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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts)
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 02:34 PM Dec 2022

Secret Service Counter Sniper team sets up to protect Blair House during Zelensky visit.

Helicopters of DC on Telegram Retweeted

Secret Service Counter Sniper team sets up to protect Blair House during Zelensky visit.



President Biden welcomes President Zelensky to the White House. #Ukraine



Biden’s dog COMMANDER is taken inside before Zelensky’s arrival.


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Secret Service Counter Sniper team sets up to protect Blair House during Zelensky visit. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 OP
Hope every member of this SS decurity detail MontanaMama Dec 2022 #1
I'm trying to count on it. dchill Dec 2022 #2
Hopefully Putler understands.... TheRealNorth Dec 2022 #3
Why should we know this? gab13by13 Dec 2022 #4
Because Rupert Murdoch is paying me to post information of use to the Russians. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #5
Because it shows Our President CARES about the safety of Zelensky. TigressDem Dec 2022 #6
TY! nt Cha Dec 2022 #7
De nada. In all seriousness, mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 #8
There's something a little drmeow Dec 2022 #9
I looked at some of the security provided at O'Hare murielm99 Dec 2022 #11
Hmm. Read this in conjunction with orthoclad Dec 2022 #10

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts)
5. Because Rupert Murdoch is paying me to post information of use to the Russians.
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 03:15 PM
Dec 2022

Thanks for asking! Have a great day.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
6. Because it shows Our President CARES about the safety of Zelensky.
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 03:17 PM
Dec 2022

That very likely there have been credible threats made and are being addressed.

That anybody out there thinking about harming Zelensky while he's a guest of the White House better think again and decide to give peace a chance if they want to be alive to think some more.

No guff tolerated.


mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts)
8. De nada. In all seriousness,
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 03:40 PM
Dec 2022

I haven't posted a single thing that is not out there in the public. Anyone walking past Lafayette Square gets to watch the Secret Service set up for Zelenskyy's visit.

The most obnoxious thing Zelenskyy's likely to encounter while in DC is heckling during his speech tonight from (redacted, because I'm at work, and I can't discuss politics on a work computer}.

drmeow

(5,279 posts)
9. There's something a little
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 04:07 PM
Dec 2022

disturbing about watching the SS set up - when Obama spoke at ASU at one point before he arrived I noticed some people up behind the stage on both sides walking along with cases and I remember thinking "what's going on." Then they proceeded to set up high powered rifles pointing in multiple directions (including at us, if I recall correctly) and I thought "oh, shit, there are basically snipers up there!" It was one thing knowing stuff like that is usually done, it was another thing watching it in real time! It definitely felt weird watching it!

murielm99

(31,433 posts)
11. I looked at some of the security provided at O'Hare
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 11:10 AM
Dec 2022

when Obama came there after winning reelection. We were there only because we were volunteers who had done a great deal of work. We had golden tickets!

The security was already in place when we got there. It was impressive.

orthoclad

(4,728 posts)
10. Hmm. Read this in conjunction with
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 12:43 AM
Dec 2022

the thread about Gaetz and Boebert blowing past Capitol Police and entering Z's speech without screening.

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