How Military Service Prepared Rep. Crow For Capitol Invasion - The Last Word - MSNBC

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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) discusses his experiences serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how it helped him navigate the Capitol invasion. He tells Lawrence O’Donnell that as an Army Ranger overseas he was trained and prepared for the environment, and on Wednesday “none of us were ever expecting to be in that position, as vulnerable as we were that day.” Aired on 01/11/2021.




Lawrence: 147 Republicans Lied When They Took An Oath To Defend The Constitution - The Last Word - MSNBC

Lawrence O’Donnell says just hours after the Capitol was attacked on Wednesday, 147 Republican members of Congress continued to attack the Constitution. By objecting to the legitimate results of the presidential election, he says those members of Congress violated their oath to defend the Constitution with “true faith and allegiance." Aired on 01/11/2021.

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1. K&R!

Repukes are an international disgrace & should be deemed a terrorist organization!

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2. This Rep's story shows how truly terrifying this invasion was!

Anyone who continues to support it clearly does not support this country, let alone deserves to represent Americans in Congress!

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3. Incredible story. Glad to supply the 5th rec that gets it on the Greatest Page

( https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=greatest_threads ) but there's a lot of competition there, unfortunately. Any way to get this wider exposure?

For people who haven't seen the top video, several congresspeople and others were in the House's visitors gallery and the Capitol Police who evacuated the representatives from the floor did not know they were there until later. So just as the C.P. were starting to evacuate them, they were surrounded by the mob outside and had to barricade themselves in while the mob tried to break through, for 30 terrifying minutes.

He had plenty of combat experience, but was only armed with a pen. The chairs are bolted to the floor.

In his service in Iraq and Afghanistan, he's seen what mobs can do, including literally tearing people apart.

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5. Thanks!

And for some reason, posts in V&M get much less attention than those on the other major forums. I've always found that baffling, since a video shows what really happened, rather than describing news, besides being more entertaining.

The other day I recommended a video post to someone on the board who was interested in the topic and she had no idea that V&M was even a major forum, thought she needed to "subscribe."

I started out on DU.3 as a V&M host because it's my favorite. I try to post important news stories that others may have missed.

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6. "An oath does not change a person." That is a wonderful quote which says a lot.

These traitors found the "oath" ceremonial, but not something they believed in. If these people are not made accountable for their treason then I have to say that we, as a nation, are in real trouble, because those traitors will bring more traitors to help them with their agenda, just like trump has done, and watch for Hawley, he lies just like trump does, but unlike trump, Hawley has a brain.

To me, Hawley is the most dangerous politician today. Cruz is just an opportunist idiot, he is not going anywhere, but I will bet with anyone that Hawley has been watching trump up close and learning from him. The laws must change in order to protect the nation from people like trump and Hawley.