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What if the 1/6 mob got their hands on the representatives?

What would have happened if the 1/6 mob caught representatives without any security to intervene?

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I'm particularly interested in hearing from the people who argue that the shooting of Ashli Babbitt was unjustified. Imagine you're a part of the security detail in that chamber. If you allow enough of the mob into the chamber, they will be beyond anyone's ability to control. You'll simply have to trust their good intentions. So, what do YOU think those intentions were?
 
Elmo said:
I'm particularly interested in hearing from the people who argue that the shooting of Ashli Babbitt was unjustified. Imagine you're a part of the security detail in that chamber. If you allow enough of the mob into the chamber, they will be beyond anyone's ability to control. You'll simply have to trust their good intentions. So, what do YOU think those intentions were?
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They would have hung Nancy Pelosi and AOC's bloody lifeless bodies from the capitol rotunda and 30% of Americans would have cheered and drunk a toast.
 
I like to think that some sort of self-restraint would have kept anybody from actually killing a representative. I do think that some of the politicians would have been hurt though.
 
I think the mob would have found the liquor cabinet and got drunk.That's about all.
 
HIP56948 said:
I like to think that some sort of self-restraint would have kept anybody from actually killing a representative. I do think that some of the politicians would have been hurt though.
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They killed one of their own while storming the Capitol entry way. Self-restraint didn't seem to be their mindset at all.
 
Elmo said:
I'm particularly interested in hearing from the people who argue that the shooting of Ashli Babbitt was unjustified. Imagine you're a part of the security detail in that chamber. If you allow enough of the mob into the chamber, they will be beyond anyone's ability to control. You'll simply have to trust their good intentions. So, what do YOU think those intentions were?
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They had nooses. They set a gallows up outside. They were shouting "hang mike pence". There is no doubt.
 
HIP56948 said:
I like to think that some sort of self-restraint would have kept anybody from actually killing a representative. I do think that some of the politicians would have been hurt though.
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I like to think that too, and it is tempting to say many were just confused nitwits who joined a rally to protest a pretend-it-was-stolen election. But the footage so clearly shows violence, mob aggression, actual physical *storming* of the building -- hard to see how a hypothetical good faith Trumper moron could wander along in the wake of that and not realize they were surrounded by some very bad people doing violence. In any event, I'm past the point of benefit of the doubt with the Trump crowd, even if there had been doubt -- they have knowingly, willingly descended to anti-democratic lows that make it clear they are just enemies of the state and enemies of freedom, thugs who are not entitled to intellectual acrobatics to try to minimize their misconduct.
 
Elmo said:
I'm particularly interested in hearing from the people who argue that the shooting of Ashli Babbitt was unjustified. Imagine you're a part of the security detail in that chamber. If you allow enough of the mob into the chamber, they will be beyond anyone's ability to control. You'll simply have to trust their good intentions. So, what do YOU think those intentions were?
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That woman was warned to stand down more than once. She used bad judgement and therefore is 6 feet under. Unfortunate for her family.

She was a former Airforce member, like myself. She forgot her oath as a citizen soldier. To defend the Constitution, no where does it say to commit insurrection. She is traitor to her country and the oath.
 
skeptic llc said:
I like to think that too, and it is tempting to say many were just confused nitwits who joined a rally to protest a pretend-it-was-stolen election. But the footage so clearly shows violence, mob aggression, actual physical *storming* of the building -- hard to see how a hypothetical good faith Trumper moron could wander along in the wake of that and not realize they were surrounded by some very bad people doing violence. In any event, I'm past the point of benefit of the doubt with the Trump crowd, even if there had been doubt -- they have knowingly, willingly descended to anti-democratic lows that make it clear they are just enemies of the state and enemies of freedom, thugs who are not entitled to intellectual acrobatics to try to minimize their misconduct.
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This^ (y) (y)
 
Logician Man said:
Many are seen and heard on audio/video as claiming to be there to hang former V.P. Mike Pence. What's that old adage about "If someone tells you who they are, believe them"?
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There where audible threats from those Righties looking for the Speakers Office. I have no doubt that Pelosi faced bodily harm if not for the Secret Service.

Law and order party my arse!!
 
HIP56948 said:
I like to think that some sort of self-restraint would have kept anybody from actually killing a representative. I do think that some of the politicians would have been hurt though.
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We all like to think that.
Lots of Rwandans liked to think the Hutus were just blowing off steam.
 
It would have become a terrorist hostage situation. Whether people like Pelosi and AOC survived would really be a coin flip on whether the jokers in viking horns or the Three Percenters/Qs in the crowd got them.
 
I think many of the women representatives and probably some of the men would have been raped. I'd suspect maybe 15-20 would have been killed. I would imagine a ton of Trump supporters would have been shot during this ordeal. Trump supporters would have been cheering this on at home but probably would have to temper their enthusiasm when out in public.

If this happened it would have been the end of Trumpism. Trump got lucky that the people around him were able to talk sense into him to call off the insurrection. Known Trump supporters would be attacked on a daily basis. Many may have to go into hiding.
 
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Elmo said:
I'm particularly interested in hearing from the people who argue that the shooting of Ashli Babbitt was unjustified. Imagine you're a part of the security detail in that chamber. If you allow enough of the mob into the chamber, they will be beyond anyone's ability to control. You'll simply have to trust their good intentions. So, what do YOU think those intentions were?
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I’m pretty sure AOC and Nancy would have been in serious trouble. Pence too, for sure.
 
trixare4kids said:
By the voting results thus far, I'd say there's a lot of wishful thinkers.
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Nah, just folks who aren’t watching Fox News and saw exactly what that angry mob did to every resisting cop they encountered. Who knows what they would have done to someone they actually hated.

I’m just glad that hero shot Ashli Bobbitt dead.
 
The same folks on these boards telling us it wasn’t a big deal would be telling us the reps had it comin.
 
I believe that at least a few Representatives would have been killed (this depends completely on the circumstances of who was found, how, why they didn't have security, and who found them, as there were some who were more willing to restrain their fellow attackers than others) but many would likely have been hurt because they definitely would not have gone quietly, without a fight.

Also, people tend to forget about the others that were there, reporters and staff of the Representatives. It wouldn't just have been Representatives in danger. If they had gotten a hold of any of those civilians inside, I believe there would have been a lot more at least injured and harmed people, but probably very likely some of them would have been killed too.
 
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