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Linda Oliver's avatar

Lindsey Graham to the Capitol Police on Jan. 6: “What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns, use them”. Imagine the bloodbath if they had, especially when you consider the reaction to just the death of Ashley Babbitt. We could’ve had the Proud Boys’ civil war right then and there that day.

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Rearranging Deck Chairs's avatar

Not just “good guys with guns.” Most important, good guys with guns AND intelligence. I looked up this clip that impressed the hell out of me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyWuw205um0

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John Robert's avatar

Exactly. I'm convinced the organizers and leaders of the January 6th putsch were 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 one, possibly more, of their dupes would be killed. They're surely aware of how valuable it would be to have their own Horst Wessel and just sick enough to aim for it.

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