Peak gaslight
Well. That takes some nerve.
Really?!
No.
Stefanik’s claim is that the Capitol police raised concerns about security and that Pelosi “prioritized her partisan political optics over their safety.” But there’s a catch: their safety is not Pelosi’s jurisdiction.
It should go without saying that the main person who bears responsibility for the violence that occurred on Jan. 6 is former President Donald Trump, whose lies about the election being stolen are what inspired a militant set of protesters to gather in Washington. He then directed that very group he convened to head to the Capitol and told them to “show strength.”
But as far as who was responsible for security vulnerabilities that day [is concerned], Pelosi again is far from the guilty party. Capitol security isn’t the speaker’s responsibility. It’s the duty of the Capitol Police, along with the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms.
You know who else didn’t do anything about Capitol security that day? Dolly Parton! Also Angela Merkel, also Meryl Streep.
Nor is the House speaker responsible for the Capitol Police’s shortcomings. As the president of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, Jane Campbell, told CNN, “The speaker of the House does not oversee security of the U.S. Capitol, nor does this official oversee the Capitol Police Board.” Furthermore, the former Capitol Police chief has testified that Pelosi was not involved in decisions about the deployment of the National Guard in the run-up to Jan. 6.
But she should have been. Never mind that that’s not her job, she should have done it anyway. The whole thing is her fault.
And in fact, deployment of the National Guard in DC is a matter for the Secretary of Defence (i.e. Trump et al) and the Military I believe. There’s been evidence advanced that Trump appointees and sympathisers within Defence tried to slow authorisation and deployment of the Guard that day. Certainly it was many hours after help was requested by the Capitol Police and DC Mayor that the Guard deployed in any meaningful way.
I never did trust Meryl Streep.
Okay, I have a confession. I also did nothing about Capitol security that day. Nor did my Irish terrier; he is, I am sure, very ashamed.
Every step of the way, they have tried to shift blame to Nancy Pelosi and other democrats…while denying it was anything worth worrying about. They are children, pointing fingers at their sister, even though they were caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
Re #3
Obviously your dog is one of the terrierists.
Wow. That really is some chutzpah.
All a bunch of Karens. Burn them all, amirite?
He’s male; I’m sure he had a good excuse.
Sackbut, you can show yourself out.
#6 GW
Dogs do not need an excuse, good or not, as they are always innocent. Cats on the other hand…
You know, Holms, you may have something there. I don’t know where my cat was that day…I assumed she was hiding in the basement, but maybe she was helping incite the riot…
Sackbut, that is what we call him most of the time…terrierist. He fits the billing.
iknklast, I am equally guilty. More so, if anything. I could have deployed FORTRAN.
She’d have made short work of the one in the horned hat, if nothing else.
The proper response: “So just to be clear, you want the Speaker of the House to assume authority and power that she is in no way authorized to take, with no supporting legislation or policy, and overriding the decisions of those who do have that authority, if she feels there is sufficient urgency in the face of some failure of security or policy? Because she’s got some opinions she’d like to develop into policy on vaccinations and voting rights…”