Beyond the tragedies that happened at Capitol Hill, there were at least three other massive national security threats that people aren't understanding fully.
I'm not only referring to the temporary disruption of the orderly transfer of power after an insurgent mob stormed and occupied parts of the U.S. Capitol — or even the death of a Capitol Police officer and four other people. President Trump is still the duly elected commander in chief. But we know that the first, second, and third officials in the line of succession behind him were all in the Capitol at the time of the attack.were photographed carrying zip tie handcuffsAs things turned out, if there was such a plan it didn't work. Vice President Pence reportedly remained in the Senate the whole time, where he would have been protected by the U.S. Secret Service.
Imagine: first, second and third in line are being protected from a potential physical attack, while fourth and fifth in line are talking about removing the president — all at either the exact same time or soon afterward. , there's a legitimate legal debate over whether the Presidential Succession Act is constitutional — and thus whether the line of succession actually has to skip over members of Congress, and go directly from the vice president to the secretary of state.
In any crisis, the number-one question is, who's in charge? And we would not know for certain right away. Was there any conspiracy among rioters to try to harm or detain anyone?
BillMurphyJr We are not “much closer”, we are in the thick of it. Standing too close? Woods for the trees? From where I stand, and what I read from family etc, this is a political crisis. Now.
BillMurphyJr Yes, domestic terrorism and threats of more to come will not stop this crisis. People need to wake up
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I wrote about the attack on Capitol for & the legal problem it revealed. TLDR: The presidential succession law is a constitutional time bomb. Congress must fix it. As it stands imagine SpeakerPelosi & SecPompeo both claiming to be acting POTUS. Then what?
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