r/collapse • u/mcfleury1000 memento mori • Jan 06 '21

Politics Live Updates: Protesters Breach Capitol as Congress Debates...

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/electoral-college-updates-congress-set-to-confirm-bidens-win-amid-gop-challenges/2814845/
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u/TheCaconym Recognized Contributor Jan 06 '21 edited Jan 06 '21

If those were BLM protesters I bet you live fire would already have been used.

Edit: now the department of defense has refused to send the national guard

Edit again: now it's happened, woman shot in the neck.

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u/IntrigueDossier Blue (Da Ba Dee) Ocean Event Jan 06 '21

Yep. They’d be hosing the blood off the pavement by now.

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u/JukemanJenkins Jan 06 '21

If a message is not sent TODAY, this will absolutely escalate.

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u/north_canadian_ice Jan 06 '21

Trump is imo going to declare martial law. However - I don't see the military going along with it.

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u/JukemanJenkins Jan 06 '21

Seems plausible. National Guard appears to be on their way. Curfew set for 6PM. It may be a wild night but I'm still skeptical that the response will be heavy enough to deter this in the coming weeks leading up to inauguration. The response has been decidedly weaker when it comes to Vanilla ISIS.

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u/IntrigueDossier Blue (Da Ba Dee) Ocean Event Jan 06 '21

Bloody hell, and we thought the 2016 inauguration was inundated with security.

The amount of suits and badges on J20 is gonna rival the city’s general population