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PA_jen

(1,114 posts)
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:31 PM Sep 2021

They have put Fencing around the Capitol and Supreme court but what about the White House?

With the events on Saturday I am worried what they May try with the White House. I hope the Secret Service is putting extra people on duty.

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They have put Fencing around the Capitol and Supreme court but what about the White House? (Original Post) PA_jen Sep 2021 OP
The White House already has a very secure perimeter StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #1
I hope I am just paranoid or freaking out for nothing. I just had a dream last night that they PA_jen Sep 2021 #7
I understand StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #8
Thanks PA_jen Sep 2021 #16
it's already got a fence nt msongs Sep 2021 #2
yes but that fencing reminds me of a country club fencing more for show. PA_jen Sep 2021 #4
Nope StarfishSaver Sep 2021 #12
That helps. Thanks. PA_jen Sep 2021 #15
And snipers on the roof. marybourg Sep 2021 #10
This. And they don't play. Buckeyeblue Sep 2021 #25
Oddly enough, the January 6 seditionists didn't go after the White House. Midnight Writer Sep 2021 #3
Maybe they expected the fat slob to move back in. Or maybe... TreasonousBastard Sep 2021 #11
Ain't nothing happening.....it will be another pump and dump GOP "protest". OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #5
I think the White House is fairly well geezer wannabe Rambo army proof. marble falls Sep 2021 #6
I think the President was going to be in Rehoboth Beach this weekend Walleye Sep 2021 #9
If they tried anything.... SergeStorms Sep 2021 #13
The Secret Service employs snipers and heavy-weapons teams jmowreader Sep 2021 #14
What time is that fiasco supposed to start? tavernier Sep 2021 #17
I am not sure. PA_jen Sep 2021 #18
... tavernier Sep 2021 #19
... PA_jen Sep 2021 #20
There's not going to be a very large rally. This is very overblown imo Arazi Sep 2021 #21
"QAnoners are warning that the #JusticeforJ6 rally today is a false flag government plot Hortensis Sep 2021 #22
That would likely be their target if they were to attempt it again. kentuck Sep 2021 #23
The White House is the most secure building in the world Marius25 Sep 2021 #24
 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
1. The White House already has a very secure perimeter
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:34 PM
Sep 2021

The occasional fence jumper notwithstanding, the grounds are much more defensible than the Capitol and Supreme Court.

PA_jen

(1,114 posts)
7. I hope I am just paranoid or freaking out for nothing. I just had a dream last night that they
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:41 PM
Sep 2021

attacked the white house while everyone worried about the capitol.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
8. I understand
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:56 PM
Sep 2021

But it might help to know that the White House is protected by entirely different authorities and under different protocols than the Capitol and Supreme Court. Even full-blown protection and attention to those places won't in any way distract or detract from protecting the White House and president.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
12. Nope
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 10:40 PM
Sep 2021

Not even close to being the same.

The White House is actually surrounded by an illusion. It's important for the American public to view the president and "The People's House" are always accessible. But in reality, the White House is ensconced in a fortress and the president is in a virtually impenetrable protective bubble.

Great pains are taken to make it look otherwise, for good reason, but don't think that because the White House fencing LOOKS like the fence at a local country club that it is the same as one.

Midnight Writer

(21,737 posts)
3. Oddly enough, the January 6 seditionists didn't go after the White House.
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 09:36 PM
Sep 2021

They must have forgot about it or something.

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
14. The Secret Service employs snipers and heavy-weapons teams
Fri Sep 17, 2021, 11:31 PM
Sep 2021

If they try pulling anything at the White House, they will learn if the rumor the Secret Service owns artillery is true.

PA_jen

(1,114 posts)
20. ...
Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:38 AM
Sep 2021


I had a real conern. I am in PA and thankfully a relative that lives in DC has left for the weekend.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
21. There's not going to be a very large rally. This is very overblown imo
Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:44 AM
Sep 2021

And neither Biden nor Harris are there. Nobody of any import is in any of the buildings today. It would be especially futile to storm the premises without an objective

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. "QAnoners are warning that the #JusticeforJ6 rally today is a false flag government plot
Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:49 AM
Sep 2021
to round up more of them. You just knew they'd eventually get here. Too paranoid to attend their own paranoia rally. ~ Maher

Oh, yes!

But I suspect that, just like election day and others, government emphasis has been on discouraging all who could be reached from doing anything they could be arrested for, rather than encouraging.

So far crickets. Maybe, like those of them drawn to last summer's #BLM marches, they plan to sneak in in the dark.

kentuck

(111,076 posts)
23. That would likely be their target if they were to attempt it again.
Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:51 AM
Sep 2021

Trump told them that Biden was an "illegitimate" President.

Who knows what one sick, lone wolf might try??

 

Marius25

(3,213 posts)
24. The White House is the most secure building in the world
Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:57 AM
Sep 2021

There are snipers on the roof, secret service and guards surrounding the building, barricades at every entrance, the windows are bullet proof, there is a nuclear bunker underneath the building, there is an elaborate network of tunnels that go under the White House for the President and staff to escape to a secure location.

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