01-15-2021, 03:55 PM
(01-14-2021, 08:07 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: We will need to know more about this insurrection. Were insiders in the federal government, including elected officials, complicit or neglectful? We may not know fully until investigations or trials are complete. Anybody who had any role in this insurrection that isn't innocent error must be removed from the responsibility and receive such sanctions as appropriate. For a breach of security not an innocent any Senator or Representative must be expelled; any staffer must be fired and blackballed; any Capitol Police officer or any employee of the House or Senate must be fired. This insurrection is pure disgrace. I have yet to be satisfied that insiders were involved. Lives of fellow Senators and Representatives as well as the dignity of Congress were put at risk.
I agree here, as I think would many on the center-right. My issue is with throwing unsupported claims against a 'them' like chum into the fetid cesspit that is social media. If a congresscritter has a specific concern, they should raise it to the FBI and not post it on Facebook. That even as friendly a publication as the NY Times pointed out (weakly) that the claim had zero proof behind it should be a red flag as to just how irresponsible it is in the current state of tensions and distrust.
My skepticism over the assertion it was an inside job is still pretty high and it would take a lot of actual facts to clear it. Occam's razor, at this point, suggests it was a planned attempt by a hard-core group of Trump supporters who used the madness of crowds and lack of proper preparedness by the DC Mayor as cover WITHOUT active collusion and facilitation of elected officials and/or staffers. It's basically the Seattle CHAZ fiasco in a much more serious context.
But, I could be wrong, and I'm sure the lovey surveillance state we live in will soon reveal the truth.