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> FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted night before capital riot Yeah, but how is Pelosi going to blame Trump for that? Add this to the list of inconvenie

> FBI: Pipe bombs at RNC, DNC were planted night before capital riot Yeah, but how is Pelosi going to blame Trump for that? Add this to the list of inconvenient facts that I haven't seen mentioned on HN aside from my posts: 1) Pelosi declined before the Capitol rally to pay for additional Capitol security. 2) One of the first rioters to enter the Capitol building admitted to being BLM/antifa. A jounalist who was there recognized several others as antifa. 3) It's common for politicians in both parties to call for demonstrating on the Hill. One Democrat did that years before Jan. 6.

boublepop 6y ago
1) Are you suggesting that the USA Capital building should only be safe against armed assaults on special occasions when the speaker decides they should pay extra? And that if those extra fees are not paid, then any armed assaults are fair game, should be consequence free and really is the fault of the speaker? 2) This has been debunked time and time again. It was not Antifa assaulting the capital. It was Trump supporters. Stop trying to blame this on your enemy just because your attack failed. 3) Demonstrations are a integral part of a healthy democracy. An armed assault on the capital is not a demonstration. When Trump won, there were plenty of demonstrations against him, both in the US and across the world. That is perfectly fair. The opposition however did not assault the capital in an attempt to overthrow democracy. And the fact that mainstream republicans can’t tell the difference between those two is extremely scary.
- redis_mlc 6y ago
  Your comment is literally nonsense: 1) Of course more security would be needed for a large rally. 2) The BLM activist is Sullivan: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/16/sullivan-video-arrested/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/16/sullivan-vi... 3) But who was armed?

boublepop 6y ago

1) Are you suggesting that the USA Capital building should only be safe against armed assaults on special occasions when the speaker decides they should pay extra? And that if those extra fees are not paid, then any armed assaults are fair game, should be consequence free and really is the fault of the speaker? 2) This has been debunked time and time again. It was not Antifa assaulting the capital. It was Trump supporters. Stop trying to blame this on your enemy just because your attack failed. 3) Demonstrations are a integral part of a healthy democracy. An armed assault on the capital is not a demonstration. When Trump won, there were plenty of demonstrations against him, both in the US and across the world. That is perfectly fair. The opposition however did not assault the capital in an attempt to overthrow democracy. And the fact that mainstream republicans can’t tell the difference between those two is extremely scary.

redis_mlc 6y ago
Your comment is literally nonsense: 1) Of course more security would be needed for a large rally. 2) The BLM activist is Sullivan: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/16/sullivan-video-arrested/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/16/sullivan-vi... 3) But who was armed?