Question: What would have happened if those who stormed the Capitol, climbed the walls

[NoRoadUntravelled]

and breached the offices of our elected officials had been terrorist sleeper cells? Would the Capitol police have let them in, taken selfies with them and then escorted them out as though they'd just attended an open house party? I mean, if they were White terrorists? Or is it just that they thought they were good guys because they were sent there by the Instigator in Chief?

[Irish_Dem]

1. A well trained, disciplined terrorist group could have killed or kidnapped quite a few congress

members. The lack of security is shocking.

[Blue_true]

4. Real terrorists that could pass for White could have mixed in with those dillweeds,

until they were in the Capitol building. Then they could have caused real chaos. Every Capitol police officer who let those MAGAT terrorists pass, or who watched it should be fired, and some should be charged with crimes.

[Irish_Dem]

5. They could just pose as tourists or repairmen, etc.....

Get fake passes.... etc....

Right some police officers should be looking for other jobs.

[Leghorn21]

2. Holy shit, No

dayam

[Hoyt]

3. Since Congress has oversight over CP, they better fix this tonight.

[Blue_true]

6. They need to fire the Chief and all Captains and Lieutenants, today.

Video throughout the Capitol need to be examined by the FBI and any police officer who aided or did not obstruct the terrorists should be fired and charged with aiding an act of terrorism.

It is a total national embarrassment that thugs got into the private offices of our Speaker of the House and the Senate Parliamentarian.

[Hoyt]

8. They need to discuss this with governing board too which includes Congressional members.

[misanthrope]

10. The biggest question to answer

concerns the asymmetry between today's security and what we saw during the BLM protests. All it takes is photos of the military troops ringing the steps last summer when the protests were a mile and a half away, then show the nonexistent extra measures in place today, the cops who stepped aside and let them stream past, who took selfies.

It is infuriating.

[Johnny2X2X]

7. They were terrorists!

This was planned. Not spontaneous.

[Blue_true]

9. My guess is that it was a disorganized mob and compliant Capitol police officers.

The DC police had been hard on those dillweeds, but the head of the Capitol police had them stand down (the DC police did come in to clear the Capitol building). I really doubt that the FBI was compliant in this situation, their leadership has been pretty decent.