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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 6:54:18 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 6:55:20 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 6:59:40 GMT -6
Members of the committee:
Rep Bennie Thompson- Chair - D-MS
Rep Zoe Lofgren D-CA
Rep Elaine Luria D-VA
Rep Adam Schiff D-CA
Rep Pete Aguilar D-CA
Rep Stephanie Murphy D-FL
Rep Jamie Raskin D-MD
Rep Liz Cheney R-WY
Rep Adam Kinzinger R-IL
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 7:13:51 GMT -6
Multiple members of the committee have been warning reporters that new body cam footage will play today and that some of it is hard to watch, so please be safe with yourselves today.
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Post by jaygee on Jul 27, 2021 7:28:09 GMT -6
CA representing on the committee.
I’ll be listening. I’m so out of practice of listening to committees though. That’s a good thing. Lol
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Post by cakewench on Jul 27, 2021 7:33:48 GMT -6
My rep, pulling apart Kevin's BS:
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 7:33:48 GMT -6
We're kicking off.
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 7:37:48 GMT -6
Chairman Thompson "a peaceful transfer of power DID NOT happen this year"
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 7:43:33 GMT -6
Cspan is cutting between the footage and the officers and members, Adam KInzinger looks to be close to tears. (IM close to tears)
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 7:44:01 GMT -6
Yeah this footage is intense
Normal tourist visit. Stfu.
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 7:45:12 GMT -6
"We've got the gallows set up outside the Capitol, it's time to start fucking using it"
"We'll hunt you down one by one"
"We'll be back with 40,000 guns. Next trip."
Fuuuuuuck
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 7:46:51 GMT -6
Thompson says the committee will pursue how the insurrection happened as well as how the lying about it has been so effective.
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 7:49:54 GMT -6
Liz is coming out the gate with everyone of us on the committee would have preferred a truly bipartisan committee, but it was defeated by the senate. GOOD
I hope that is a message that carries forward. The obligation to put country over party no matter what.
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 7:50:48 GMT -6
I REALLY hate having to WK Liz. But shes doing fantastic with this.
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 7:53:04 GMT -6
Cheney: "Will we be so blinded by partisanship that we throw away the miracle of our democracy?"
Cheney: "our children are watching"
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 7:59:30 GMT -6
Sgt Aquilino Gonell is becoming pretty emotional in his opening statement. He was the first in his family to graduate college. 'I raised my hand several times to protect and preserve the constitution.'
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 8:00:43 GMT -6
Sgt Gonell: I didn't recognize my fellow citizens on that day, or the country they claimed to represent. On that day, .I was more afraid than at any time during my deployment to Iraq. I was falsely accused of betraying my oath to the constitution.
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 8:01:47 GMT -6
"For the first time I was more afraid to work in the Capitol than I was in Iraq"
This cuts him pretty deep and you can tell. Sgt Gonell is a naturalized citizen and an army veteran.
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 8:02:02 GMT -6
Gonell: they said "if you shoot us, we all have guns, we'll shoot you back"
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 8:03:39 GMT -6
Gonell: "the insurrectionists violently attacked us with the very American flag they claimed to protect"
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 8:07:49 GMT -6
I felt myself losing oxygen and thinking to myself this is how I'm going to die.
Sgt Gonell is very very powerful.
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 8:16:27 GMT -6
Officer Michael Farone is the next witness.
I need a breather after Sgt Gonells testimony.
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 8:17:57 GMT -6
I have to run a quick errand but I'll brb
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Post by origami on Jul 27, 2021 8:22:51 GMT -6
I'm not watching, just reading here, and my throat has a lump in it. I don't know how you can even read these first few minutes and deny anything was wrong.
We saw an attempted overthrow with our own eyes and it crushes me how many deny it.
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 8:24:29 GMT -6
Fanone: there were chants in the crowd to kill me with my own gun
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 8:24:52 GMT -6
Farone I thought about using my firearm, but I decided to appeal to their humanity instead.
I was beaten unconscious and remained so for over 4 minutes.
my god
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 8:25:20 GMT -6
I'm not watching, just reading here, and my throat has a lump in it. I don't know how you can even read these first few minutes and deny anything was wrong. We saw an attempted overthrow with our own eyes and it crushes me how many deny it. I'm processing that day in a new way from this hearing. On the day I was just in utter disbelief.
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Post by jkjacq on Jul 27, 2021 8:25:39 GMT -6
My children continue to deal with the trauma of almost losing their dad that day. (he has four daughters)
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Post by dc2london on Jul 27, 2021 8:25:51 GMT -6
Fanone raises his voice: the treatment of my colleagues by elected officials is disgraceful
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Post by origami on Jul 27, 2021 8:27:39 GMT -6
I'm not watching, just reading here, and my throat has a lump in it. I don't know how you can even read these first few minutes and deny anything was wrong. We saw an attempted overthrow with our own eyes and it crushes me how many deny it. I'm processing that day in a new way from this hearing. On the day I was just in utter disbelief. I'll for sure watch the clips and feel the same way I'm sure. It's currently PBS kids time and I don't think I'm ready to mote deeply explain our problems to the 8 year old, ha.
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