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This is 30 million and rising that we the taxpayers have paid. They shat on the floors, rubbed their feces on the wall and pissed in our house like animals.
There is no dollar amount that will account for the trauma and deaths of those souls that were in our House conducting the peoples business that day.
Architect Of The Capitol Outlines $30 Million In Damages From Pro-Trump Riot
"[Architect of the Capitol] employees sheltered congressional staff in their shops to protect them from the roving mob," Blanton said, adding, "Other members of our team raced to the roof to reverse the airflows within the building to help clear the air of chemical irritants, like bear repellents and pepper spray, while more team members rushed bottles of water and eyewash stations to Capitol Police officers in need of assistance."
When the mob thronged the Capitol, the Architect of the Capitol's painters and artisans were laboring to complete the massive task of readying the campus to host a presidential inauguration.
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"The [inauguration] platform was wrecked. There was broken glass and other debris. Sound systems and photography equipment was damaged beyond repair or stolen. Two historic Olmsted lanterns were ripped from the ground, and the wet blue paint was tracked all over the historic stone balustrades and Capitol building hallways."
Blanton also said many lawmakers have asked his office about preserving mementos from the unprecedented violence wrought by U.S. citizens on their own Capitol. While most damaged items had to be removed because of safety concerns, he said his staff preserved the panels of the historical Columbus Doors on the east front "for a potential presentation or display."
https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/24/970977612/architect-of-the-capitol-outlines-30-million-in-damages-from-pro-trump-riot
Cha
(320,703 posts)I am so pissed right now.
Cha
(320,703 posts)Continual being Pissed at Factory.
My hope is that it Implodes
yaesu
(9,448 posts)Crunchy Frog
(28,299 posts)It's probably the least of the outrages that we're going to have to witness or suffer through.
rubbersole
(11,277 posts)This is basic treason 101. Doesn't change our daily lives if we don't want it to. Tariff boy is talking up bitcoin now. He and Musk are gonna fuck with the dollar. Pootie will break a rib laughing before Easter.
erronis
(24,554 posts)I know quite a few "it"s that are nowhere as horrible as that one. (I lived with one for many years...)
B.See
(8,875 posts)INVITED them and incited them. They were there on his behalf, and doing HIS bidding.
Hell, he'll probably give em medals.
sheshe2
(98,485 posts)Unfugging believable, yet here we are.
B.See
(8,875 posts)Crime DOES pay, and pays handsomely...
to those of PRIVILEGE.
erronis
(24,554 posts)ReRe
(12,190 posts)he delays the Inaugural Ball until after he has pardoned all the criminals so they can be there.
Thugs, every single one of them, including donOld & his cabinet.
None of them deserve to be anywhere near Washington D.C.
RussBLib
(10,758 posts)...they fucking attacked the Capitol, and because Dems did not forcefully enough refute the "stolen election 2020" bullshit, they felt justified. Not one deserves freedom.
yorkster
(3,955 posts)Jan.6 and the pardon of Hunter Biden, who was and still is targeted by Trump and his cabal.
Klarkashton
(5,422 posts)He has to follow though with a big pardon for all those shitheads. Then he can claim that it never happened or some such shit.
rampartd
(5,064 posts)they are key to his plans.
Hope22
(4,888 posts)Should be held accountable as well!
Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)Wait. I'm already on it, and it's not helping.
There's only one thing that would help.
Biting my tongue. Biting my tongue. Biting my tongue.
Evolve Dammit
(21,818 posts)malaise
(298,054 posts)That is all
Karasu
(2,086 posts)and fucking everything. Hell, J6 happened because the GOP's attempt to overturn the election in Congress failed.
And for some reason, this country still insists on treating them like a valid political party.
sheshe2
(98,485 posts)Of course I blame the entire party and their unhinged and uneducated voters. They all aided and abetted what happened that day whether it was cheering them on or their total silence after it was over. The worst ones in the beginning were outraged and then took a knee to trump.
That is all.
CrispyQ
(41,108 posts)I will never forget that image.
Criminal charges:
· Approximately 547 defendants have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees, including approximately 163 individuals who have been charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer.
· Approximately 140 police officers were assaulted on Jan. 6 at the Capitol, including about 80 from the U.S. Capitol Police and about 60 from the Metropolitan Police Department.
· Approximately 11 individuals have been arrested on a series of charges that relate to assaulting a member of the media, or destroying their equipment, on Jan. 6
· Approximately 1,417 defendants have been charged with entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds. Of those, 171 defendants have been charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/43-months-jan-6-attack-capitol
Karasu
(2,086 posts)So now that he's actually fucking there, what did people think he was going to do?
Blue Owl
(59,636 posts)Orrex
(67,399 posts)Shermann
(9,073 posts)Those who pleaded guilty to felony charges received an average sentence of about two years and five months. So, they've largely done the bulk of their time, and a pardon does not erase a felony conviction.
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)Is really telling 😖
Animals know better than to take a crap in their own house. These people are not right in the head, being a trump supporter proves my point.
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)But they know they arent supposed to. These people on the other hand are truly bsc imo.
sheshe2
(98,485 posts)These sub humans were sick in a far different way. They did what they did intentionally and are sick in the head and heart.
TommieMommy
(3,079 posts)FakeNoose
(42,454 posts)Let them all pay for the damage they did.
CaptainTruth
(8,262 posts)It's the only logical conclusion I can come to, the only reason that explains everything.
Tickle
(4,131 posts)compensation. Imagine that? Apparently lives were ruined 😔😣😞🙄
Emile
(43,297 posts)4catsmom
(667 posts)how'd that turn out in Germany again?
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