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Hortensis

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24. You seem to misunderstand the situation.

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 04:26 PM

Jan 2021

The house chamber was inside those doors with over a dozen house members being guarded for their lives. The people coming through those doors were terrorists/insurrectionists trying to get to them. That woman used to be a member of the DC national guard herself, and she knew the guards would shoot at people coming through.

They understood that those attacking could intend to murder immediately or hold them in a hostage situation. There was no misunderstanding of duty here. It’s the same Kind of duty secret service agents guarding the president have. They did not shoot her before she came through the window frame. Then they did shoot her as she was coming through.

The last message on her phone was for her to not be hurt from someone who understood that she was going into danger.

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Perfectly framed, M. blm Jan 2021 #1

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Did she run down to the corner store to get some Skittles and a soda ? magicarpet Jan 2021 #85

knew it. TheBlackAdder Jan 2021 #86

She came to help capture Pence for trial and execution dalton99a Jan 2021 #2

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+1 dalton99a Jan 2021 #71

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Traitor is another powerful word. Lonestarblue Jan 2021 #28

Exactly NHvet Jan 2021 #30

So glad this is being brought up Rural_Progressive Jan 2021 #39

I remember being told NHvet Jan 2021 #47

Robert E Lee pretended his oath did not count because he resigned his commission. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #84

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AND amongst traitorous white-supremacist neo-NAZI domestic terroRists. nt Lock him up. Jan 2021 #87

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Exactly. But she was special. She was a military vet and knew better. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #40

No gilligan Jan 2021 #48

Yep. She didn't know better I guess, she was was "special" because she was white. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #49

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+33. Harker Jan 2021 #32

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Fucking Q-anon-ers mis- using the US flag. Ilsa Jan 2021 #20

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ITA. She was in it to further "the cause," Ilsa Jan 2021 #79

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BUT she was white. That :ahem: trumps everything else you mentioned. n/t TygrBright Jan 2021 #14

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Has the officer who shot her claimed "I feared for my life" yet? KS Toronado Jan 2021 #18

You seem to misunderstand the situation. Hortensis Jan 2021 #24

Sorry, I didn't misunderstand the situation, but confused it with cops usual excuse. KS Toronado Jan 2021 #74

The street-shooting excuse some get away with murder with. Sure. Hortensis Jan 2021 #75

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Seriously, this whole thing is brain numbing, trying to Hortensis Jan 2021 #97

Yes, this whole thing is mind numbing KS Toronado Jan 2021 #115

Yes, sure hope those stay appalled. Don't suppose moderate cons Hortensis Jan 2021 #116

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That's for fucking sure. nt SunSeeker Jan 2021 #72

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Seeing a US flag on a baseball bat staff Harker Jan 2021 #36

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