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It’s “Official” — The U.S. Capitol was attacked on 1-6-2021.
Some “characters” were singled out for “wrath and vengeance” more than others.
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A Review of the Security, Planning, and Response Failures on January 6
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee on Rules and Administration
pg 1
In the early hours of January 7, the President of the Senate, Vice President Pence, announced Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris as the President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States.
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As the situation outside continued to deteriorate, inside the Capitol building, Congress was convening in a Joint Session to certify results of the Electoral College vote. Vice President Pence, who presided over the Joint Session, gaveled in at 1:03 p.m.[81]
President Trump concluded his speech at 1:10 p.m.[82]
At 1:12 p.m., the two chambers separated and began to debate objections to the certification of Arizona’s Electoral College votes.[83]
By 1:49 p.m., rioters had breached the Upper West Terrace.[87]
At 2:00 p.m., then-Assistant Chief Pittman also ordered a lockdown of the Capitol Building.[91]
Rioters continued to push toward the Capitol building, reaching the Rotunda steps by 2:06 p.m. and the House Plaza by 2:08 p.m.[92]
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At 2:13 p.m., two minutes after rioters breached the building, the Senate went into recess.[98]
At 2:14 p.m., USCP Officer Eugene Goodman redirected rioters away from the Senate chamber.[99] Vice President Pence and congressional leaders were evacuated to secure locations.[100]
An order to lock down the House and Senate chambers was issued at 2:15 p.m.[101]
The House declared a brief recess at 2:18 p.m.[102]
B-1 Appendix B: Transcript of President Trump’s Speech at the “Save America Rally” on January 6
pg B-2
And he looked at Mike Pence, and I hope Mike is going to do the right thing. I hope so. I hope so.”
Because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election. All he has to do, all this is, this is from the number one, or certainly one of the top, Constitutional lawyers in our country. He has the absolute right to do it. We’re supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our Constitution, and protect our constitution.
States want to revote. The states got defrauded. They were given false information. They voted on it. Now they want to recertify. They want it back. All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify and we become president and you are the happiest people.
And I actually, I just spoke to Mike. I said: “Mike, that doesn’t take courage. What takes courage is to do nothing. That takes courage.” And then we’re stuck with a president who lost the election by a lot and we have to live with that for four more years. We’re just not going to let that happen.
pg B-5
And you know what else? We don’t have a free and fair press. Our media is not free, it’s not fair. It suppresses thought, it suppresses speech and it’s become the enemy of the people. It’s become the enemy of the people. It’s the biggest problem we have in this country.
No third-world countries would even attempt to do what we caught them doing. And you’ll hear about that in just a few minutes.
Republicans are, Republicans are constantly fighting like a boxer with his hands tied behind his back. It’s like a boxer. And we want to be so nice. We want to be so respectful of everybody, including bad people. And we’re going to have to fight much harder.
And Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us, and if he doesn’t, that will be a, a sad day for our country because you’re sworn to uphold our Constitution.
Now, it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you, we’re going to walk down, we’re going to walk down.
Anyone you want, but I think right here, we’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.
Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated.
pg B-16
The radical left knows exactly what they’re doing. They’re ruthless and it’s time that somebody did something about it. And Mike Pence, I hope you’re going to stand up for the good of our Constitution and for the good of our country. And if you’re not, I’m going to be very disappointed in you. I will tell you right now. I’m not hearing good stories.
pg B-22
I think one of our great achievements will be election security. Because nobody until I came along had any idea how corrupt our elections were.
And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.
So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. And we’re going to the Capitol, and we’re going to try and give.
The Democrats are hopeless — they never vote for anything. Not even one vote. But we’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help. We’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.
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“And Mike Pence is going to have to come through for us, and if he doesn’t, that will be a, a sad day for our country because you’re sworn to uphold our Constitution.”
This is what The Incitement to Attack America looks like … Make America Trump’s Again.
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Snopes: Was ‘Hang Mike Pence’ Chanted at Capitol Riot?
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One particularly disturbing incident was recounted by Reuters photographer Jim Bourg, who said that he heard at least three different rioters say that they were hoping to find U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and hang him as a traitor:
I heard at least 3 different rioters at the Capitol say that they hoped to find Vice President Mike Pence and execute him by hanging him from a Capitol Hill tree as a traitor. It was a common line being repeated. Many more were just talking about how the VP should be executed.
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Bourg was not the only one to witness such threats. In fact, a viral video clip showed several members of this mob chanting “hang Mike Pence”:
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In addition to the chants of “hang Mike Pence,” a gallows was also erected outside of the U.S. Capitol.
The chants of “hang Mike Pence” were not the only documented threats against a U.S. politician. In the days leading up to the Capitol riot, there were several calls for violence on social media sites such as Parler. Buzzfeed News reported that an account with the name “No Trump No Peace #GoTime” shared an image of a noose next to a caption that read:
“Who would you like to see ‘dispatched’ first? 1) Nancy Pelosi 2) John Roberts 3) Pence 4) other (please name) I was leaning towards Nancy, but it might have to be Pence.”
It should also be noted that in the days leading up to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, several social media users, including the president of the United States, falsely claimed that Pence had the authority to overturn the results of the 2020 election. When Pence accurately stated that he simply did not have “unilateral authority” to overturn the election results, he drew the ire of the president and his supporters. In fact, roughly 10 minutes before Pence and the other lawmakers at the Capitol were evacuated to a safe location as the mob started to attack, Trump posted the following message on Twitter:
Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!
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TRUE!
Here’s a CNN Link — that has the Video of the Tweet-incited mob — in real time.
These are the key moments from the US Capitol riot — CNN
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Here’s another take on the recent Bipartisan Report on the 1-6 Attack on America’s Capitol — which occurred with most of America’s elected representatives ALL in attendance, ALL in one place. With only their proforma-recognition of the already-certified 2020 Election ‘hanging’ in the balance:
jamess — Jun 8, 2021
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Even Bill Barr said there was NO evidence of Election Fraud.