Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word.
Now, as Trump is poised to win the Republican presidential nomination, his criminal trials face delays that could stall them past Election Day, and his rhetoric grows increasingly authoritarian, some of those lawmakers find themselves following their own advice.
In mid-March, Trump said on social media that the committee members should be jailed. In December he vowed to be a dictator on “day one.” In August, he said he would “have no choice” but to lock up his political opponents.
“If he intends to eliminate our constitutional system and start arresting his political enemies, I guess I would be on that list,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose). “One thing I did learn on the committee is to pay attention and listen to what Trump says, because he means it.”
Lofgren added that she doesn’t yet have a plan in place to thwart potential retribution by Trump. But Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who has long been a burr in Trump’s side, said he’s having “real-time conversations” with his staff about how to make sure he stays safe if Trump follows through on his threats.
“We’re taking this seriously, because we have to,” Schiff said. “We’ve seen this movie before … and how perilous it is to ignore what someone is saying when they say they want to be a dictator.”
All the gun charges I’ve seen are from bringing it into the capital building, I don’t know the number.
If a cop is pointing a gun at you telling you “Stop or I will shoot”, while you and a mob alongside you are destroying the last barricade to your targets (after several other barricades penetrated, numerous severe injuries and a few deaths) chanting hang Mike Pence, would you be surprised if he shot you when you tried to get to him? Do you support the 2A? It was self defense, and if you don’t think it was justified then you haven’t seen the footage. I think it’s unfortunate she was shot and don’t want anyone killed, but it was completely expected. I’m shocked more people weren’t shot.
What was the number of people that brought guns in?
Exactly, you love it when the enemy get shot. Police can just shoot people and not arrest them as long as they are doing it for your cause.
Lol alright buddy, I hate the government and police, I’m a communist, this wasn’t my cause.
Oh yeah you totally hate the government when you praise them shooting an unarmed woman…
Stating the facts of what happened isn’t praise, I’m just pointing out it was extremely expected.
Shooting unarmed women is expected now if they are tresspassing? Hmm, I dont think that is expected…
You’re obviously trolling alright, but you suck at it, I showed you the video, it wasn’t trespassing.
I have seen the video, it was an unarmed woman perched in a broken window, literally he murdered a women instead of arresting her.
How do you expect one secret service agent to arrest a women among a mob storming a barricade? Do you want him to climb through the hole and stop protecting the people he was hired to?