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This is chilling... so horrifying I can't really process it. Why was this former military/LE officer hell bent on attacking this particular Capitol Police officer? Was CP officer just in the way of Websters murderous rage towards MOC? The brutal intimacy of how he attacked is sickening. I hope he receives punishment to fullest extent law permits.

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100% agree but I don’t have all the facts to make an informed assessment and I respect my readers enough to not BS you

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I think many of these violent men are jacked up on anabolic steroids.

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Have you ever seen a mad dog? or perhaps picture a bull after a red cape? Hell bent, absolutely. that particular officer must have made the fatal mistake of making direct eye contact with him

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I let out a shout when I saw they'd arrested this one. His conduct was heinous. I hope they put him away for a very long time.

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i adore you and your deep, deep dives (with receipts & footnotes). i realize these blog posts are harder to construct than the tweets--you won't lose the info in this format. So thanks for giving up extra bon bons for us . . .

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Mob mentality, military training, law enforcement experience, middle aged, bad boy wannabe, loser...

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Agreed - what I’m really waiting for are the articles that do a deep dive on the demographics of these insurrectionist. In my rough calculations and observations- the profile; White Male, Average age 37, minimal college education, and nearly 47% of all defendants have serious financial issues. Meaning nearly 6 out of 10 defendants the Court(s) have ruled they are indigent and thus qualify pursuant to CJA for the tax payers to foot their defense. Talk about socialism

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Then how did they all afford to travel to DC, stay in hotels, outfit themselves in combat gear?

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I think we are going to find out soon - I will not be shocked if the hotel rooms and/or AirBnBs were “financially” underwritten by allies of Trump and/or the various PACs and SuperPACs...

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I'd also be willing to bet their voting history is scant if any. They just went there b/c they thought it would be fun

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Totally agree with your dueling narratives perspective - the live TV on the 6th was especially deceptive, since it picked up so much after the intitial assualt and breach.

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I’m so thankful they caught him.

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