts)
1. Complicit In The Coup.
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 01:25 PM
Jul 2022

That’s how it’s going down in my book, when an agency with law enforcement at it’s core takes such an egregious action.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
12. You'd be amazed at the amount of law enforcement in America who are enthusiasts
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 03:15 PM
Jul 2022

I was going to type supporters but there are far too many who are openly, actively Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association members, or otherwise have ties to Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other usually local militia groups. Usually white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and so on...

duckworth969

(600 posts)
15. Sheriffs and Deputies
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 03:47 PM
Jul 2022

Up in here, you do not trust either of them.

My grandpa used to call them “tin badges”.

As soon as they get something pinned on their chest, start strutting and throwing their weight around.

Like they the cock of the walk or something.

Something else I learned from my folk; always know where johnny law is, always.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
16. And now they're organized nationwide to believe they are the only valid source of law in the USA
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 03:48 PM
Jul 2022

Not legislators. Not the courts. Only police.

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,807 posts)
20. I should have clarified:
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 05:41 PM
Jul 2022

“Federal law enforcement”.

The corruption and complicity of tin pot local police and such is no surprise at all.

The involvement and apparent rank corruption of such a storied and previously respected agency as the Secret Service is appalling. Heads need to roll, but I’m not holding my breath. Truly, everything Mango Mussolini touches…dies.

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)
2. I think the SS helped plan the overthrow.
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 01:28 PM
Jul 2022

Further, I think that the reason Trump got so mad about going to the capitol and had such a big reaction was because after he got in the limo he was informed that the plot to kidnap Pence had failed. Trump assumed he would be walking into a clear playing field as a returning champion and the SS had screwed up. Ornato needs to go along with several other plotters.

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
5. Trump finished his speech around 1:15. Pence wasn't ushered off the Senate floor until 2:20.
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 01:39 PM
Jul 2022

He wouldn't have known in the limo that Pence had refused to go with SS because that didn't happen for another hour.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)
19. Pence said he didn't recognize the driver, so decided not to get in.
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 03:56 PM
Jul 2022

Every kid knows not to get in a car with a stranger.

usonian

(9,789 posts)
7. I was wondering about that, thanks for the insight.
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 01:50 PM
Jul 2022

Assuming that the Secret Service was joined at the hip with the conspiracy, why would they stop TFG from making his entrance?
He would walk in defeated at his own game, after the "Mike Pence was killed by Antifa" part failed. (no martial law? Damn!)
The Secret Service knew the script better than he did.
Presuming he's dumb as a brick at any mental activity other than grifting, that would mean the "Willard" gang.

I like to think of them as the "Flint-Stones"



Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
23. I'm pretty sure the "mean agents stopped me from going ...
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 06:15 PM
Jul 2022

… to the Capitol” story is cosplay. I’m not endorsing any other part of this conspiracy discussion, but that story has always struck me as utter bullshit.

Tetrachloride

(7,839 posts)
3. Text for twitter blockers
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 01:35 PM
Jul 2022
you just know that somewhere among the deleted Secret Service texts is the discussion about where to stash Mike Pence after abducting him from that loading dock on Jan 6. you know it and I know it. people with nothing to hide don't delete every fucking text


How many phones

Who and where was the erasure

Name of software used

Message service

models of phone

thousands of questions covered up

Ford_Prefect

(7,895 posts)
8. They had a boat warming up on the Potomac and a helicopter waiting on the Virginia side.
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 02:26 PM
Jul 2022

And a bucket of fresh concrete.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,601 posts)
11. It all comes down to Tony Ornato
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 03:08 PM
Jul 2022

Ornato was in the limo with tantruming Trump, then, after Trump was safely back at the WH, Ornato went to the Capitol and was the driver of the vehicle attempting to abduct Pence.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
14. "I'm not getting in that bleep car"
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 03:21 PM
Jul 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/15/jan-6-i-alone-can-fix-it-book-excerpt/]


“I’m not getting in the car, Tim,” Pence replied. “I trust you, Tim, but you’re not driving the car. If I get in that vehicle, you guys are taking off. I’m not getting in the car.”

The Pences then made their way to a secure underground area to wait out the riot.

Back at the White House, Kellogg was worried about Pence’s safety and went to find Trump.

“Is Mike okay?” the president asked him.

“The Secret Service has him under control,” Kellogg told Trump. “Karen is there with the daughter.”

“Oh?” Trump asked.

“They’re going to stay there until this thing gets sorted out,” Kellogg said.

Trump said nothing more. He didn’t express any hope that Pence was okay. He didn’t try to call the vice president to check on him. He just stayed in the dining room watching television.

Around this time, Kellogg ran into Tony Ornato in the West Wing. Ornato, who oversaw Secret Service movements, told him that Pence’s detail was planning to move the vice president to Joint Base Andrews.

“You can’t do that, Tony,” Kellogg said. “Leave him where he’s at. He’s got a job to do. I know you guys too well. You’ll fly him to Alaska if you have a chance. Don’t do it.”


Pence had made clear to Giebels the level of his determination and Kellogg said there was no changing it.

“He’s going to stay there,” Kellogg told Ornato. “If he has to wait there all night, he’s going to do it.”

Ornato, through a spokesman, denied having this conversation.

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
18. Giebels, Goebbels...potato, potahtoe
Sun Jul 17, 2022, 03:52 PM
Jul 2022

I wonder how many Americans - even after so much has been revealed - still don't realize just how close America came to having its own Night of the Long Knives.

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