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before the Trump supporters stormed itNewt Gingrich blamed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for the Capitol riot, saying it was her responsibility to ensure the Capitol was secure on January 6, 2021.
Gingrich made an appearance on "The Ingraham Angle" on the one-year anniversary of the insurrection, during which host Laura Ingraham asked if he, a former Speaker of the House, thought it was Pelosi's responsibility to secure the Capitol before the riot.
"I think she is the person who is most responsible for what happened," Gingrich told Ingraham. "It was her job to ensure there was adequate police."
"A lot of this is a dance by the Democrats who don't want us to look very closely at what actually happened," he added.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/newt-gingrich-blames-nancy-pelosi-for-the-capitol-riot-saying-she-should-have-secured-the-building-before-the-trump-supporters-stormed-it/ar-AASxpCA
Advice from a member of the party of personal responsibility. STFU Gingrich.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)And not the people who planned the event or the people who smeared shit on the walls? Republican logic in a nutshell.
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ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)Who at that time was McConnell.
Why wouldnt the head of the majority party in senate not have equal responsibility?
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MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)We do know you like to cheat on your wives. Perhaps you like to party with the girls.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Of course, if troops or properly equipped police had stopped the storming of the Capitol, we wouldnt have hours of video displaying how deplorable these people are.
Irish_Dem
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Between him and Limpdick, the GOP ceased being a political party that negotiates with the Democrats and turned into a fascist dictatorship. And he said so, many times.
His legacy will be a big one, and all of it very bad. We can tie him to trump, he paved the way for the dumbest and most corrupt human on EARTH to be elected prez.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Is that what you're saying, Newt?
no_hypocrisy
(46,122 posts)some members of the House gave vulnerable locations where it could be breached.
Emile
(22,789 posts)kwolf68
(7,365 posts)ANTIA, Pelosi, who next? Who we know it ISN'T is the gang of idiots who were trying to overthrow our Democracy. Newt is another Republican hack. Who is left in that party worth a shit? Kinzinger, Cheney, some Lincoln Project types, otherwise, it's a swine fest.
Bev54
(10,053 posts)over and over again, she has no control over the capitol police. It is the usual, if you tell a lie enough people will believe it.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/27/fact-check-nancy-pelosi-isnt-in-charge-capitol-police/8082088002/
NewHendoLib
(60,015 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)Walleye
(31,028 posts)Counting the electoral votes has never been a national security risk before. They love to blame the victim especially when its a woman. Listen to Liz Cheney she said something like, are you going to blame the businessmen whose businesses were burned down in the summer riots for not protecting their premises?
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)when she wasn't watching.
The problem with this is that this sleazy, fucking liar was once the Speaker of the House, himself. So, he'll get away with this bullshit. The sheep watching this show will take is word for it, rather than looking up the facts--which are not anywhere close to what Nitwit Newt claims.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Ocelot II
(115,733 posts)bottomofthehill
(8,334 posts)Capitol Police Board on 1/6/21, it is made up of 3 members, plus the ex-officio Chief of Police
House Sergeant at Arms
Paul Irving. First appointed by
Speaker John Boehner, held over by Speaker Pelosi
Senate Sergeant at Arms
Michael Stenger. Appointed by Leader Mitch McConnell
Architect of the Capitol
Brett Blanton, Appointed by Donald Trump, the AOC is a Presidential Appointee who requires Senate confirmation. LeaderMcConnells Senate.
USCP Chief, Stephen Sund lifetime cop with metropolitan police and capitol police
The former Speaker knows full well that the Speaker is not in charge of the security of the building.
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And if the Speaker had sealed the Capitol chamber and posted guards and metal detectors at every point of ingress, you'd be squealing like a piglet about "secret" certifications carried out behind closed doors in the dead of night (it's always the dead of night somewhere on the globe).
Caliman73
(11,738 posts)He did not go on any reputable network to share his thoughts. He went on Conservative propaganda channel Fox. He would not say that on ABC, CBS, etc... I think even Chuck Todd would push back on that stupid statement (even if only slightly).
Gingrich is just as trash as this newest crop of Republican fools.