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uponit7771

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6. +1, Sund filibustered that question yesterday responding mostly with CP doesn't

Reply to arlyellowdog (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 24, 2021, 08:51 AM

Feb 2021

... discriminate.

Looks like that's one thing he didn't want to answer but he'll eventually have to

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Hmmmm, NYPD Chief asks why the secret service brought Pence to the capital when they knew [View all] uponit7771 Feb 2021 OP

Yeah, the whole thing reeks. GoCubsGo Feb 2021 #1

IF the whole story comes out. lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #7

Exactly! OldBaldy1701E Feb 2021 #31

Because they considered NLM protestors bad guys arlyellowdog Feb 2021 #2

I think you're onto something there. jaxexpat Feb 2021 #4

+1, Sund filibustered that question yesterday responding mostly with CP doesn't uponit7771 Feb 2021 #6

Sund and others in the Chain of Command seem to think white faces were less a threat than BLM Ford_Prefect Feb 2021 #37

That is a good question! tanyev Feb 2021 #3

to do his Constitutional Duty malaise Feb 2021 #5

This is true, we need to know what level of threat The SS thought it would be that day also uponit7771 Feb 2021 #9

To do anything else would have been to defer to Trump malaise Feb 2021 #10

Exactly. Whatever level of security that's needed must be provided... Tom Rinaldo Feb 2021 #29

There's a Pentagon general, gab13by13 Feb 2021 #8

There's no answer why DC got a whole division of the NG to protect grounds but not Trump terrorists. Botany Feb 2021 #11

Hard to argue with the obvious but, Mr. Evil Feb 2021 #13

This was one of many measures taken by Trumpists to maximize the effect of the insurrection. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2021 #15

My posting is from some socialist web site so take it for a grain of salt but the stand down .... Botany Feb 2021 #23

I still want to know why the Pentagon took "Trump's troops" away from him. CaptainTruth Feb 2021 #30

There you go using Facts instead of made up Bullshit and speculation bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #33

pence would not llashram Feb 2021 #12

IMO, killing Pence was one of the options, Eyeball_Kid Feb 2021 #17

makes sense llashram Feb 2021 #24

Because they support the pro-Trump protestors IronLionZion Feb 2021 #14

That's what replacing most of the leadership in those departments Butterflylady Feb 2021 #19

We saw it happening. We read and heard of the personnel changes. We knew something was amiss. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2021 #20

We all saw it. There should be plenty of evidence IronLionZion Feb 2021 #26

Why didn't Trump's SS detail remove him to a secure location when they learned of the violence at Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #16

Very good question Dave says Feb 2021 #18

Great question! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2021 #21

This too uponit7771 Feb 2021 #22

Right, a good question. bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #25

When something smells bad it is because twodogsbarking Feb 2021 #27

And why did they let Trump watch TV right across the street, just feet from harms way? theneworiginal Feb 2021 #28

The Tent Trump was watching from was 2 miles form the Capitol bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #32

Why so much attention on timing and content of intelligence report? Aren't leaders wiggs Feb 2021 #34

yes LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #36

Really hard to figure out what the truth is here-- too many people lying and covering their asses LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #35

tRump had his grubby, feculent little fingers in there Blue Owl Feb 2021 #38