I'm listening to a very interesting TLP interview with Rep. Jackie Speier. She survived the

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massacre at the airport in Jonestown, Guyana. She was a young staffer for Rep. Leo Ryan who was murdered and she was shot. She said yesterday's attack reminded her of that day--she was in the gallery and heard the shot that killed the woman coming through the window. She also spoke of the parallel between Trump and Jim Jones. If you're interested, it begins at the 16:43 mark:

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It's disturbing that Rep. Speier said that all of the Republican reps had been ushered out of the gallery before the siege began and that there were only Democrats in the room when things started to go down. How and why were Republicans ushered out and Democrats were left there? Something is not right. I wish they'd gone into more detail about that.

[mucifer]

1. Yeah it's in another interview she discussed how she had to play dead for hours after she was shot

at jonestown.

[elleng]

2. Thanks. She's a survivor.

[canetoad]

3. Thanks. Amazing woman

Seen interviews both then and now on the situation she faced.

Brave, calm, collected. Good woman.

[LeftInTX]

4. She was in the gallery?

They should have been evacuated way before the mobs got to the gallery.

It really upset me to see them breach the barricades and see them wondering around and nothing happened. So was congress in session when the woman was shot?

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6. What puzzles me is that she said the Republicans had been ushered out but Democrats

were still trapped in the gallery when the mob descended on the House chambers. WTF?

[LeftInTX]

7. Awful

[Nevilledog]

12. That's not puzzling.....that's ominous. Why was their any segregation of members?

[pat_k]

13. Covid 19 distancing kept numbers on floor limited

I don't know why it would be repubs on floor and dems in gallery, but whoever was on the floor was ushered out first. I also think those who didn't expect to be doing any speaking were expected to hang out in their offices.

[LeftInTX]

15. The Repubs did most of the talking

Jackie probably chose not to speak.

The objection speeches were mostly "for show"....New members gave speeches to get their 15 minutes of fame.
Republicans held up pocket constitutions.etc etc

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8. Democratic reps were left in the gallery when the terrorists began breaking in. She said she

heard pounding then the Capitol police drew their guns and hauled furniture to barricade the doors. Then they were told to put on their gas masks and hit the floor. What a clusterfuck.

[LeftInTX]

9. This could have been prevented

I watched everything yesterday...Those guys were wandering around the capitol while congress was in session. I was thinking, "Why haven't they evacuated?" It seemed to go one for 20 minutes until they finally recessed.

[LeftInTX]

10. Found the timeline

1 PM Session begins
1:33 PM The rioters enter that statuary
2:22 PM Pence is escorted out

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2021/01/06/dc-protests-capitol-riot-trump-supporters-electoral-college-stolen-election/6568305002/

[madamesilverspurs]

5. I'd been thinking of Speier,

also Dianne Feinstein. Both probably had some horrifying flashbacks during the siege.


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[Meowmee]

11. Good interview

I knew about her surviving Jonestown, fortunately she survived this as well. I also wonder about R being removed already, I hope we hear more about this.

[Cha]

14. TY, catbyte.. glad they had Rep Spier

on to give her perspective.

And, this!.. More parts of the puzzle to investigate thoroughly! I hadn't heard about the repubs being ushered out before.. How Would they Explain That?!

It's disturbing that Rep. Speier said that all of the Republican reps had been ushered out of the gallery before the siege began and that there were only Democrats in the room when things started to go down. How and why were Republicans ushered out and Democrats were left there? Something is not right. I wish they'd gone into more detail about that.