Capitol Fence Going Back Up

[applegrove]

Capitol Fence Going Back Up

September 13, 2021 at 12:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 64

https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/13/capitol-fence-going-back-up/

"SNIP......

“The fence surrounding the U.S. Capitol is set to return ahead of the pro-Trump rally on Sept. 18, the head of the Capitol Police confirmed on Monday,” The Hill reports.

CNN: “Law enforcement officials are bracing for potential clashes and unrest during an upcoming right-wing rally in Washington, DC, on Saturday, as violent rhetoric surrounding the event has increased online and counterprotests are being planned for the same day.”

......SNIP"

[lagomorph777]

1. I hope they install machine gun turrets along it.

[RKP5637]

4. K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[kairos12]

18. Flamethrowers.

[Klaralven]

21. Claymores

[StarfishSaver]

2. Since most of the threat to the Capitol seems to be coming from people traveling from elsewhere

I'd really prefer it if law enforcement moved the fence to the perimeter of Washington, DC to keep the rifraff out and allowed DC residents to continue to enjoy the Capitol grounds and other beautiful and historic parts of the city unimpeded.

[RKP5637]

6. Excellent idea!!!!! So tired of the riffraff!!!! I never thought I would do it,

but I moved into a place with great security where I live. Far too many nut cases wandering around anymore. I've always been very open to people and still am, but after watching all of the crazies voting for Trump and then some of the lunacy I've witnessed, and then 1/6, I decided I had better be just a bit more cautious. All it takes is one wacko to do you in for no reason at all and with absolutely no provocation.

[StarfishSaver]

9. People in DC are sick of outsiders screwing everything up for the residents

And that goes for certain idiot politicians who are sent here from all around the country, act a fool and then go back home - whereupon people say, "Why is WASHINGTON so screwed up?"

WASHINGTON isn't screwed up at all. The people sent there from the "heartland of America" are the ones screwing things up. So stop blaming "Washington."

[RKP5637]

12. Where/when did I ever blame Washington??? And I used to live there for years.

[StarfishSaver]

13. Where and when did I accuse YOU of blaming Washington?

[RKP5637]

14. Oh ... I had thought your last sentence was directed toward me. "So stop blaming "Washington."

[StarfishSaver]

16. No - it was a response to the people I quoted who keep asking

"Why is Washington still screwed up?" not you!

[RKP5637]

17. ...

[uponit7771]

7. +1

[Treefrog]

20. I visit DC quite often.

So I guess I’d be “riff-raff” and not allowed in to the seat of my government because I live elsewhere? Well, hell.

[StarfishSaver]

22. No. Of course you could go in ...

After you go through a magnetometer, have a valid reason to be here, and otherwise prove you're not here to cause any harm - just like Washington residents need to do to get anywhere near their Capitol and many of their workplaces in their own backyard every day when these fences are up.

Then, once you're admitted inside, you can move around as freely as you like.

I think it's a fine plan.

[Treefrog]

23. Well, I was there when the fences were up. No "magnetometers."

Nobody questioned me or asked why I was there.

I even watched Lester Holt broadcasting from the Lincoln Memorial. We were all quite close.

They’d have quite a job just weeding out bad guys from all the homeless I saw. Have you seen the encampment kitty-cornered across from Union Station?

[StarfishSaver]

24. You went inside the fences erected around the Capitol?

How'd you manage that?

You do realize I'm being somewhat facetious, though, right?

[Treefrog]

25. Of course I didn't go inside.

But I did have some nice conversations with the NG and cops around. I really disliked seeing those fences. Almost obscene to see them there.

I even had the misfortune of running into that horrid Greene woman. Near an escalator in the Metro.

[StarfishSaver]

26. That's my point

Before the insurrection, residents (and others) could walk right up to the Capitol steps, take a morning jog through the plaza, eat lunch on the lawn, stroll with their dogs in the evening. Now, because of these obnoxious criminals (rifraff was being polite), that area is blocked off like the Berlin Wall. It's disgusting and heartbreaking. DC residents didn't cause this and don't deserve it.

So, I'm all for doing what needs to be done to return the city to its people - that and letting them actually have a say over who gets to work in the Capitol building.

[Treefrog]

27. Fair enough.

There’s some who supposedly “work” there who shouldn’t be allowed in, imo.

[StarfishSaver]

28. Unfortunately, that's true ...

[HAB911]

3. Now all we will hear is

"What are they all so scared of?"

[lagomorph777]

5. Whatever.

Who cares what the assholes say?

[HAB911]

8. not me for sure

[hadEnuf]

11. Not scared. Just don't want to have to teargas or shoot assholes if we can help it.

We are not murderous traitors like the right wing are but we will defend this government and country.

[HAB911]

15. just my prediction of what the RW echo chamber will harp on

if it were up to me..............50 cals at the top of every staircase and let them have at it

[lindysalsagal]

10. Set phasers on stun.

Seriously. Tranquilizer darts in the Sniper rifles. Get the reps out of the building ahead of time.

[crickets]

19. GOOD. nt

[Paladin]

29. Lock and load, D.C. law enforcement. (nt)