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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,739 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 02:50 PM Feb 2021

Building an effective 9/11 commission for the Capitol riots

Now that the impeachment is over, the question is: what next?

Some will say we should move on. But we cannot move on without a reckoning. This reckoning must determine the failures that led to the Capitol riot, prevent future crises and facilitate national reconciliation.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has championed a "9/11-type commission" to investigate the Capitol riot. Her recommendation is correct, but her reasons are not. Pelosi told members of Congress that the issue is "about you." She told them it is necessary to address "your safety as you serve in Congress, your safety in your district and your safety when traveling to and from Washington."

Pelosi is wrong, because the issue is not just about Congress. It is about all Americans. The problem at hand is not only what Pelosi called "serious and ongoing security threats facing members" of Congress. The Capitol riot was also a law enforcement breakdown, an act of domestic terrorism according to President Biden and a wakeup call about anti-Semitic and racist hate groups.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/building-an-effective-9-11-commission-for-the-capitol-riots/ar-BB1dUy4B?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

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Building an effective 9/11 commission for the Capitol riots (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2021 OP
It IS larger than the 'safety of the Congress'...... MyOwnPeace Feb 2021 #1

MyOwnPeace

(16,917 posts)
1. It IS larger than the 'safety of the Congress'......
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 03:15 PM
Feb 2021

it's about the sacred right to vote and have that vote count. BunkerBoy and the RepubliQons tried to 'erase' the votes of millions of Americans just so their 'boy' could stay in power, even after 81 million Americans showed that they wanted him gone.

These sore losers must NEVER have their day in court other than to stand trial for the damage that they did to life and property. They have NO valid argument about the right to vote and the fairness of that vote.

The commission must be free and independent of Congress, otherwise we'll have more 'Gyms' and 'Lindseys' in there crying and continuing their nonsensical bullshit...

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