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In reply to the discussion: How many here think that lawmakers would have been killed if [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(15,475 posts)16. I do. Not by the aimless crowds so much, strolling through...
... the building like on a tour, but by the more serious-looking guys with the plastic zip-ties used to bind wrists.
And they erected gallows outside for their intended public executions.
Edit: I'm not sure if Trump coordinated it, though. He and his family have obviously closely tracked the Nazis and white supremacists in online media, sometimes forwarding their insanity and later getting criticized when the source was later uncovered by the media and others. That's their biggest fanbase, so of course those narcissists love it.
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That terrorist in paramilitary garb holding a fistful of zip tie handcuffs convinced me.
catbyte
Jan 2021
#1
A small group of trained professionals embedded in the horde could have slipped in. Not the idiots
dem4decades
Jan 2021
#15
Yes. The Squad would have been on their target list too, along with Rep. Maxine Walters. nt
Blue_true
Jan 2021
#84
While It Should In No Way Be Taken to Limit His Culpability or Liability
The Roux Comes First
Jan 2021
#19
They were screaming they were going to kill them when they broke the window
Quixote1818
Jan 2021
#56
Elected members and some staff - I don't know how many, and it may have been very few -
BobTheSubgenius
Jan 2021
#61