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In reply to the discussion: "WHO KNEW?" Every damned one of them! [View all]Warpy
(113,131 posts)they were going there spoiling for a fight, then there is no excuse for anyone in DC, in that crowd or in government or law enforcement, for not knowing. They knew. The Capitol Police were sent in without proper equipment or backup because they were meant to be oerwhelmed. The whole idea was to use those violent jerks to cause a panic that would get rid of Pence, evacuate Congress, and allow the switcheroo with the envelopes containing the state electoral vote with the fake electors.
It's only quick thinking and fast action by staffers that kept the coup from succeeding. It explains why those Congressmen from states with fake electors objected to the certification of the electoral vote in those states. It's a dead giveaway, those electors weren't the ones they'd been told to expect!
Every damned one of those fake electors needs to be hauled in and put on the spot about this.
The boobs who LARPed violent patriots clearly had no idea what to do once they got into offices. Their only function was to scare Congress out of the chamber and Pence out of the building (to gawd knows where), leaving the boxes containing the envelopes of state electors unattended.
It failed by the width of a whisker. We came so close to losing everything.
They will undoubtedly succeed the next time. I just hope people in the DOJ are connecting the dots this time.