The Capitol Hill Riot Was Pelosi’s Fault,
Not Trump’s: Why couldn’t Congress’
private police force of 2,000 protect it from
a mob of hundreds?
FrontPageMag,
by
Daniel Greenfield
Original Article
Posted By: OhioNick,
1/16/2021 4:11:35 AM
The Capitol Police have over 2,000 sworn officers. A police force dedicated to protecting Capitol Hill has more personnel in its service than the police forces of most of the country.
Congress' private cops are the 19th largest police force in the country. It’s a larger force than the police forces of Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, or Milwaukee with a massive $460 million budget.
It’s the only legislative federal force in the country that is answerable exclusively to Congress.
While Democrats advocated defunding the police, their private police force budget shot up from $375 million in 2016 to $460 million in 2020. After the Capitol Hill riot, expect it to go higher.
Much higher.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/16/2021 5:28:01 AM (No. 662629)
Something smells about this so call riot. I was there. We saw bus loads of Antifa and BLM. Those were the people with body armor. Some wear Trump hats but when they got close to the Capital they took off the MAGA hat and put on black hard hats along with face shields. This was an inside job. Someone from the inside the Capital planned this and put it in action. The police were actually letting people in. The Trump people were stopping Antifa/BLM rioters from destroying the Capital. We need to know who was that person or group of people from the Capital that planned this. They need to go on trial and jailed.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/16/2021 5:37:09 AM (No. 662633)
South Carolina fam, Newly elected SC rep and stealth candidate and voter fraud denier nancy mace turned on President Trump and calls for investigation of Pubs who agreed with the factual evidence of voter fraud in the last election. SC now has four frauds in Washington who are siding with the swamp. Our state is in trouble; maybe we need to take a look at our own voter fraud. No wonder they need a private police force, and I don't just mean the CP; these people are pure evil! We will be paying for their protection 24/7. Their multiple homes will be guarded; they will travel around in secure vehicles, trains, and planes; they will be untouchable. We won't even be able to look at them. Even their shopping will be done securely. Someone could start a business shopping for or catering to the needs of the elite and make bank, and the money these cretins spend on their wellbeing will come from US. Expect massive pay raises and rewards, aka benefits, since they have to endure having their lives in danger 24/7. Watch what I'm telling you.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
OBX Pete 1/16/2021 5:50:15 AM (No. 662640)
Pelosi, the queen of impeachments, should be impeached (or whatever it takes).
She is a national disgrace and a threat to the survival of our country. Of course she knew about the invasion of the
Capitol and it would not surprise me if she had a part in the planning. She is pure evil !!!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Butch 1/16/2021 6:01:28 AM (No. 662641)
I´ve been wondering why the Capitol Police can´t protect the Capitol, and now this. Over 2,000 sworn officers! A $460 million budget! (That´s $230,000 per year, per officer.) I´m with #1 on this point: Most of the officers on duty on the fifth didn´t seem very eager to keep the mob out, not on videos I´ve seen.
People who will do anything even half this sneaky, underhanded and reckless will do anything to acquire and retain pure power. As #2 points out, these people are evil. Fortunately, they´ve been showing all of us their playbook all summer long, as has the MSM. At least we know what we´re in for over the next four years, and it sure isn´t Dear Uncle Joe, it´s cranky, partisan, and mediocre ol´Joe and his squad. At least we know more about this incident every day, bit by bit, as more information leaks out. The MSM´s screeching "narrative" never made any sense. Rioting Trump voters?!? No, just NO. Conservative marches always disperse with trash collected, new bedding plants installed, and everything better than they found it!
This whole affair has Antifa, BLM´s and the DNC´s grubby fingerprints all over it. Oh, and Twitter just had to ban a sitting president for "inciting," even though Trump clearly stated, "peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard" to the huge crowd. Some "incitement."
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Mushroom 1/16/2021 6:04:50 AM (No. 662642)
To the content...Umm, undertrained, lax physical standards, retirement mentality..I dunno pick a few.
Look I am gravitaitonally gifted! I am the last guy to complain about physical appearance, we have other Ldotters for that. But those folks we ornamental. Good lord, I'm betting range time was about the same at 19th hole time and may have been billed as such.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
dst4life 1/16/2021 7:13:28 AM (No. 662670)
"Police for me, but not for thee."
This Leftist government is paranoid, knowing they have stolen the election. But they will perpetually paint themselves as victims.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
pros7767 1/16/2021 7:19:21 AM (No. 662680)
Simple. They were told not to.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
binar 1/16/2021 7:28:49 AM (No. 662691)
The demo/communist cheat/steal and lie and we let them take over and destroy the country. its beyond obvious the dems lost big time, however it appears the republicans rolled over and let them take the loss and make it a win, and TRUMP DOES NOTHING I refuse to be communist
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/16/2021 7:38:19 AM (No. 662702)
The other thing the 'riot' did was take attention away from the stolen election. Our elected 'leaders' are 'afraid' to challenge the election because that would put them on the side of the 'insurrectionists'. Nobody is talking about the stolen election anymore. All discussion is about the fake and manufactured riot.
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We kept wondering why Trump was an hour late when all of his supporters were standing out in the cold waiting to hear him. We even saw that he was physically on site, but not coming out to speak.
Then we heard that the break in at the capitol started before his speech even ended. How do you incite a crowd to go and start a riot down the street....when the riot is already happening?!
I had friends who were there, and they didn't even know about the problem at the capitol until they got to their hotel and watched the news. They said the crowd was full of great people having a wonderful time together.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TruthFetish 1/16/2021 7:55:31 AM (No. 662726)
The Capitol area is crawling with police cameras. FBI can watch the films, run bus license plate numbers, and question their owners.
Not holding my breath.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GO3 1/16/2021 8:04:45 AM (No. 662738)
Capitol police cooperating with a massive deception. Tell me again how local LEAs won't come a knockin' when ordered by our betters.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
smokincol 1/16/2021 8:14:40 AM (No. 662749)
pelosi's intent was to embarrass DJT by 1.) having biden win the election and 2.) silence him following the rally on the Mall on Jan. 6th. they will not be satisfied until DJT is penniless and homeless. these are the most ruthless and vicious people on the face of the earth. what's that thing about karma?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/16/2021 8:35:18 AM (No. 662788)
Daniel, it was an inside job, that's why.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
walcb 1/16/2021 8:37:44 AM (No. 662797)
What an excellent job of analysis in this article, full of logic. Thanks for posting.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 1/16/2021 8:40:30 AM (No. 662804)
Why? I suspect somebody told them to stand down......
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 1/16/2021 8:57:42 AM (No. 662829)
I viewed this so called riot on You Tube and those were not Trump supporters. Supporters of Trump don't show up with helmets, shields, bear mace and some wore protective police style vest. If the Congress wanted more security there was the National Guard which was refused. The Capital and Washington was wide open for this to happen unlike it is for the Fraud Biden inauguration.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
rsgonner 1/16/2021 9:00:41 AM (No. 662836)
We have passed the point where logic and facts make any difference. Congress, like SloJoe, prefers "truth" over facts. With Pelosi and the other oligarchs in what used to be called "Congress" truth is whatever they say it is and whatever the lap dog media prints. Unfortunately, most of the republicans (with some very notable exceptions, but too few to make a difference) are so easily rolled that they make no difference. We need a new party that upholds the Constitution. Maybe it will happen, but I am sure Mitch and McCarthy would demonize this as much as the democrats. In reality, there is such little difference.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
msjena 1/16/2021 9:16:55 AM (No. 662854)
I once got a parking ticket from the Capitol Police. I didn't think I deserved it but I had a very difficult time protesting it. I was told first there was no avenue for protesting it. That couldn't be right, I thought, so I kept pushing. Eventually, they said I would need to have a trial in the DC court, so I got a trial date.. When I appeared for the trial, the prosecutor asked what I was there for and I told him. He said I didn't have to pay it and dismissed the case. This makes me wonder what happens when the Capitol Police arrest someone. It seems like the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing in DC.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/16/2021 9:27:19 AM (No. 662864)
The Democrats are a criminal organization. We cannot continue to allow this. The only people that can hold them accountable is the Republicans, and they are not doing it. Are there any Republican lawyers? The Democrats seem to have so many that they file nuisance lawsuits to have something to do, but we can't get a subpoena issued. What do Republican DA's do? Anyone ever heard from them. What about Republican U.S. Attorneys? Didn't Trump appoint at least one that might take up a lawsuit, if they so deign. What happened to the Republican AG's? One took the job, then recused himself from it. The other took the job, never intending to do it. We have some Republican Governors, SOS, and state legislatures--but we never hear much out of them, and when we do, it is they have been accepting bribes from the Chinese to do what the Democrats want. Our FBI and CIA defends the Democrats, not our country.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 1/16/2021 9:39:50 AM (No. 662880)
Private Capitol police force now surrounded by National Guard with specific instructions on using lethal force (permitted). Hmm.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Bluefindad 1/16/2021 9:45:49 AM (No. 662886)
Is Pelosi the only authority directing the Capitol Police, or is it shared with McConnell? If it's a shared responsibility, then both are to blame.
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Because they were too busy opening the doors for the protesters and directing their actions.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 1/16/2021 9:48:49 AM (No. 662889)
Mr. Greenfield and I watch Newsmax, the only other place this truth is being told.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
MDConservative 1/16/2021 10:10:13 AM (No. 662906)
There are three men who can answer any questions: The deposed Sergeants at Arms for the House and Senate (chief law enforcement officers for their respective chambers), and the Chief of Police. They, along with the Architect of the Capitol, comprise the Police Board that oversees the activities of the USCP. They made the deployment plan, approving every step.
An inquiring press would go ask them.
Like every government agency, USCP never lets a crisis go to waste in the budget department. They're a "good cause", and we all know nearly half a billion is "not enough", never enough for our brave first responders. Someone look in the basement of the Government Printing Office to see if their superstuffed immobile command vehicle is still parked there with its broken chassis due to overloading with "essential stuff".
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Samsquanch 1/16/2021 10:13:17 AM (No. 662910)
This was the perfect coordinated plan to forever paint Trump and the 75 million followers as unhinged insurrectionists. Anybody with half a brain could see it was a setup from the Dims and their operatives.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Zigrid 1/16/2021 10:34:22 AM (No. 662942)
WE know it was a set up... just as the election was... the nervous nancy laptop should have the answers... just the fact that President Trump has a download of her emails should send shivers down her spine...he'll know what to do... let's listen to him and trust him to do what's right for our country...the President will be at the southern command supported by WE the people...HE is our elected president...and obama/biden regime must be nervous knowing every step they take will be scrutinized... they can't shutdown ALL of US...
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
jimkata 1/16/2021 11:07:27 AM (No. 662982)
I saw the video of the BML guy and the MSNBC reporter filming the 'riot'. While we are told of breaking into the Capitol, i don't understand why rioters went in a peaceful line inside the roped area to the doorways to conduct their break in...
I would think if you are rioting you burst in and go all over the place tearing down pictures and statues etc. i saw none of that on this video.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
marbles 1/16/2021 11:09:09 AM (No. 662987)
# 1 & 10 I was there too. No cell service, whatever we heard about what was going on could nor be confirmed.
I saw a flare shot off in front of the Capitol and wondered what that was about, 2 guys next to us put on gas masks, and disappeared, and when the large flag was hung from the scaffolding, we sang the Star Spangled Banner. Trump people do not " riot " , do not do property damage, do not loot. It was about 3PM when it went around that there was a 6 PM curfew, so, we went home.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
jasmine 1/16/2021 11:24:03 AM (No. 663020)
According to outgoing Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, his repeated requests for backup, made in the days before the attacks, were denied by "House and Senate security officials."
Who would those officials be? Has anyone bothered to confirm whether or not such requests were made, and when and by whom they were denied? Seems to me that House and Senate "security officials" with authority to deny Mr. Sund's requests ought to be questioned. Mr. Sund was thrown under the bus before his story could even be examined. I would like to know if it has been confirmed or denied at this late date. If not, what is taking so long?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
DVC 1/16/2021 11:56:13 AM (No. 663069)
Answer to the question posed in the headline:
Because the antifa and BLM thugs were working with the FBI planners and the Capitol police leadership to make sure that the Reichstag burned. Fortunately, nothing actually burned.
This was all about a few broken windows......until the murdered Ashli Babbitt.
A few broken windows and they get hysterical and start shooting people. And yet in Seattle, Portland, Kenosha, and Minneapolis - antifa and BLM burned down city blocks and that was called "a mostly peaceful protest".
Who killed Ashli Babbitt?
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 1/16/2021 12:03:34 PM (No. 663080)
Given all the information that has come out this past week alone, I would say that Pelosi is desperate defined to keep the media from dropping this rightfully where it belongs, her and Turtle's deserving laps. Both their gate keepers denied offers of back up security for the capitol building, because I suspect they wanted exactly what happened. An Antifa riot they could lay at the feet of us and Trump. The media knows the truth, after all, they were right there, embedded with Antifa/BLM rioters.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden 1/16/2021 12:51:04 PM (No. 663151)
Because it was part of the plan...
Share and pray.
https://rumble.com/vb2dch-donald-trump-and-q.html
KAG
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
SavageRider 1/16/2021 12:59:25 PM (No. 663160)
Front line police were not expecting the militant agitprop groups to mix in with the Trump rally attendees. Before the crowd arrived, the Capitol had already been breached and reinforcements were not showing up. There was supposed to be more speakers down at the Capitol, but there wasn't, and not even anything set up for them. Someone must have warned the muckity-mucks down at the ellipse not to try to speak down at the Capitol. President Trump said he would be walking down there, but he did not show up. There was much more known that we are not being told.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 1/16/2021 1:01:13 PM (No. 663163)
Re #31. Perhaps they aren't talking about Ashli Babbitt because she was murdered by Antifa/BLM thugs, and if they report that, it would destroy the pro-Trump insurrection narrative. Another possibility was she was murdered by a panicked gun wielding Congress critter.
If she had been shot by some arm of Capitol security, it would have been reported by now.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
planetgeo 1/16/2021 1:18:44 PM (No. 663188)
Say it...WHO KILLED ASHLI BABBITT?
Keep saying it until they tell us. This could break the whole fraud wide open.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
BreakRight 1/16/2021 1:21:37 PM (No. 663195)
#36 the official story is that she was shot by a Capitol security guard
https://www.newsweek.com/capitol-police-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-during-riot-placed-administrative-leave-1559778
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/16/2021 1:51:51 PM (No. 663226)
What happened at the Capitol building on Jan 6th would be small potatoes to what would have happened if it was certified by Congress that Trump had won the election. Just think about what would have occurred in DC on Inauguration Day if it was Trump who was getting sworn in. If you have put two and two together by now, it’s certain that Antifa, BLM, and other Democrat fringe crazies and groups would have staged huge riots in the area of the Mall and around the Capitol, and they would not consist of a couple of hundred morons, but planned violent attacks with the mission among other things to burn down the Capitol and other US Government buildings in DC.
Remember McConnell and Pelosi are ultimately responsible for Capitol Police operations and the security of the Capitol building. In that respect have you ever heard of, or seen anyone with any go-power ask either one of them why they did not reinforce the Capitol security with the entire Capitol Police force, along with the National Guard, after all sorts of law enforcement intelligence was received that there was bound to be criminal actions take place with such a huge crowd numbering hundreds of thousands of Trump supporters present in the late afternoon who could easily be infiltrated by violent elements from both sides of the political divide. I can’t.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
red1066 1/16/2021 4:02:13 PM (No. 663326)
Exactly. All this crap about the politicians being in danger is BS. This was a demoslut organized riot with Antifa/BLM leading the charge. While I believe there were Trump supporters in the mob, the ones doing the damage and causing the most trouble were not Trump supporters because they knew their butts would be covered. For the demosluts, deaths are just icing on the cake for their narrative. The deaths to police and others aren't that important. The cause is important.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
ToryWhite 1/16/2021 4:19:07 PM (No. 663334)
Now the House, aka Nancy Pelosi, is investigating their own security people. The whole Congress has been reduced to sleuthing, hearings, and accusations. Nothing else. No work. No help for us. It's been going on for years.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
cat2 1/16/2021 7:20:27 PM (No. 663464)
In the video when Babbitt was shot, you can clearly see the hand and forearm of the shooter. The shooter is wearing a white dress shirt (cuff extended) and a dark suit jacket. This is not a police jacket. Plain clothes security guard? (we have not been told so), or somebody else?
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
cat2 1/16/2021 7:32:54 PM (No. 663469)
If you look at the video of Babbitt being shot, the hand holding the gun is clearly shown. The shooter is wearing a white dress shirt, the cuff protruding from the sleeve. The portion of the forearm shown shows a dark suit. The sleeve is not that of a police jacket. Was the shooter a plain clothes security guard, or someone else?
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
MDConservative 1/16/2021 8:47:25 PM (No. 663509)
#41/42 - The shooter was almost certainly USCP Protective Services, who work plain clothes and act as the "Secret Service" to Congress. One video of the shooting includes a profile of the shooter, and it bears some reasonable resemblance to the officer who later committed suicide. USCP said the deceased officer was in the Senate Division...maybe he was and was detailed for the occasion.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/16/2021 9:08:27 PM (No. 663532)
One thing is for sure, those morons who made an unlawful entry to the US Capitol building scared the “crap” out of the Uniparty Congressional aristocracy. Remember that aristocracy is the same cabal that without thinking twice about it, would vote to send your daughters and sons serving in the US military to deploy and fight in endless foreign wars where they could easily be killed, blown up, or otherwise severely wounded.
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