New terror threat points to plot to surround Capitol, lawmaker says
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)Thousands of armed pro-Donald Trump extremists are plotting to surround the US Capitol ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, according to a member of Congress who was among those briefed late Monday on a series of new threats against lawmakers and the Capitol itself.
"They were talking about 4,000 armed 'patriots' to surround the Capitol and prevent any Democrat from going in, "Rep. Conor Lamb, a Pennsylvania Democrat, told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day." "They have published rules of engagement, meaning when you shoot and when you don't. So this is an organized group that has a plan. They are committed to doing what they're doing because I think in their minds, you know, they are patriots and they're talking about 1776 and so this is now a contest of wills."
He continued, "We are not negotiating with or reasoning with these people. They have to be prosecuted. They have to be stopped. And unfortunately, that includes the President, which is why he needs to be impeached and removed from office."
Monday's briefing followed an FBI bulletin warning of "armed protests" being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington, DC, and provides the latest sense of a heightened state of alarm among lawmakers and law enforcement officials following last week's deadly siege at the US Capitol.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/congress-briefing-us-capitol-threats/index.html
On edit, this is an update of a CNN article, which was posted earlier here in LBN.
StClone
(11,686 posts)Which I suspect won't, I hope it is met with a massive response unafraid, actually trigger happy, to greet them.
bucolic_frolic
(43,235 posts)I mean at some point, very regrettably, the Federal Government has to decide where to draw the line.
They're just being taunted here, to see how far they can be pushed.
And Trump won't step up with a clear boundary.
StClone
(11,686 posts)Unless truly pushed and without some leadership there could be a repeat of the U.S. Capitol? Maybe but I suspect even without Trump's backing an armed mobbed is likely to be dispatched more on the line of BLM than the Capitol putsch.
bluestarone
(17,002 posts)They CANNOT be allowed to do this without consequences!!! I want , GAS, Rubber bullets, water hoses and even live bullets! ( Very tired of their BULLSHIT)
KS Toronado
(17,282 posts)Lasher
(27,606 posts)Maybe on the train that Biden is riding to Washington. LBJ was sworn in aboard a plane.
KS Toronado
(17,282 posts)Just add a few more guards with M60s (our machine gun spits out more bullets than your pea shooter)
edit note....had a misspelling, thanks pfitz59
pfitz59
(10,382 posts)Edwards is in the California desert.
KS Toronado
(17,282 posts)I even know the difference but had a brain fart.
COL Mustard
(5,912 posts)I, of course, have NEVER made a typoe or any other kind of mistake on these inter webs!
MissMillie
(38,568 posts)If intelligence has all this info, they know where they are. The charge is conspiracy. No bail until after inauguration (maybe not even then)
Stop the attack before it starts.
Ford_Prefect
(7,914 posts)Jail is not what they fear. They are afraid of being irrelevant. They fear scorn and ridicule more than weapons. They also believe they are on some kind of holy quest to save Trump and what he stands for in their eyes. I've met these guys where they live and it's scary to see them switch from being neighbors who appear human into very matter of fact jihadists. Their demeanor doesn't change just the words and the emotional undercurrents. It's like watching someone you think you know fairly well casually light a fuse like it was a cigarette and prepare to throw the bomb they just lit.