A Wall for Trump

[Lem]

7-foot "non-scalable fence" going up around Capitol for 30 days

A 7-foot-tall "non-scalable fence" will be erected around the U.S. Capitol complex for at least 30 days, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a press conference with Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday.

McCarthy said the Defense Department had discussed security plans "with the Capitol Police and others" in the run-up to Wednesday's demonstrations, but "no requests of the D.C. National Guard were made."

"Obviously, it's a different branch of government, so we have to be requested," McCarthy said.

Ken Cuccinelli, the No. 2 official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said on Twitter that his department is helping to erect the fencing at the request of the U.S. Capitol Police.

Bowser said "clearly there was a failure" in security, which allowed hundreds of protesters to freely enter the halls of Congress. She said "a more robust presence" of law enforcement would have prevented people from getting inside of the Capitol, and called for a federal investigation into the security response.

"We're obviously concerned about the 20th," Bowser said, speaking of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. The mayor added that the violence seen on Wednesday "may not end on the 20th," and should cause people to "reset" their perception of America.

"What happened yesterday is textbook terrorism," she said.

BY AUDREY MCNAMARA
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/bi ... 021-01-07/

When Trump leaves on the 19th for a non-extraditing country, his legacy will be a 'reset' of people's "perception of America." and not a good one.

[Some Schmo]

When Trump leaves on the 19th for a non-extraditing country, his legacy will be a 'reset' of people's "perception of America." and not a good one.

Yeah, my perception had a hot reboot four years and two months ago. I think a virus was installed at the time, because my perception of America has gotten worse... but actually, in some ways better, too. Like an old sack of screws, America's a mixed bag.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Going along with this, and Lemmie’s other questions regarding the NG:

https://wtop.com/dc/2021/01/dc-mayor-ca ... terrorism/

tl;dc - NG from DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and New York. will stick around for 30 days to ensure an orderly transition to a Biden presidency.

I guess if your coup fails then it’s all like, “My bad. Here are the troops now to make sure things don’t get out of hand.”

Good damned LORD. Is ANYONE from this administration going to be held accountable?

- Doc

[Lem]

Going along with this, and Lemmie’s other questions regarding the NG:

https://wtop.com/dc/2021/01/dc-mayor-ca ... terrorism/

tl;dc - NG from DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and New York. will stick around for 30 days to ensure an orderly transition to a Biden presidency.

I guess if your coup fails then it’s all like, “My bad. Here are the troops now to make sure things don’t get out of hand.”

Good damned LORD. Is ANYONE from this administration going to be held accountable?

- Doc

Apparently not. Trump announced at his rally yesterday that the 3 supreme court judges he appointed won't agree with him any more because it will 'make them look bad on the SOCIAL circuit' to decide things 'his way'. And yes, he said 'social'. No reference at all to actual decision-making or the process.

So, looking at this in terms of our three branches of government, built on checks and balances, we now have the legislative branch building a wall around itself because it was attacked by representatives of the executive branch, and an executive branch that outright announces that it should be able to directly control the judicial branch.

The damage Trump has done to our country's political structure is unfathomable.

[Jersey Girl]

They had a fence erected...did they take it down? If so, I don't recall when. So now they are apparently having to put up a new one? Thanks for bringing this to us, Lem.

[Moksha]

Trump announced at his rally yesterday that the 3 supreme court judges he appointed won't agree with him any more because it will 'make them look bad on the SOCIAL circuit' to decide things 'his way'. And yes, he said 'social'.

Not to worry, Trump can snub all three during state-dinners at the Kremlin, after he leaves office.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Apparently the White House denied the MD Gov’s repeated offers to send in troops to help the DC Mayor who was asking for help:

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/loca ... f504d7e53f

I still think Trump was trying to wage a literal coup, and that’s why he kept troops away, to facilitate an insurrectionist takeover.

- Doc

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Don’t forget that Trump was literally telling the crowd he was going to march with them into the Capitol. Makes sense to keep the castle lightly defended if you want to take it.

- Doc

[dantana]

How to do an apology that appears to be regular in form and authentic:
I'm sorry. My bad.

How not to:
I'm sorry. But, if you wouldn't have done such and such....

How to call off thugs, marching on what they think are your orders, that appears to be regular in form and authentic:
Stand down now. Get the “F” out of my hallowed halls or I'm gonna come down there and crack heads myself.

How not to:
I know you're hurting, you have every right to want to kill a lib right now. Good for you. Right at the moment though you need to stand down, cause that's what they're telling me I should say.

[Res Ipsa]

They had a fence erected...did they take it down? If so, I don't recall when. So now they are apparently having to put up a new one? Thanks for bringing this to us, Lem.

If I recall correctly, the old fence was around Lafayette Park and the White House. The new one will go around the Capitol. I suspect the purpose is increased security for the inauguration, which will take place on the steps of the Capitol.