AOC: "There were several reasons I refused to stay in the 'secure location' on the 6th."

[FelineOverlord]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Joinfortmill]

1. Praying this whistle blower stays safe.

[ffr]

2. Who can you trust if you cannot trust someone who takes an oath?

OAC knows what's up. There is a scourge in our country with bad intentions.

[11 Bravo]

3. Donald Trump took a fucking oath.

A person's word is only as good as the person who utters it.

[monkeyman1]

4. this treason issue need's to be brought to the forefront !

what more can a person do to commit this ? sell a god damn nuke bomb to RUSSIA ?

[NurseJackie]

5. Did she know that someone had already revealed the secure location?

If so, how did she know? And if so, I wonder if she'll need to give testimony (or a sworn deposition) that will help to corroborate the story being told by "Anonymous".

[localroger]

6. She knew there were actual Representatives sympathetic to the rioters

...and that she herself was a lightning rod and would be a prized target. It would be a smart bet that protections arranged for her by her colleagues might be compromised.

[NurseJackie]

7. Yes, but she clearly indicates that THIS was one of the reasons. Did she know?

[ananda]

8. Better question: Did she suspect?

She used logic.

[localroger]

9. I doubt she had certain knowledge

The thing is, it doesn't take a lot of imagination to figure that one of the many people aware of the secure location might be sympathetic to the rioters. AOC has street smarts and she knew that just because of who she is she was in much greater danger than most of the other Reps should the location be compromised. It was clear that their supposed protectors were not entirely reliable and close to being overwhelmed. I suspect she made the calculation that her chances were better hiding herself in a place nobody could compromise even if that place would not be guarded.

[NurseJackie]

17. That's not what she's saying in her tweet.

I doubt she had certain knowledge

As do I. Instead, she should have said what you said in your last sentence. That would make more sense and would be a more straightforward description.

[localroger]

20. This does not contradict her tweet

Remember, her tweet is reacting to the revelation that the secure location was in fact actually compromised. On 1/6 she suspected this might happen, and that suspicion is why she left the "secure" location. What has happened now is that her suspicion upon which she acted on 1/6 has now been verified. She was right. The mob might have been led right to her. Although that didn't happen it was a possibility which she correctly anticipated, and she took action to deal with it.

[FakeNoose]

11. I'm thinking maybe she found her own "safe place"

... and it wasn't with the other Members of Congress. Maybe AOC thought it would be safer if she wasn't hiding with the others. I don't know, but I hope she tells us.

[berniesandersmittens]

13. We all thought the same on 1/6

We know the insurrectionists included members of Congress.

I don't always agree with AOC, but I can't see the fault in second guessing who would want to hurt her.

[demmiblue]

10. K&R

Is someone already shitting on this thread (I can't see all of the replies)?

[Nixie]

12. If you can't see it, why gossip about it?

Ooh, you don’t have to answer. See how clever I am, too?

[NurseJackie]

18. Obviously it's code-talk for "I have a very large DU-Ignore-List"...

.. and it's a passive-aggressive message to people in this thread that they may be on someone's ignore-list. Lord. Who cares?

[Nixie]

19. Yes, you nailed it. I've seen that ignore list comment often

as if that’s relevant, but it’s kind of a self-own, lol. It doesn’t take long to see gossip is the real reason for some of these repetitive, ahem…“topics.”

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I'll Say No

Someone asked what I think a reasonable question. Others took a different view.
But, I didn't see anything untoward.

[Champp]

14. k and r

The violent Republican riot was so dark, so anti-American, so anti-democracy.

[FelineOverlord]

16. Don't forget the panic buttons were ripped out of Ayanna Presley's office

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