Capitol Demonstration Question

Here’s a question no one is asking. Why was Trump, leader of the Executive branch, responsible for protecting the Capitol, the home of the Legislative branch? Why aren’t Schumer and Pelosi on the hook for protecting the Capitol? It’s their office building.

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soar2newhighs

Who has testified and asked the question you’re asking? This committee with the exception of a few Republicans on it is not fair, nor has it ever been. And those Republicans are part and parcel of this commission with their own agendas. This committee is a sham.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@soar2newhighs Actually, the Sergeant at Arms for both the House & Senate, as well as the Chief of Capitol police -- the ones responsible for day-to-day security of the Capitol Building -- all resigned under fire for their inadequate preparation. There was testimony before the Jan 6 Select Committee, as well as other Senate & House committees, including conflicting testimony between the Metropolitan Police Chief and the other three re: the timing delays of his request for a declaration of an emergency and request for National Guard Troops. Biden has since signed into law that the Metro Police Chief can request National Guard support directly without having to go through the byzantine bureaucratic process that previously was in place.

Don't forget that the televised public hearings are only a summary of the major and most significant findings the Select Committee is seeing in an ongoing investigation. A tip of the iceberg when it comes to the full extent of their hearings, depositions, the extremely lengthy report and recommendations likely to be forthcoming at the conclusion of their hearings. But action already is being taken on some glaring failures, such as the failure of the two Sgt at Arms and the Capitol Police Chief to recognize advance intelligence reports that there was organized activity by militias and others going on prior to the Jan 6 protests suggesting that it would be more than a First Amendment public rally, and send warnings to McConnell and Pelosi as well as make more serious preparations to secure the building.

ElwoodBlues · M

@soar2newhighs

This committee with the exception of a few Republicans on it is not fair, nor has it ever been

Yeah, why isn't there some kind of a Commission, with, say 5 republican and 5 democratic commissioners, taken from both the House and Senate? A Commission based on, say, the 9/11 Commission structure. That sounds much better, right?

Funny thing: the House passed a bill proposing just such a Commission, and Trump and Republicans shot it down. Let me repeat that: the House passed a bill proposing a 9/11 style Commission to look into Jan 6, and Trump and Republicans shot it down. I don't know what their motivations were, but they blocked any kind of joint commission proposal.