Thread by @PeterMoskos, Never Forget: "“Clear the Capitol,” Pence said... At 4:08 p.m. on Jan. [...]

Never Forget: "“Clear the Capitol,” Pence said... At 4:08 p.m. on Jan. 6, as the rioters roamed the Capitol and after they had menacingly called out for Pelosi, D-Calif., and yelled for Pence to be hanged." https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-army-racial-injustice-riots-only-on-ap-480e95d9d075a0a946e837c3156cdcb9?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

‘Clear the Capitol,’ Pence pleaded, timeline of riot shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — From a secure room in the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters pummeled police and vandalized the building, Vice President Mike Pence tried to assert control. In an urgent phone call to...

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-army-racial-injustice-riots-only-on-ap-480e95d9d075a0a946e837c3156cdcb9?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Might be one of the few times Pence and I were on the same page. https://twitter.com/PeterMoskos/status/1346908141150154753

https://twitter.com/PeterMoskos/status/1346908141150154753

I still think most people underestimate how close we came to losing that day. A lasting occupation/siege of the Capitol? Hostages? Trump flag flying? Trump saying "let's make a deal." Trump still in the White House It could have been fatal to America.

It's interesting to see how a lie that started with the left, "Cops just let them in cause they're white!" has been co-opted by the right: "Since cops just let them in, it was no big deal!" (As if they had a 2PM Capitol tour?)

Cops didn't let them in. Cops fought and died.

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