Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

(1) Thread: Benghazi v 1/6

Firstly, I am proudly #ExMAGA. Let's get that out of the way for anyone who hasn't read my tweets since December 2020.

Secondly, in 2016 before I became a MAGA supporter, Benghazi was a topic I studied in depth from all angles. ..

(2) I wanted to know why Democrats criticized Congressional Republicans for the way they went about investigating Benghazi.

We have now come full circle, with Republicans criticizing anyone who attempts to investigate their own Benghazi, AKA the planned & enabled attack on 1/6.

(3) There is a group of 17 Congressional Republicans who stood up to Trump earlier this year, by voting in the House or the Senate to impeach or convict him for his extensive, clear role in encouraging, enabling & condoning the violence of 1/6.

The 17: accountability.gop/courage/

(4) The excuses Rs use for 1/6 are a mirror image of the excuses Ds use for Benghazi.

In both cases, the sitting Commander in Chief failed to use available security resources either at all, or early enough to effectively protect people.

That IMO is the heart of the matter.

(5) There are many other areas of culpability among Rs who were in office that day, but IMO this is the clearest, strongest area to focus on first.

EVERYONE knew there would be a high risk of violence on 1/6.

People get confused by the way security is handled in DC.

(6) Rs have deliberately clouded the facts and so far their supporters have swallowed them hook, link and sinker.

A sitting POTUS has a duty to play his part in the inter-agency inter-jurisdiction national security planning and operational process concerning the whole of DC.

(7) Yet Rs claim the opposite - that somehow a sitting POTUS lacks the lawful authority to carry out this duty.

And that somehow the House Speaker and DC Mayor alone are responsible for the physical security of land inside AND OUTSIDE the US Capitol complex.

(8) Yes, there were major deviations that day from normal security practice.

If you believe that was all due to people who happen to be Democrats, then you are a gullible fool. IMHO.

The documents supporting my claims are in the public domain. It wasn't hard to find them.

(9) There is a clear paper trial (already) showing that the Acting Sec of Defense failed to carry out even the most basic, obvious, steps that he should have taken before and during the riot.

Lots of links to analysis and primary documents here:

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

(10) MAGA folk love to repeat the phrase "Benghazi ain't going away." When was one of them, I said it many times, too.

1/6 ain't going away.

And, saying that doesn't make me a Democrat. I'm a proud "Never Trump conservative" these days.

(11) Not only could Trump have prevented 1/6, he should have.

A viable, properly equipped DCNG & other NG perimeter on the federal land surrounding the US Capitol building would have PREVENTED the breaching of the security line.

Also note that:

(12) Every federal, state, county, and DC law enforcement or military organization was willing and able to deploy in time to prevent or end the riot.

The DoD's own "timeline" document confirms that the governors of MD and VA promptly deployed their NG & LE resources on 1/6.

(13) The level and capability of all these agencies was more than sufficient to get the job done.

No one needed to end up injured or dead from the events, except perhaps the two (genuinely) peaceful protesters who had medical events far back from the (breached) security line.

(14) A third individual who media initially said died from an unrelated medical event actually was crushed to death in the crowd as it pushed up against a group of LE trying to defend the perimeter. Her death was the most obviously directly caused by the rioting, out of 7 deaths.

(15) Every excuse Rs offer about 1/6 can be easily disproven using logic and evidence. I've been systematically and consistently doing that on Twitter since that day. And I tweeted about the known prior threats, too.

A proper commission would help the country recover from it.

(16) Like 1/6, the attack in Benghazi warranted an appropriate and timely Presidential response, and didn't get one.

AFAIK, airborne rescue units were staged at a US base in Italy and could have arrived in time to rescue at least some of the four Americans who lost their lives.

(17) I'm still waiting to hear an explanation from former President Obama as to why no such units were ordered by him. My understanding is that for 13 hours the WH knew what was happening in Benghazi.

Oh & anyone who wants to spew Benghazi conspiracy theories at me: get a life.

(18) Despite the many hours, days & weeks Congressional Rs claimed they were investigating Benghazi, I don't recall any of them asking this question & staying with it until they got an adequate answer.

It was theater.

This time, the calls for investigation will not die down.

(19) The ongoing "blame, minimization & denial" strategy used by Trump (and those Rs that are more scared of him than they are of civil unrest and worse), only prolongs the resolution of the problem.

MAGA Republicans claim they want the US to be "a nation of laws."

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(20) Actions speak louder than words.

A lot of questions need answers, and they must be honest answers. Excuses aren't going to cut it.

The criminal jurisdiction of the courts is the place to ask them.