Chillicothe
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There is this news story that surfaced last evening, and is now in many of the morning news reports.
Can we conceive of being a uniformed officer of the Capitol police who had undergone hours of "medieval combat" as it was described, being invited to the Pennsylvania Capitol and then being booed, hissed at, and walked out on?
In my view of the United States i grew up in, served in the Army for, and have lived and enjoyed a happy successful life with my family for all these decades......well, this kind of behavior is what I would expect from some White Power Nazi group in idaho or Georgia.
This is, in my mind, another mark against what the GOP has become.....a party that, at one time, I felt represented my values. How far they have fallen into extremism, nutjobbery, and MAGA-think.
imho
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Here is one reportage from this morniing's newsfeeds:
"Two former law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were jeered by state GOP lawmakers as they visited Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to several Democratic lawmakers present.
Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and former sergeant Aquilino Gonell were introduced on the floor Wednesday as “heroes” by House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D) for having “bravely defended democracy in the United States Capitol against rioters and insurrection on January 6.”
As the two men — both of whom were injured by rioters on Jan. 6 — were introduced, the House floor descended into chaos. According to Democratic lawmakers, several GOP lawmakers hissed and booed, with a number of Republicans walking out of the chamber in protest."
Can we conceive of being a uniformed officer of the Capitol police who had undergone hours of "medieval combat" as it was described, being invited to the Pennsylvania Capitol and then being booed, hissed at, and walked out on?
In my view of the United States i grew up in, served in the Army for, and have lived and enjoyed a happy successful life with my family for all these decades......well, this kind of behavior is what I would expect from some White Power Nazi group in idaho or Georgia.
This is, in my mind, another mark against what the GOP has become.....a party that, at one time, I felt represented my values. How far they have fallen into extremism, nutjobbery, and MAGA-think.
imho
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Here is one reportage from this morniing's newsfeeds:
"Two former law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection were jeered by state GOP lawmakers as they visited Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to several Democratic lawmakers present.
Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and former sergeant Aquilino Gonell were introduced on the floor Wednesday as “heroes” by House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D) for having “bravely defended democracy in the United States Capitol against rioters and insurrection on January 6.”
As the two men — both of whom were injured by rioters on Jan. 6 — were introduced, the House floor descended into chaos. According to Democratic lawmakers, several GOP lawmakers hissed and booed, with a number of Republicans walking out of the chamber in protest."