Rep Lou Correa stands his ground against Proud Boy insurrectionists at Washington Dulles Airport.

[OnDoutside]

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@BillyBaldwin
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@RepLouCorrea
stands his ground against Proud Boy insurrectionists at Washington Dulles Airport.

Proud of him!!
Retweet if you stand with Congressman Correa against tyranny!! 👊🏽
#ImpeachTrumpAgainNOW

[malaise]

10. That is my question

These louts are terrorizing people in public

[onetexan]

30. Exactly, i hope the Congressman report the incident to the authorities.These crazies are terrorizing

the duly elected. I don't care if they're GOP or Dem, the public should not be harrassing them.

[OnDoutside]

11. Yeah that was really odd.

[OnDoutside]

32. Lots of these Seditionists were added to the no fly list in the last week, a definite lapse in

Dulles. I hope Correa follows it up.

[Ms. Toad]

79. No. They were not.

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A congressman called for them to be added, but there has been no reputable report that they actually were added.

Some were taken off flights for refusal to wear masks, for disruption of a specific flight, to be arrested, or because an airline enacted its own ban. None of these, however, is anywhere near being put on the no-fly list.

#factsmatter

ETA: Per the FBI/DOJ conference 1/12 - we are gathering all information and actively considering using the no-fly list.

[SlogginThroughIt]

48. Right?!?!

What the fuck man?

Harassing people in an airport?

I am sick if these shitbags. They need to start actually being held accountable to the fucking law!!! We are just training them to do whatever they want.

[Kali]

2. well drumpf was right about one thing

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low class...ugh

[TheBlackAdder]

51. Either have an executive lounge key, or airports need protected waiting areas.

[Phoenix61]

3. Funny how they back down when you step up to them

Typical bully bullshit. Handle them like you handle drunks in the bar at closing time.

[dweller]

4. Where the fuck

is airport security?

✌🏻

[wryter2000]

5. "This is a republic, not a democracy."

"We the people." Um...doesn't that mean democracy?

[exboyfil]

9. For them Republic equals White People in Charge

[Bluethroughu]

17. That sums it up for these idiots.

[greenjar_01]

23. Yes, the guy gets it completely backwards, mainly because he's an ignorant shit heel

The whole idea of it being a "Republic" rather than a "democracy" is that a Republic limits the power of direct democracy through the people by placing intermediary representatives (one might call them an elite!) between the mass of the people and decision-making. This idiot, of course, gets that completely backwards, yelling "We're a Republic, not a democracy: we the people, not an elite!" In other words, he prefers direct democracy rather than republican government. The stupidity of these aggressive shitheads is truly exhausting.

[highplainsdem]

26. I hear that a lot from RWers who favor minority rule, who call control of government by a majority

"mob rule."

[wryter2000]

50. Yup

Same sort of logic that votes from cities with minority populations shouldn't count.

[TheRealNorth]

37. The Soviet Union, Iran, Cuba....

Were/are all Republics too. But I suppose a Christian version of Iran's government is probably right up their alley.

[Caliman73]

67. It just highlights the ignorance and the right wing hive mind.

It is a common refrain from idiots like Trumpers. It means absolutely nothing really. Our form of government is a Constitutional Federal Republic. The way we form our government and empower it to act is through representational democracy. These idiots probably understand none of what I just wrote because unlike their little idiot poster boy Ben Shapiro says, "Facts don't care about your feelings", you can see by the confrontation that ALL they go on is emotion. Nothing that was said, was any kind of rational valid argument against policy or against ideology. It was all emotionally charged RANT against an imaginary threat.

[exboyfil]

6. Older and overweight

And those bastards aren't wearing masks and getting right into his face.

[OnDoutside]

22. Those in Congress got vaccinated....thankfully

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a35019744/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-instagram/

On Friday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted on her Instagram story that she was going to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and she took her followers through her experience.

"Hey everyone! So we found out last night that the COVID vaccine was available to members of Congress as part of the 'continuity of governance' plan (basically a national security measure)," she wrote, to kick off her story.

[liskddksil]

76. And some folks here were attacking AOC for her detailed posts on the vaccine process, of course nt

[liberalmuse]

7. So talking in a deep cartoon villian voice is supposed to intimidate.

These. Fucking. Pathetic. Cowards! We need better education and mental health services in this country, and better yet, just plain manners.

[dchill]

8. Pissants.

[Bluethroughu]

13. Where were the police now.

That is harassment and intimidation pick these scumbags up. Hold them and find out if they were at the Capital the day of the insurrection.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

14. They should have been thrown out of the airport immediately.

WTF?

[Bluethroughu]

20. +1

[magicarpet]

15. Fuck the No Fly list,....

These people should be blocked/barred from airport property for relentless harassment and assault.

[MacKasey]

16. I wish someone would have shouted Democrats Assemble

And our avengers would have protected the congressman

[greenjar_01]

18. Imagine yelling into the face of a United States Congressperson in this way???!

What in holy hell is in these people's heads?

Even if I strongly disagreed with a Congressperson, I would not be aggressively approaching them and shouting in their face like this. What kind of people are these? What kind of deplorable people? Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!

[Aviation Pro]

19. Profile in Courage

He travels without security. Also, where was TSA and the Airport Authority's LEOs?

[exboyfil]

21. How long would three black people be allowed to hector this representative?

My guess would be security would be there in seconds.

[MyNameGoesHere]

24. Every Democrat congress person needs to be issued

A metal softball bat and instructed on the use. And it ain't for hitting a ball.

[kirkuchiyo]

59. Unless you swing it like a cricket bat and there are two of them...

[Lokee11]

25. Glad he stood up to them.

It is completely beyond my comprehension, these people. I pray that I do not end up in a situation like that, like he was, without anyone there to back him up, because I do not know if I could keep myself from swinging on one of them. They are soooo far lost, that I feel absolutely no sympathy for them. I wish only the worst upon them, I truly hope they all suffer a slow painful demise.

Watching that just angers me beyond belief.

Seeing this stupidity - I struggle for words - by all scientific accounts, they seem to be members of the same species - sometimes I think though science must just be wrong, there is no way there is any measurement that would place us in any category with them.

FDT!

They literally make me sick with anger!

[peacebuzzard]

27. Washington area airports needs intense security

This is ridiculous it happened at the boarding gates.
They should be barred from flight.

[blueinredohio]

28. Where's his security like Graham had?

[skypilot]

29. I didn't hear any of them say ONE intelligent thing.

"Did they use Dominion?"

"Are you a Democrat?"

"Does China fund you?"

"The police let Antifa in."

"I'm ME, motherfucker."

"My children are fucked because of you."

Not ONE intelligent thing.

[lunatica]

57. Exactly

They reminded me of kids getting suddenly brave when they’re egged on by their juvenile mob and picking on one person who has no back up. And trading insults like, “yes! You are!” And “no! I’m not!” And “you are!”, taking turns sticking their face in that lone person’s face to scream it.

[skypilot]

63. The woman blaming Correa for...

...her children's "fucked" future really gets me. Knowing republicans' penchant for projection, I can't help but wonder what kind of a screwed up life she is already subjecting those children to.

[lunatica]

73. I wonder what exactly it is she wants for her children

People like these have a real disconnect with any kind of critical thinking or reality. There’s a subset of women I’ve run across in my life who use their children to justify and explain their formless rage. I think it’s a combination of trying to come across as a fierce mother figure and a sacrificing one.

Every woman I’ve known who is like this treats her children badly on an emotional and psychological level. They guilt trip their children and are usually physically abusive.

[bullwinkle428]

35. There WILL be an assassination attempt against a Congressperson,

more likely soon rather than later, if this shit continues when there is not appropriate security in place.

I thought that after 9/11, people were not just randomly allowed into airports beyond the baggage check/receiving area without an actual boarding pass?

[crickets]

42. Sadly true. For the time being, no Congress member should travel alone.

Many Republicans are too arrogant and stupid to realize it, but trump and the gang have created an unruly beast, and members of both parties are in serious danger. Lindsey Graham had security with him and still was harassed in an airport the other day. I don't think any representative of either party should be treated this way in public or anywhere. No one should. It invites escalation that is going to get someone seriously hurt or killed.

[Goodheart]

36. People who say "this is not a democracy, this is a republic" are fucking stupid,

even when they fancy themselves so knowledgeable.

[Hortensis]

38. Security arrived late and did not take names of the 20 or so

trumpist harassers, or arrest any, which Correa said shocked him. He expected to be attacked at any time.

"Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority spokesman Micah Lillard told CNN there are no arrests or charges in connection to the incident. He gave no further comment. ... News of Correa's confrontation follows several others involving high profile lawmakers and Trump fans as they traveled to and from the Capitol."

How about the airline and its decisions? Surely they didn't allow people from this pack to board after this?

There're calls from everyone from congress to flight attendant unions to put all identified insurrectionists on no-fly lists, especially given a slew of incidents involving unruly passengers. This pack should all be readily identifiable, and given they threatened a congressman/fellow passenger should be bannable.

[crickets]

44. +1000000

Public harassment of an elected official in the airport or on a plane = instaban. Toss a few dozen people out on their ears and put them on a no-fly list. That will certainly slow it down.

[Hortensis]

53. Should be. FAA's reportedly tightened up and issuing warnings

ahead of the inauguration.

"Reps. Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) said the FAA should aim “ (1) to prevent civil unrest from jeopardizing aviation safety and leading to injury or worse during flight, and (2) to limit the chance that the Nation’s commercial airline system could be used as a means of mass transportation to Washington, D.C., for further violence.”

That last seems so obvious, that excepting any breaches due to sympathizers in positions of authority, seems likely that many seditionists expecting to fly or use other public transportation to capitals will be getting a nasty surprise. Same for the DC metro system.

Some insurrectionists stayed at Airbnb rentals right in DC neighborhoods, with appalled residents, very strongly Democrats, finding armed trumpists readying for "action" on their streets. Airbnb supposedly already was monitoring for hate groups, but if so dropped the ball badly. They say they're going to try harder, with a seven-step capital safety plan, ahead of the inauguration.

https://kfor.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/airbnb-reviewing-inauguration-bookings-for-hate-group-members/

Whatever. Logistics should be giving the traitors more headaches going on anyway.

[crickets]

56. Good to hear Congressional members are putting pressure on the issue.

I hope the airlines get on this. Just do it. I'm not a fan of the no-fly list overall, but right now we really do need it. Airbnb sounds a little over optimistic about their ability to control things, but good luck to them.

I did hear about the reaction in DC neighborhoods. I feel for them. This video is a gem:

Link to tweet

Edit to add text for deaf DU members and non-Twitter folks below. Language alert. Lot o' cussin'.

Man on porch: Get outta town! Fucking treasonous pieces of shit! (distant obnoxious horn honking)

Woman in car: I know. They really destroyed our city.

MOP: They destroyed the fucking city and it's like nobody gives a shit. If that was Black Lives Matter, they'd have tanks rolling down Pennsylvania Avenue, but they let these fucking crackers take over the goddamn Capitol.

WIC: It's true.

MOP: What the fuck is that?

WIC: It makes me teary-eyed.

MOP: (unintelligible)

WIC: Yeah, if it was Black Lives Matter, we couldn't even do none of that or we'd die.

I'm from GA and 'fucking crackers' still just busts me up because it's so true. What a sweet moment of community togetherness there. Love to both of these wonderful people.

[Hortensis]

64. Ah. Poor things, but good for them. They know what they deserve,

and it isn't this. The traitors need a lot more people calling them out, "societal feedback," and most are going to get it.

[Silent3]

39. Are Trump wackos hanging out in airports waiting to ambush people...

...or are the airports these days thick with throngs of that many belligerent assholes all of the time?

[mainer]

40. No names taken, no one arrested according to CNN

airport security did show up but didn't take any names. Disgusting.

[David__77]

41. I would consider any of these people potentially violent at this time.

Best to be vigilant. I appreciate his response especially to the one with the curious voice affectation.

[BGBD]

43. dumbass

Is he trying to sound like Bane?

Oh, and when you start hearing "This isn't a democracy, it's a republic." You know that you are dealing with a moron who spends too much time on right wing media.

[Liberal In Texas]

45. Why aren't these assholes on the no-fly list?

[tishaLA]

46. LOL when the woman filming complains that he's "talking shit"

to them. I see a lot of shit talking in that clip, but 95% of it's coming from the MAGAts

[NotASurfer]

47. Lots of nice clean pictures and the woman posted on her Twitter account

Give 'em credit for continuing to make the FBI's job easier.

Match photos to putsch participants and cell phone to data from inside the Capitol, add to the no-fly list, tell them not to leave the state because they just got bumped up in priority for arrest

[TheBlackAdder]

49. Gotta get those executive lounge pass keys. If anyone start shit there, they lose all future access.

[Billytee]

52. EVERY member of Congress needs to have...

available security assigned to them. This is UNACCEPTABLE!

[oasis]

54. Cult 45 dead enders. That's why I ordered more pepper spray to take

with me(not at airports). Sadly, assholes will be around for a long time. I live in a 75-80 blue community, but the Trumpiod shitheads within it are fanatical nut jobs.

[cab67]

55. Why do these people embarrass themselves by making this public?

In no way did they come across as standing up to power. Their behavior is a lot like what I dealt with in junior high. If they're proud of this, they've got even more screws loose than I thought.

It's like watching someone walk around with a sandwich board saying "My IQ matches my shoe size!"

[JackHughes]

58. The "bravery" of a mob

So "brave" of them to descend on one man with their idiocy -- like a pack of wild dogs.

Individually, they would have kept their traps shut.

[cab67]

60. Also - does anyone have an email address for his office?

I went to his congressional web page, but it can only accept communication from zip codes in his district.

[Catherine Vincent]

61. This pisses me off big time

I applaud Mr. Correa for standing up to these ignorant Trump humpers.

[llashram]

62. we still have the numbers

and patience in the face of a lot of noisy breathing. They own ignorance and a lot of meaningless threats. I always just told them, touch me, while looking into their dead reptilian eyes. Any bully AFTER I learned what cowards they are, especially alone. REP. has my respect...

[joshdawg]

65. effin trump started all this with the Big Lie!

Now he has followers who are willfully stupid by repeating the Big Lie.

If there is a cancer in our Democracy, trump is the tumor and needs to be excised.
And he will be the 20th of this month.
Now, if only his mouth can be duct taped shut and his fingers immobilized.

[LPBBEAR]

66. FBI

Pass this video to the FBI. Hopefully some of these loudmouth maggots are being sought.

[PatrickforO]

68. These people are slime. Who in the blue fuck CARES if they are angry?

Get the cops in there and put them away. They are traitors.

I'm sick of these Republicans going on Fox and saying that impeachment is a mistake because it will divide the country and make people angry.

These traitors stormed the US Capitol with the intent to kill the VP, Speaker and members of Congress. Instead of soft peddling this outrage, let's have some real accountability. Some arrests. Some trials. A domestic terrorist law. A fairness doctrine.

[TeamPooka]

69. I;m goiing to make a donation to Lou's campaign today. He deserves it after that

[yellowcanine]

70. The moron lady screaming "We the people!"

Like they are the only ones whose votes count.

[Cha]

71. Rt TY!

[SunSeeker]

72. Where the fuck was airport security? They were assaulting him witb no masks on!

Hope he didn't catch Covid-19 from these bastards!


I am just furious!!!

[Cha]

74. Good Question!

[SunSeeker]

77. Yes.

Thanks.

[Cha]

78. No worries..

I edited.

[world wide wally]

75. That guy looked like the redneck sitting at Nancy's desk

[Rustyeye77]

80. Great video

[Arresting]

81. Lou is my representative. He does not deserve this. It makes me sad.

We are in a middle class, traditionally democratic, ethnically diverse part of Orange County. Katie Porter's district is just a few blocks to the south.

Lou works hard and our district has been a democratic stronghold in OC for a long time. The seat belong to Lorretta Sanchez until 2016, she left it to run for the CA senate against Kamala Harris.

This is the one part of OC (traditionally wealthy) where people really need help during this period -- Santa Ana, Anaheim --> many people in these cities are suffering. Unemployed or providing essential services to the rest of us.

Lou helps them. He represents them.

He does not deserve this.

[Lucinda]

82. KNR

[DFW]

83. Good for him for standing up to the Loud Boys

I don’t see how anyone can be proud of this kind of behavior, so I just call them what their decibel level indicates: Loud Boys.