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So it was a terrible coup attempt, but it was most definitely a coup attempt. They had plastic ties and a noose ready for the vice president and the speaker of

• Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
  Did they also have enough firepower to neutralise their armed security?
  • recursive 5y ago
    Evidently. They made it into many secure areas and past the locked doors.
    • Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
      Just because the security didn't use lethal weapons (except that one shot). And the reason they didn't use it is because there never was any real serious threat to anyone in power. So the fact that the mob got onto the building speaks only that the security preferred to let them in (fully understanding that everyone important is already evacuated) rather than killing them to prevent them from access. Once in the building the mob quickly figured out that they don't know what to do next, as was expected.
      • dragonwriter 5y ago
        > So the fact that the mob got onto the building speaks only that the security preferred to let them in (fully understanding that everyone important is already evacuated) That’s...not true. The building was breached before members were evacuated. The breakthrough and shooting at the Speakers Lobby occurred, very shortly after that room was evacuated, and where the mob, if unchecked at the chokepoint through which they had just broken, would provide an imminent and overwhelming threat to both security personnel and innocents in the process of evacuating. Security lost control of the outer perimeter and did a collapsing bubble defense to maximize safety of the heavily outnumbered security personal and the ability to protect VIPs and other innocents who had not been evacuated.
    • ErikVandeWater 5y ago
      Security didn't even use tear gas.
  • krapp 5y ago
    They didn't need it, capitol police were largely on their side. If it had been BLM, they would have shot to kill.