1. Yes Cap Police were pre-warned by FBI. TOGETHER, collectively they ALL should have taken the threat seriously. What seems strange is that there was NO staged presence around the Capital like ⬇️ the preemptive presence (for NO known threat) against BLM protestors. When we ask 
2. about the possibility of collusion or nefarious behavior on behalf of the management of Cap Police the failure to call in a strong force w National Guard troops too to build manned barricades around the Capitol Building is the thing that doesn't add up at all. And whether or
3. not domestic terrorism is codified sure as hell didn't prevent the troops outside of the Lincoln Memorial in June so that argument just doesn't work to explain why no force was set up around the Cap Building. To me, it seems like the big diff was that in the case of BLM the
4. Trump Admin called in force & in the case of their own protests they didn't, so YES, they set the Capitol Building up to be vulnerable. And this is relevant now bc we have this inaugural coming & to some degree, the Trump-run gov is in charge of the security. As @BillKristol
5. points out, Trump is dangerous. He is a security threat and we have every reason to believe that he intends additional violence. I think people are NUTS to think Trump isn't still intent on more violence. And bc Pence is not willing to remove him, the country is vulnerable.
6. In fact, what has Trump learned this week? That even in the face of an insurrection on the Capitol almost all of his party support is still there and Rs are still talking about their desire for him to be president. That's hardly the message you want this nut job to have.
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