Since the right wing has such a problem with illegal immigrants, why no problem with illegal protesters on Jan 6?

[msc545]

[OlderAndWiser]

"A January 6 committee staffer asked Ornato, “When it comes to the National Guard statement about having 10,000 troops or any other number of troops, do you recall any discussion prior to the 6th about whether and how many National Guard troops to deploy on January 6th?” Ornato surprised the committee by noting he did recall a conversation between Meadows and Bowser: “He was on the phone with her and wanted to make sure she had everything that she needed,” Ornato told investigators.

Meadows “wanted to know if she need any more guardsmen,” Ornato testified. “And I remember the number 10,000 coming up of, you know, ‘The president wants to make sure that you have enough.’ You know, ‘He is willing to ask for 10,000.’ I remember that number. Now that you said it, it reminded me of it. And that she was all set. She had, I think it was like 350 or so for intersection control, and those types of things not in the law enforcement capacity at the time.” Ornato was correct. Bowser declined the offer, asking only for a few hundred National Guard and requiring them to serve in a very limited capacity.

Bowser’s decision to decline help from the White House did not end the Trump team’s efforts to secure troops ahead of the protest. When the D. C. mayor declined Trump’s offer of 10,000 troops, Ornato said the White House requested a “quick reaction force” out of the Defense Department in case it was needed."

https://cha.house.gov/2024/3/chairman-loudermilk-publishes-never-before-released-anthony-ornato-transcribed-interview#:~:text=Original%20reporting%20by%20Mollie%20Hemmingway,Guard%20on%20January%206%2C%202021.

[Duncederpy]

We have the right to peaceful protest.
But those rights are always interrupted by FBI and cops planted in the crowd.
Even Trump said to be peaceful. Nothing was illegal until that FBI person coursed the crowd into a dangerous situation.

Meanwhile, not only illegal immigrants take up resources but Democrats are trafficking people into unsafe environments and buildings.
Drug trafficking is common place for immigrants, and now people from war and crime driven areas say one word to gain privileges "asylum" to get away with running away from the crimes they commit in their own countries. And now a small number of Haiti people who are cannibal gangs are coming over the border.

At this point it's insane to choose to vote Democrat.

[msc545]

Oh that's your excuse. It was the fault of the FBI? In other words, you have to make up conspiracy theories to account for the fact that you think that what happens on January 6th was perfectly okay but somehow an immigrant who forgets to fill out some forms of somehow not okay? Hypocrisy much?

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

It seems like that around election time this stuff happens more often.

[Still-alive]

Its ok when they do it. ‘Laws for thee but not for me’ smh

[Still-alive]

That was sarcasm by the way

[msc545]

It is ok wth them when fellow cut members/fascists do it...

[Anonymous]

The right wingers learned from the leftists who defended BLM riots that such protests are ok. The Jan 6th protests were not even fiery, just mostly peaceful.

[msc545]

Oh I see. So it was the leftists that force them all to go to the Pentagon and tear the place up right?

[Opinion Owner]

It was a hoax by the FBI. It certainly is not thr fault of the guy who told people to be peaceful. at least the FBI didn’t manage to make the protest fiery. Imagine how much worse the hypocricy from leftists who defended BLM but blame Trump for Jan 6th if they did.

[dreamstar72]

I think the Jan 6 protest was going to be peaceful until somebody got the idea or paid some people to make it more aggressive

[msc545]

Try answering the question.

[ProbablyClueless]

Most of them do have a problem with what happened on Jan 6.

[Yabbut]

You assume they don't.

[msc545]

No, I don't assume anything. They say they don't. And they make up a ton of excuses for the January 6th protesters such as it was just tourists and other absurdities like that.

[Yabbut]

There are some that feel that way, but I think most wish it had never happened.

[msc545]

Every right winger I've ever talked to is glad it happened and makes excuses for it.

[Yabbut]

Not every one. I lean right and I don't feel that way... and you're talking to me right now, so...

[msc545]

There are always exceptions. They prove nothing.

[Yabbut]

Sounds like your mind is made up.

[msc545]

No, I just don't generalize from small samples.

[strateguy632]

protest is first amendment not illegal.

[msc545]

This was an illegal protest. Illegal makes it illegal right?

[slatyb]

Laws are for other people.

[exitseven]

They were patriots. now they are hostages.

[msc545]

Patriots my ass. Cheap thugs is more like it.

[exitseven]

These people stood up to the government and one was murdered. They are languishing in a black hole someplace, some have not even been charged with a crime. Some have not been allowed to see an attorney. It is like they are in Russia.

[msc545]

They also trespassed chronically over a fairly long period of time. Threatened to kill the speaker of the house and threatened to kill the vice president of the United States.

What the hell do you think should have happened to them?

[exitseven]

They should get the same punishment that all the other rioters did in 2020

[msc545]

What they did was different - they tried to overthrow the government. Much worse.

[exitseven]

It was a mostly peaceful protest that resulted in a few broken windows. The other one resulted in multiple deaths and over a billion dollars in damages No comparison

[msc545]

Provide evidence regarding the second one's damages.

[exitseven]

Tons, look it up.

[msc545]

You asserted it, you provide at least a link please

[exitseven]

I am using my phone.

[msc545]

Don't you have a desktop?

[exitseven]

@msc545 I do but I was at work. Here is a link ]

www.axios.com/.../riots-cost-property-damage

[msc545]

thanks.