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Showing Original Post only (View all)Panic buttons were inexplicably torn out ahead of Capitol riots, says Ayanna Pressley chief of staff [View all]
Source: The IndependentPanic buttons installed in Ayanna Pressleys congressional office were torn out before rioters stormed the Capitol last week, her staff have said.
Sarah Groh, who serves as Ms Pressleys chief of staff, was with the congresswoman when president Donald Trumps supporters stormed the US Capitol building last Wednesday.
She told the Boston Globe that she had reached for the panic buttons installed in Ms Pressleys office as they tried to barricade themselves in.
But, when they went to press panic buttons, Ms Pressleys staff saw that they werent there, and appeared to have been ripped out.
Every panic button in my office had been torn out - the whole unit, Ms Groh told the paper.
She added that she could not believe why the panic buttons were removed, and that Ms Pressleys staff had used the panic buttons in the past, including during drills...CONTINUED...
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Panic buttons were inexplicably torn out ahead of Capitol riots, says Ayanna Pressley chief of staff [View all]
IsItJustMe
Jan 2021
OP
Are their cameras installed in the halls they can review to see who entered her office
kimbutgar
Jan 2021
#4
Esper fired bc he defied tRump in June; sided w military against deployment in US city streets. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2021
#14
Because on Nov 9th pretty clear tRump had lost & needed violence as the only way in the end. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2021
#33
Quite obvious that there was not only inside "help", but treacherous planning...
Guilded Lilly
Jan 2021
#11
Yes this is clear evidence of conspiracy with the murdering seditionists
benfranklin1776
Jan 2021
#15
Let me fill it in for you then. So you couldn't call for help. It was premeditated by someone
ffr
Jan 2021
#17
There was a conspiracy that goes to the top of the US government. Not everybody there was involved,
Nitram
Jan 2021
#19
Plus another truck with 2500 rounds. Another man on Cap ground w handgun and 24 rounds. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2021
#42