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Location: 23.7 million to 162 million miles North of Venus
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Originally Posted by r small
Some of the weapons that were confiscated had been seen being used inside the US Capitol including a baseball bat, a fire extinguisher, a wooden club, a spear, crutches, a flagpole, bear spray, mace, chemical irritants, stolen police shields, a wooden beam, a hockey stick, a stun gun, and knives. Here are the weapons Trump supporters brought to DC on the day of the Capitol attack - CNNPolitics
You didn't answer my question, which ones in that list are illegal to carry into the Capitol building?
Some of the weapons that were confiscated had been seen being used inside the US Capitol including a baseball bat, a fire extinguisher, a wooden club, a spear, crutches, a flagpole, bear spray, mace, chemical irritants, stolen police shields, a wooden beam, a hockey stick, a stun gun, and knives. Here are the weapons Trump supporters brought to DC on the day of the Capitol attack - CNNPolitics
Lol, so much for an insurrection right? These guys were terrible terrorists.
You didn't answer my question, which ones in that list are illegal to carry into the Capitol building?
I'm willing to bet that all of the weapons mentioned in my link (with the exception of crutches) are illegal to carry into the Capitol. You think I'm wrong? Try entering the Capitol with a hockey stick. See how far you get. And knives?
Location: 23.7 million to 162 million miles North of Venus
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"We immediately offered support to the District of Columbia, which submitted a direct request for law enforcement support through the emergency management assistance compact," Hogan said, authorizing 200 Maryland State Troopers and the state's National Guard unit to be sent to D.C.
But under federal law, final authorization for National Guard troops to be sent across the border to federal land, such as the Capitol grounds, is controlled by the Secretary of Defense, not D.C.'s mayor, and Hogan said his requests were denied.
"I was ready, willing and able to immediately deploy [National Guard] to the Capitol, however we were repeatedly denied approval to do so," Hogan said.
Is Faux claiming the terrorist is some kind of martyr? I'd hate to think you and the right wingers support terrorism
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In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Former Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving recalled to House Admin how previous discussions with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her office factored in to his “blender of decision making,” according to three sources with direct knowledge of Irving’s talk with House Admin.
Pelosi’s office had previously impressed upon Irving that the National Guard was to remain off Capitol Grounds, Irving allegedly told House Admin. The discussions, which centered around “optics,” allegedly occurred in the months prior to the Jan. 6 riot, during a time when deployment of federal resources for civil unrest was unpopular with Democrats and many members of Congress.
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The Sergeant at Arms (SAA) is selected by the Speaker of the House and takes its direction from the Speaker. ...
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