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This isn't the first mass protest in DC. Why is this the first time they were able to get into the Capitol while in session?
by chrisco255 6y ago
This isn't the first mass protest in DC. Why is this the first time they were able to get into the Capitol while in session?
- Gibbon1 6y agoWasn't a protest, it was an attempt at a coup. And the president set the game to easy level.
- djsumdog 6y ago> attempt at a coup You have a very very low bar for what you think an attempted coup was.
- rhino369 6y agoWho knows what Trump was attempting. He should definitely be investigated. But the riot was a riot. There was no organization and no attempt to take the government and rule it. It was vandalism.
- Gibbon1 6y agoChased congress out their chambers while they were preparing to certify the next president. Murdered a police officer in the process. Your definition of a low bar different than mine.
- rhino369 6y agoTypically they don't try to. But people have gotten into the capitol to interrupt things before. Five Congressmen were shot by Puerto Rican nationalists on the floor of the house in the 50s. Protestors interrupt things fairly often. Happened during the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and again during the vote. This is probably the most overwhelmed the Capitol has been since the British captured it.
- s1artibartfast 6y agoHere is a great link from downtrend: https://twitter.com/EgSophie/status/1048634940169048064 https://twitter.com/EgSophie/status/1048634940169048064 It would be interesting to see exactly how often the capitol police have been overwhelmed and civilians have entered the building or chosen not to.