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still_one

(92,219 posts)
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 08:46 PM Jan 2021

I have seen rep Mary Gay Scanlon on several interviews billing her as she was some kind of witness

to the tours the day before the raids

She isn’t an eye witness, and most of her impressions are based on others who did have first hand accounts

I don’t think she would be a good witness, and it seems to me she is trying more to get her 15 minutes of fame on TV rather than as a good witness

Just my impression, but this is the third time I have seen her interviewed, and it is a very weak account compared to others


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still_one

(92,219 posts)
3. I agree, but this Rep doesn't seem to be shy, just not very good as a first hand witness
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 08:52 PM
Jan 2021

of those tours the day before the riots

napi21

(45,806 posts)
2. Isn' she the one who said she saw tours going through the Capitol? That's all I heard her say. She
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 08:52 PM
Jan 2021

even corrected one host who asked what congress critter did you see leading the tour? She responded "I saw a tour being shown around the Capitol but it wasn't led by a Congressman. I assumed it was led by someone's staffer."

still_one

(92,219 posts)
5. I think it is the same one, but was very unspecific, and unless I heard wrong said one tour without
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 08:56 PM
Jan 2021

many details

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
7. No, that was Mikie Sherrill.
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 09:01 PM
Jan 2021

She's amazing. Check our her bio.

Rebecca Michelle Sherrill is an American politician, former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, an attorney, and a former federal prosecutor serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district since 2019. The district includes a swath of suburban and exurban areas west of New York City. Wikipedia

https://www.google.com/search?q=who+is+mikie+sherrill&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS768US768&oq=who+is+mikie+sherrill&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l2j69i65l2j69i60l3.3050j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


Dems have many superstars, and so many who are true role models. I'm so impressed!

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)
4. She is pointing to a line of investigation for which there should be
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 08:53 PM
Jan 2021

lots of video evidence if she is right, and in any case she is backing up Mikie Sherill

still_one

(92,219 posts)
6. Mikie Sherill is specific and detailed with names. In my view she is a good witness, and cameras
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 08:59 PM
Jan 2021

will confirm it

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