The man who assaulted Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tried to tie him up "until Nancy got home," according to two sources familiar with the situation. When the police arrived, the assailant was saying he was "waiting for Nancy."
One thing that always struck me about the Democrats is how like suicidal they are. When the right starts saying to kill the groomers, they're not just talking about people like me, they also mean all of the politicians they see on their TV's. The Dems may think that being useless centrists who get paid to lose is fine, because it won't affect their career trajectory, but at the end of the day there's literally nothing standing between a deranged chud and Nancy Pelosi's husband. I don't really except them to stand up for trans people, but at least they could stand up for themselves.
I feel a new era of political assassinations is well and truly upon us.
I agree - it’s just incredible to me that he could just walk up and do that, especially after January 6th. Over confident libs are one thing, but the Secret Service is in complete shambles here. Or cahoots.
I’d naively assumed that as Speaker of the House and second-in-line for the presidency, she’d be afforded SS protection. But you’re totally right, she has no protection. It’s incredible to me that Laura Bush is afforded more protection than someone so close to actually becoming president.
Doesn’t shock me given the shambles of the US in general, but still very surprised, from a security perspective. For perspective, even Keith Starmer has police bodyguards!
Surprising congress doesn't have its own guards but probably there is a good reason congresspeople don't want to subordinate their security to the executive branch
They do. The US Capitol Police. It exists for exactly the reason you mention about subordination to the executive branch. The US Marshals exist for a similar reason to serve the judicial branch, but they answer to the Attorney General who is appointed by the President.
In practice, the whole thing is stupid though. Just a parliamentary LARP. Not much better than some Proud Boy neckbeard appointing themselves sergeant at arms of the local chapter. They follow the directives of congress, which changes hand time and time again. As some "extreme leftist" Democrat, I wouldn't trust my security falling into the hands of Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell every couple of years.
In the capitol the Capitol police "protect" them. I mean, they withdrew and left them with minimal security hoping they'd get massacred on Jan 6th, but they allegedly protect them.
At home they're on their own unless they can convince one of the local police departments to lend them a protection detail.
They do, that’s why the funds for prisons, police and military are ever increasing and non-negotiable. The fact that the Pelosis have over a hundred million dollars and don’t invest in better security is baffling. How do you not have some bodyguards and cameras and censors and shit?
As the third person in the line of succession for the US presidency, I think we can all rest assured that Nancy Pelosi's security detail is substantial. The problem is that these security forces are foaming anticommunists from top to bottom, and they are completely blind to the machinations of the chuds, if not sympathetic or complicit. They are too busy looking for black anti-imperialists to lynch to notice the actual lynch-mob outside the door.
The main problem here which grows more apparent by the day is that liberals think voting grants them power. They are absolutely incapable of understanding that the more guns and tanks they hand to the pigs and troops, the less power they have. Votes can't stop bullets. Votes can't stop tanks. And unless these institutions are purged (which they won't, because that "politicizes" them), they will all be joining us in the camps.
I think we can all rest assured that Nancy Pelosi’s security detail is substantial.
I mean on the one hand, that guy did climb in to the Queen's bedroom that one time to have a nice chat with her over tea, but on the other hand it's unbelievable that Nancy's husband was allowed to go anywhere without at least a two man detail 24/7
the funds for prisons, police and military are ever increasing
But they also don't realize, even after half the security services in DC left them to die on January 6th, and half the people in the crowds were cops or military, that the security forces will liquidate them the instant they feel they have permission.
Like talk about digging your own grave. They just funnel millions and billions of dollars in to the gaping maws of armed paramilitaries that despise them and would think nothing about marching them in to the basement and shooting them in the back of the head.
I’ve always said Biden should’ve responded to Jan 6th with summary executions. If they really have a shit about maintaining american democracy it would have been the only way. Hearings and political theater - which is to say more of the same - just normalized right wing violence temper tantrums
Part of why I’m like “who the fuck cares” about Jan 6 is if they actually thought it was as big of a deal as they claim they would’ve clamped down harder on it at the time
i think the mob would've killed some politicians if they'd gotten hold of them, zip cuffs guy was ready to take hostages, but american democracy isn't the hot shit liberals think it is and there was never any real threat of the election not getting certified a day or two later at most.
This. Should have declared a state of emergency, suspended habeus corpus, and just started shooting people until he ran out of people to shoot. Just letting a coup attempt happen and then responding to it with a ridiculous drawn out show trial that has already promised not to even prosecute and sentencing a bunch of random goons for minor felonies is absurd.
at the end of the day there’s literally nothing standing between a deranged chud and Nancy Pelosi’s husband.
Kind of hilarious when you think about it. The third in line for the throne and one of the most powerful people in America almost got got by a middle aged man with a hammer because she simply does not have a 24/7 security presence. The arrogance is completely insane.
One thing that always struck me about the Democrats is how like suicidal they are. When the right starts saying to kill the groomers, they're not just talking about people like me, they also mean all of the politicians they see on their TV's. The Dems may think that being useless centrists who get paid to lose is fine, because it won't affect their career trajectory, but at the end of the day there's literally nothing standing between a deranged chud and Nancy Pelosi's husband. I don't really except them to stand up for trans people, but at least they could stand up for themselves.
Remember that Pelosi also insisted on flying to Taiwan while Beijing threatened consequences
death drive
I feel a new era of political assassinations is well and truly upon us.
I agree - it’s just incredible to me that he could just walk up and do that, especially after January 6th. Over confident libs are one thing, but the Secret Service is in complete shambles here. Or cahoots.
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I don't think congress members get SS protection in the first place. AOC hires her own security, Pelosi probably does too.
I’d naively assumed that as Speaker of the House and second-in-line for the presidency, she’d be afforded SS protection. But you’re totally right, she has no protection. It’s incredible to me that Laura Bush is afforded more protection than someone so close to actually becoming president.
Doesn’t shock me given the shambles of the US in general, but still very surprised, from a security perspective. For perspective, even Keith Starmer has police bodyguards!
Surprising congress doesn't have its own guards but probably there is a good reason congresspeople don't want to subordinate their security to the executive branch
They do. The US Capitol Police. It exists for exactly the reason you mention about subordination to the executive branch. The US Marshals exist for a similar reason to serve the judicial branch, but they answer to the Attorney General who is appointed by the President.
In practice, the whole thing is stupid though. Just a parliamentary LARP. Not much better than some Proud Boy neckbeard appointing themselves sergeant at arms of the local chapter. They follow the directives of congress, which changes hand time and time again. As some "extreme leftist" Democrat, I wouldn't trust my security falling into the hands of Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell every couple of years.
In the capitol the Capitol police "protect" them. I mean, they withdrew and left them with minimal security hoping they'd get massacred on Jan 6th, but they allegedly protect them.
At home they're on their own unless they can convince one of the local police departments to lend them a protection detail.
hmm
At least we'll get to have a bunch of crab raves before the security forces come for us.
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They do, that’s why the funds for prisons, police and military are ever increasing and non-negotiable. The fact that the Pelosis have over a hundred million dollars and don’t invest in better security is baffling. How do you not have some bodyguards and cameras and censors and shit?
As the third person in the line of succession for the US presidency, I think we can all rest assured that Nancy Pelosi's security detail is substantial. The problem is that these security forces are foaming anticommunists from top to bottom, and they are completely blind to the machinations of the chuds, if not sympathetic or complicit. They are too busy looking for black anti-imperialists to lynch to notice the actual lynch-mob outside the door.
The main problem here which grows more apparent by the day is that liberals think voting grants them power. They are absolutely incapable of understanding that the more guns and tanks they hand to the pigs and troops, the less power they have. Votes can't stop bullets. Votes can't stop tanks. And unless these institutions are purged (which they won't, because that "politicizes" them), they will all be joining us in the camps.
To repurpose a section of poem by an imperialist dipshit of yore:
No hot clapback or sassy :vote:
No slurs for commies you may know
Will turn the bullet from your coat
Or ward the truncheon's downward blow
Post hard who cares, make signs for fun
The odds are on the bigger gun
I mean on the one hand, that guy did climb in to the Queen's bedroom that one time to have a nice chat with her over tea, but on the other hand it's unbelievable that Nancy's husband was allowed to go anywhere without at least a two man detail 24/7
Oh shit oh fuck we'll still have to deal with smug liberals in the camps?
Well fwiw, once we're in the camps we'll get to be like "I fucking told you so" before we get the wall
Unfortunately not, they will be blaming us for voting for Jill Stein and being Bernie bros still
But they also don't realize, even after half the security services in DC left them to die on January 6th, and half the people in the crowds were cops or military, that the security forces will liquidate them the instant they feel they have permission.
Like talk about digging your own grave. They just funnel millions and billions of dollars in to the gaping maws of armed paramilitaries that despise them and would think nothing about marching them in to the basement and shooting them in the back of the head.
I’ve always said Biden should’ve responded to Jan 6th with summary executions. If they really have a shit about maintaining american democracy it would have been the only way. Hearings and political theater - which is to say more of the same - just normalized right wing
violencetemper tantrumsPart of why I’m like “who the fuck cares” about Jan 6 is if they actually thought it was as big of a deal as they claim they would’ve clamped down harder on it at the time
i think the mob would've killed some politicians if they'd gotten hold of them, zip cuffs guy was ready to take hostages, but american democracy isn't the hot shit liberals think it is and there was never any real threat of the election not getting certified a day or two later at most.
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This. Should have declared a state of emergency, suspended habeus corpus, and just started shooting people until he ran out of people to shoot. Just letting a coup attempt happen and then responding to it with a ridiculous drawn out show trial that has already promised not to even prosecute and sentencing a bunch of random goons for minor felonies is absurd.
It’s literally getting a fucking mulligan on overthrowing the government
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Kind of hilarious when you think about it. The third in line for the throne and one of the most powerful people in America almost got got by a middle aged man with a hammer because she simply does not have a 24/7 security presence. The arrogance is completely insane.
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