Hmm.🧐
Rep. Nehls told me on 1/15 that the guards on the House floor would've been "totally justified" if they'd shot the rioters trying to enter the chamber.
Nehls had joined the USCP and several other House Rs in guarding the door from rioters trying to break in on 1/6.
Rep. Nehls told me on 1/15 that the guards on the House floor would've been "totally justified" if they'd shot the rioters trying to enter the chamber.
Nehls had joined the USCP and several other House Rs in guarding the door from rioters trying to break in on 1/6.
https://twitter.com/RepTroyNehls/status/1452828457088471047
Full quote:
"The guards are saying, 'stop banging on that. Don't come through that door. We will shoot you.' And I felt that it would have been totally justified in doing so. Thank goodness they didn't have to..."
"The guards are saying, 'stop banging on that. Don't come through that door. We will shoot you.' And I felt that it would have been totally justified in doing so. Thank goodness they didn't have to..."
Here’s the audio:
@RepTroyNehls called to claim these situations are different.
He says he ID'd a potential weapon (a flag pole w/ sharpened edge) that rioters used to break the window at the door he was at, which could've been used ag. them if they pushed thru. So shooting wouldve been justified
He says he ID'd a potential weapon (a flag pole w/ sharpened edge) that rioters used to break the window at the door he was at, which could've been used ag. them if they pushed thru. So shooting wouldve been justified
He argues Officer Byrd couldn't have known whether Babbitt was armed or not.
Video of the shooting shows that the ppl around her also had poles breaking the glass to get thru the barricade, which could've also been used as weapons.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
Video of the shooting shows that the ppl around her also had poles breaking the glass to get thru the barricade, which could've also been used as weapons.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
This is also a far different take than what GOP Rep. Markwayne Mullin, who responded to the rioters alongside Nehls, told me on 1/12 re. Byrd.
"I hope he doesn't get dragged through the mud because he's actually a hero, because he actually he faced fear."
"I hope he doesn't get dragged through the mud because he's actually a hero, because he actually he faced fear."
Mullin: "He had to take someone's life but in return he probably saved a whole bunch of people's lives. And that is a difficult thing for anybody to do that's never been in those situations...I commend that guy...that's why I hugged him. I said 'Sir, you did what you had to do'"
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