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What about a decapitation strike resulting in the deaths of competing constitutional officers by allies of the president with the intent of subverting the peace
by legutierr 6y ago
What about a decapitation strike resulting in the deaths of competing constitutional officers by allies of the president with the intent of subverting the peaceful transfer of presidential power? Would that not qualify as a threat to the republic?
In other words, what if the mob had gotten its hands on Pence, Pelosi, Grassley, or others? Don't you think that would have been a bigger deal than what transpired with Snowden?
Incidentally, there are reports that a number of Republican members of Congress voted in favor of the president on Wednesday because they feared for the safety of their families. It seems plausible that they might have been influenced by the rioters chanting "hang Mike Pence" as they entered the Capitol. Legislators voting against their judgement because of extortion seems a significant threat to the democratic order.
- paulddraper 6y agoMultiple politicans have assassinated before, the Republic has carried on. If there were a lot at once...yeah that could be bad. But frankly there's just so little chance of that happening. If there was a chance in hell of that happening, Security Service/Capitol police would have actually done something about the protesters.
- legutierr 6y agoYou seem to place a lot of faith in an institution—the Capitol Police—that most would agree failed spectacularly on Wednesday. It was pure luck that the doors of the Senate were locked and barred just two minutes before the mob arrived. What do you think would have happened if the rioters had gotten there five minutes before they did, when the doors were still ajar? What do you think those men with flex cuffs were intending to do? It seems that one of them was a retired Air Force lt. colonel. What do you think his motivations were?