Jan 6th was the worst attack on the Capitol since 1812? Odd because in 1954, five congressmen were wounded on the floor when 4 terrorists opened fire from the visitor area. (Prez Carter later commuted/reduced the sentences.) https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/05/1954-shooting-at-the-u-s-capitol/ …
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“Shortly before midnight on Friday, July 2, 1915, police responded to the U.S. Capitol where an explosion had just rocked the Senate wing.” https://boundarystones.weta.org/2015/06/22/terrorism-hits-home-1915-us-capitol-bombing … Haven’t seen anything close to this damage from Jan 6th. (Photo Source: Library of Congress)pic.twitter.com/809zVMDMV1
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Oct 2018: Hundreds storm a US Senate building during the sacred work of confirming a Supreme Court Justice for a position that holds longer than a presidential term. 302 were arrested by Cap Hill Police; none by the Feds. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409999-scores-of-kavanaugh-protesters-arrested-after-descending-on-senate-building … https://youtu.be/pIIiZCsze3o
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Summer of 2020: POTUS & family are rushed to the White House Bunker as insurrectionists scaled fencing trying to overthrow the government. 60 secret service agents were wounded; 11 needed hospital for defending the WH in the worst attack on it since 1812.https://www.foxnews.com/us/more-than-60-secret-service-officers-injured-during-violent-george-floyd-protests-in-washington-d-c.amp …
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July 24, 1998: Two Capitol Police officers, Officer Jacob J. Chestnut, Jr., and Detective John M. Gibson, died in the line of duty. An armed assailant stormed past a U.S. Capitol security checkpoint; he made it deep into the building where he was shot.https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-1998-shooting-of-two-Capitol-Police-officers/ …
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Video of the insurrection at the White House last summer.
Likely the worst attack since 1812 and appears to be more mayhem than Jan 6th.
I am not aware of a hunt by the Feds for those who stood there (as done to 100s of Jan 6th)
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Did the losing President encourage them to attack the Capitol? Seems to be the missing ingredient is those comparisons.
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Clinton pardoned these guys.
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