Rigby5
Diamond Member
You're pathological.
Even showing you representatives were up in the gallery, you continue to deny reality. And no matter how much you deny reality, the gallery is still part of the chamber, so the chamber was not empty despite your pathological lying.
As far as Benedict Babbitt, it matters not that she was unarmed. She was part of a violent mob that was beating up police and threatening the safety of lawmakers. It was the job of police to utilize any means necessary to keep that mob away from lawmakers & their staff. Which is what Byrd did. Byrd is a hero who saved lives.
Wrong.
The Visitor's Gallery is not part of Congress, and if any Congress members were there, it was totally deliberate and in individual choice to WANT to be there.
All members of Congress had been officially escorted out of Congress BEFORE the police at the door to the Speaker's Lobby were told to abandon their post.
They clearly could have held it indefinitely.
They left solely because there was no longer any reason to hold that doorway anymore.
And you can easily see in the video they were totally frightened by Bryd pointing a gun at them, not by Ashli or any of the rioters.
And it is a lie to claim the rioters were beating up or threatening anyone.
It is NOT the job of the police to protect anyone more than anyone else, and that included Ashli Babbitt.
Byrd is a murderer who should never be allowed to be armed ever again.