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Pence, his SecServ Agents and the trumper mob and 100 feet away
2 sources, 1-I have been following this persons twitter acct since s/he came online in April 2017. I trust the behind the scenes tweets as being truthful.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Recall Eugene Goodman in the hallway, baiting the crowd...
Source 2-Daily Mail-yes I know...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9152275/MAGA-mob-100-feet-office-Mike-Pence-wife-daughter-hiding.html
Title-MAGA mob was only 100 feet from the office where Mike Pence, his wife and his daughter were hiding when hero Capitol cop led rioters in the wrong direction after the violent crowd missed by him by just one minute in hallway
snip-"It took 14 minutes to evacuate Pence from the Senate Chamber after the MAGA mob first broke into the building, according to law enforcement officials and video footage obtained by The Washington Post.
Secret Service agents eventually managed to convince the VP to leave and rushed him and his family into an office before they were taken to a second secure location.
Less than 60 seconds after Pence was taken to his hideaway, a violent crowd followed a Capitol officer up a flight of stairs - just 33 yards from the office but away from the chamber where many lawmakers still remained."
snip-"That means if the rioters had reached the landing just seconds beforehand, they would have seen the Vice President being evacuated."
more at Daily Mail.
If another source comes up I'll add it.
Without any doubt, the Secret Service agents would have killed many many of the mob.
When there is a DC Insurrection Congressional Hearings, it will be fascinating to watch.
A google check says the Speaker does not get Secret Service protection. From their wiki..."Protective mission Edit
The Secret Service ensures the safety of the president of the United States, the vice president of the United States, the president's and vice president's immediate families, former presidents, their spouses and their minor children under the age of 16, major presidential and vice-presidential candidates and their spouses, and visiting foreign heads of state.
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