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Never-before-seen footage, obtained exclusively by CNN, shows in vivid new detail how congressional leaders fled the US Capitol on January 6 and transformed a nearby military base into a command center, where they frantically coordinated with Vice President Mike Pence and Trump Cabinet members to quell the insurrection and finish certifying the 2020 election.
The January 6 select committee aired snippets of the footage at its public hearing on Thursday, but CNN has obtained roughly an hour of additional material that wasn’t presented by the panel.
Congressional leaders contemplated, far more seriously than previously known, whether to reconvene the Electoral College proceedings at Fort McNair, the footage obtained by CNN reveals. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Pence about the “backup plan,” and officials tried to figure out how they’d transport hundreds of lawmakers to the Army base.
...quell the insurrection and finish certifying the 2020 election.
originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: asabuvsobelow
...quell the insurrection and finish certifying the 2020 election.
This is so disingenuous. And it's the entire foundation for their lies and misdirection.
The task at hand, at the time the first "breach" of the Capitol occurred, was to examine and consider the objections by Arizona to certify the results. The objections had just been presented and the critters were about to go into consideration when the "breach" occurred.
I don't believe for a minute that it's an accident or coincidence that the first "breach" occurred at that precise moment. It was the plan all along. Someone inside notified someone outside that it was go time. The glitch in the plan was that Trump's rally ended later than they expected, so the rally-goers had not yet shown up at the Capitol. But there were already enough Black Ops disguised as MAGA to go ahead anyway. Probably wasn't ideal, but all they had.
Most people think that the critters were ready to certify the results at that moment... NOT that they were about to consider the objections. And that's exactly what they want. Or the whole world would not only know that objections had been lodged and were about to be considered, they don't know what those objections were.
This. I remember distinctly posting on Facebook that Arizona had rejected their electors. Moments later, the first “breach” occurred.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: asabuvsobelow
Most Americans are disappointed the attempt to save America failed.
originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: PurpleFox
This. I remember distinctly posting on Facebook that Arizona had rejected their electors. Moments later, the first “breach” occurred.
Yes! Thank you!
As soon as I heard about the "breach", my heart sunk right down to my belly, and I immediately feared the worst... that this is how they would refuse to deal with the objections and certify the election anyway. And all while setting up Trump/MAGA supporters to take the fall -- though I didn't expect they would go this far.
My bad.
originally posted by: nugget1
Twenty years from now there will bw no doubt that the worst president ever was cheated into office...and the conservatives stood down. That's all we need to know about our fake two-party system.
Because for whatever reason, Americans don't smell bait and recognize it for the trap it is. They jumped on the first opportunity to be recorded and criminalized like nobody has ever heard of a honeypot scheme or ever imagined the government would trick their own citizens into being political scapegoats.
Our nation is at the point where we don't represent the free world anymore, we represent pretentious industrial conglomerates who perceive society as a business resource and not a community to be protected and nurtured. We are commodities.