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orleans

(34,060 posts)
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 04:23 AM Jan 2021

"Upset by veterans who stormed the Capitol, these vets decided to clean up trash the mob left ...

Upset by veterans who stormed the Capitol, these vets decided to clean up trash the mob left on the streets of D.C.

By Sydney Page
Jan. 14, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. CST

"When Capitol Hill was in chaos on Jan. 6, David Smith was there.

"Smith, 40, was distributing hand-warmers to homeless people nearby when the siege started. He watched in disbelief as a menacing mob stormed the U.S. Capitol.

“It was pretty gut wrenching to see,” said Smith, who retired less than a month ago after serving in the Navy for 13 years.

"As a veteran, he was especially horrified, he said, to learn that his fellow vets participated in the insurrection, including Jake Angeli, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” and Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed in the Capitol.

“That was a dagger to the heart,” said Smith, who was a combat medic in Afghanistan. “Just because you served in the military doesn’t give you impunity to storm the Capitol building.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/01/14/vets-clean-up-capitol-seige/

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"Upset by veterans who stormed the Capitol, these vets decided to clean up trash the mob left ... (Original Post) orleans Jan 2021 OP
True Vets.. those who wanted to Cha Jan 2021 #1
All those who served in True Blue American Jan 2021 #2
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Cha

(297,307 posts)
1. True Vets.. those who wanted to
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 04:28 AM
Jan 2021

Overthrow the Gov by nay means Necessary are Hogwash!

David Smith

True Blue American

(17,986 posts)
2. All those who served in
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 06:08 AM
Jan 2021

My family would be angered beyond belief.

Most were Democrats, a couple of Republicans but would despise this bunch of traitors to our Country!

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