Newt Gingrich blames Nancy Pelosi for the Capitol riot, saying she should have secured the building

[Zorro]

Newt Gingrich blamed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the Capitol riot, saying it was her responsibility to ensure the Capitol was secure on January 6, 2021.

On "The Ingraham Angle" on Thursday, the first anniversary of the insurrection, the host Laura Ingraham asked if Gingrich, a former House speaker, 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."

He added, "A lot of this is a dance by the Democrats who don't want us to look very closely at what actually happened."

https://news.yahoo.com/newt-gingrich-blames-nancy-pelosi-144636795.html

This is one asshole whose obituary I am looking forward to seeing.

[PortTack]

1. He was speaker once! He knows that's a lie, that the bldg was secure

[Sherman A1]

2. That's okay I blame Newt for a goodly portion of the trouble we are dealing with today

He is a horse's ass on his best days.

[2Gingersnaps]

21. More than anyone else two people own where we are today,

Rupert Murdoch and Newt Gingrich. The serial adulterer who went after Bill Clinton for being a skirt chaser, because the weasel did not know how to govern. RM is just a no brainer. He hired Roger Ailes to create GOP TV.

[Lovie777]

3. STFU . . .....

I'm tired of these motherf***ers

[JHB]

4. As has been true for 40 years, the only thing coming out of Newt's mouth...

...that should be taken at face value is vomit.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. Loved your last line. Me, too! And that freak woman...

[tikka]

29. There was a comment on DU a couple of days ago about Japanese assessment of eyes.

If I remember correctly, white showing above the iris is a sign of mental illness.

[mwooldri]

6. Let's look at this scenario here.

A home was broken into and burglarized. Homeowner shot one of the burglars... The other burglars got in and ransacked the property anyway and beat up one of the residents.

Who is at fault here? Would Newt Gingrich blame the homeowner because the homeowner didn't lock the door?

I know it's not an exact analogy but I view Jan 6th 2021 as pretty close to a home invasion with the occupants being terrorized. It's odd that some of the occupants of that house are now saying that they weren't raided and that the burglars came over for tea and biscuits... what on earth are they smoking? And what is Newt Gingrich smoking?

[Botany]

7. I wonder if even Newt believes that crap?

So it was Nancy Pelosi who gave the D.C. National Guard this stand down order 2 days before the attempted coup?



BTW my late father had a friend who was a professor @ West Georgia U. where Newt was teaching @
and the second that they could they kicked his ass out of there just like the Democrats and the Republicans
who ran his ass out congress and being the speaker.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. Any idea who the request/memo was made by, that prompted this letter in response?

That is indeed effectively a stand-down order (by IQ45's very recently installed Generale, if memory serves).

[Botany]

17. Well after TFG lost the election in Nov. of 2020 he fired the Sec. of Defense, Mark Esper and ....

... installed Christopher Miller as acting Sec. of Defense. So we have a pretty good idea who asked for
that stand down order which was issued 2 days before the 1/6/21 attempted coup. And before that order
the D.C. National Guard had the autonomy to respond to things like the Capitol take over on their own.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

22. This letter is in response to something ... so what is that something is my question? (nt)

[Botany]

24. How did acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller know about "a riot" and riot control measures ..

... 2 days before 1/6/21? That letter is a smoking gun.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

25. I totally agree, I'm just asking, the top it says 'responds to your Jan 4,2021 memorandum'

So, what memorandum, sent by whom?

Who is Miller responding to?

You don't just ... write something like this in a vacuum.

If the answer to that question is 'common knowledge', forgive me, but I don't know so that's why I ask.

DC Mayor, I'm guessing?

[Botany]

26. I think the letter aka "stand down order" was to the General in charge of the D.C. National Guard.

Last edited Fri Jan 7, 2022, 09:19 PM - Edit history (1)

Before that letter the D.C. National Guard had the autonomy and the responsibility to have responded
to the attack on the US Capitol. Gen. Flynn's brother was at the Pentagon trying to stop the MD and
VA's national guard units from responding to the violence @ the Capitol too.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

32. Makes sense, thx :) nt

[moonscape]

9. About that obituary thing ...

…the list is long.

[Carlitos Brigante]

10. By that "logic", both Junior and Cheney should've been hunted down. Instead

of Bin Laden. Then again, we know this rub of mayonnaise doesn't believe half of what comes out his upper asshole.

[Emile]

11. Is this what they call twisted logic?

[Johonny]

12. "Democrats who don't want us to look very closely at what actually happened" . . .hmm

Who is having a Jan 6th investigation and who is trying to prevent that investigation? Conservatives aren't even interesting liars these days.

[LakeArenal]

13. That has been has nothing to that I would believe or credit him

So I’ll just say:

Who?

[iscooterliberally]

14. Someone turned him into a newt, but he never got better.

[electric_blue68]

15. I've hated him since the '80s in Congress...

and while I keep my list on the shorter side... he's on it.

The damage he's done! 😔

[bottomofthehill]

16. here we go again

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. LeaderMcConnell’s 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.

[Tickle]

20. The house Sargent at arms

is responsible for maintaining security at the capital. He/she is appointed by the house speaker for a 2 year gig. This is how they make the connection with speaker Pelosi. Paul Irving gave his resignation to Nancy Pelosi on January 7.

[Progressive Jones]

23. They'll say anything on Fox with no fear. Why? The second it hits the ears

of the Fox customers, the deed is done. That idea has been fed to the dimwits.
The dimwits then magnify it, and it becomes part of the cult's holy dogma.

[andym]

28. That's exactly correct: Newt was gaslighting the Fox viewers, feeding them talking points. NT.

[smirkymonkey]

27. What a pig!

I despise that sleazy bastard and his freak-show of a wife.

[BlueIdaho]

30. Isn't he dead yet?

What annoying old fascist.

[Generic Brad]

33. That's a grave I one day plan to piss on

[BlueIdaho]

35. May I join you?

[Generic Brad]

36. I would be honored to cross swords with you over Newt

[llashram]

31. liar!!!

what's new

[madinmaryland]

34. He needs to secure his zipper right fucking now.