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FBaggins

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61. I doubt that either of those would be a concern

Sat Feb 8, 2025, 07:35 PM

Feb 8

They get arrested - they get booked - they get released.

For their arrests in front of SCOTUS a couple of years ago - they were released at the site after being ticketed.

Even were the DC government not friendly to democrats in general and sympathetic to their cause... this type of "trespassing" is awfully low-level. The main goal is to remove the offenders from the property. Not incarceration.

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Sweatshirt bald guy barring door at the Department of Education [View all] orangecrush Feb 7 OP

I've little doubt of that. If he were a gov't employee, then they should have asked for his ID. nt CousinIT Feb 7 #1

This is supposed to be him Ritabert Feb 7 #2

Thanks orangecrush Feb 7 #4

From Bluesky orangecrush Feb 7 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 8 #52

Text from bsky: erronis Feb 7 #26

G.O.P. is into Nazi tatoos now BoRaGard Feb 7 #3

This time I_UndergroundPanther Feb 7 #35

DOE, and before that it was USAID, the Dept. of Treasury, and the EPA. Solly Mack Feb 7 #5

I don't understand why they can't call the police. 1WorldHope Feb 7 #7

They should or force their way inside. Solly Mack Feb 7 #8

According to the MAGAts, it was OK....... lastlib Feb 7 #39

They'd sing a different tune if the DP brushed past the guard and walked inside. Solly Mack Feb 7 #43

They may be compromised MustLoveBeagles Feb 7 #9

It's an office of the executive branch FBaggins Feb 8 #47

Distract him or have a huge guy stand close enough to him so that he un comfortably moves and then go in. The Wielding Truth Feb 7 #12

There were armed Federal agents orangecrush Feb 7 #14

Regardless... rasputin1952 Feb 7 #15

True, but I wouldn't want to test that theory. Shipwack Feb 7 #22

Ummm.... orangecrush Feb 7 #30

Is there anyone out there who still thinks this isn't a coup and believes things will get back to normal jalan48 Feb 7 #10

Not me. They (putin/oligarchs/etc.) have pushed us down a steep slope erronis Feb 7 #28

No one with an IQ above a leafy vegetable....... lastlib Feb 7 #40

Call the police, have them deal w/ the guy (and they will in a few short seconds), and arrest his sorry a&&. SWBTATTReg Feb 7 #11

There were armed Federal agents orangecrush Feb 7 #13

How do you imagine that would go? FBaggins Feb 8 #48

Agree SickOfTheOnePct Feb 8 #60

Matthew Frost commented that they can't get arrested because it would reduce their votes. jmbar2 Feb 7 #16

True. orangecrush Feb 7 #24

He's... littlemissmartypants Feb 7 #17

They are so lucky we have been polite until now. Bear spray his ass next time? That's what they gave Capitol Police. Evolve Dammit Feb 7 #18

Congressional representatives should bear spray Federal security officers? MichMan Feb 8 #51

OK, it was a bit sarcastic. Who was the guy denying access? Fed employee? Wasn't clear. Just saying they are citizens. Evolve Dammit Feb 8 #58

Why doesn't someone move him out of the way? If that's "push back" we're done for. AStern Feb 7 #19

Your answer will be found by reading the thread first. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 7 #21

So? If it were the other way around they'd be inside - oh but decorum/norms/by the book AStern Feb 7 #32

Read it again. Decorum is not the issue Bernardo de La Paz Feb 7 #33

from the OP AStern Feb 7 #34

Thread is more than just OP. Read the thread. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 7 #36

You could have posted a link to the comments AStern Feb 7 #38

Each post is a link to the comments in the thread. "armed agents" is even in two Reply Titles, indexed in every post. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 7 #41

You must be new here... druidity33 Feb 8 #46

It's "Fresh Hell Friday"--count on every Friday being a celebration of authoritarianism on display. Timeflyer Feb 7 #20

I could take him & I weigh under 130 lbs. NotHardly Feb 7 #23

He is a Federal agent in charge of building security. orangecrush Feb 7 #25

Did he show his badge? Nt Hope22 Feb 7 #29

Don't know. orangecrush Feb 7 #31

Call the military. Bluethroughu Feb 7 #27

?? The military does not answer to individual members of Congress FBaggins Feb 8 #49

A... 2naSalit Feb 7 #37

Maybe former Presidents with their Secret Service detail Buddyzbuddy Feb 7 #42

I'm glad our Dem representatives didn't get themselves arrested for assault for forcing their way in. summer_in_TX Feb 8 #44

It was likely their intent FBaggins Feb 8 #50

Actually, they're avoiding arrest at this time for a couple of reasons. summer_in_TX Feb 8 #59

I doubt that either of those would be a concern FBaggins Feb 8 #61

Nazi thugs. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 8 #45

The psychopaths are in charge now. Irish_Dem Feb 8 #53

Can confirm. orangecrush Feb 8 #54

A fascist crime syndicate is in charge of the US now. Irish_Dem Feb 8 #55

They are following the Orban model orangecrush Feb 8 #56

Some of it is quite consistent with Stalin's Russia, East Germany, modern day China and Russia. Irish_Dem Feb 8 #57