Harris was in building for nearly two hours before pipe bomb was discovered and she was evacuated

Vice President Kamala Harris was less than 20 feet from a “viable” pipe bomb on January 6, according to a new report from Homeland Security’s internal watchdog.

The Office of the Inspector General released its report on Friday detailing the Secret Service’s preparation for, and response to, the events of January 6, 2021. Five people died and hundreds were injured in the Capitol assault, where rioters aimed to prevent the certification of the election for President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Among the shocking revelations was that Harris, then vice president-elect, was within close range to a “viable” pipe bomb that Secret Security had missed in a security sweep.

“The pipe bomb had been placed near the [Democratic National Committee] building the night before”, the report states, but Secret Service personnel did not identify it during their security sweep on the morning of January 6.

  • kescusay@lemmy.world
    194·
    4 months ago

    We as a country need to understand that to these MAGA weirdos, violence is acceptable and even encouraged.

    We also need to figure out what Trump broke in the Secret Service and fix it, because this shit is pure incompetence.

    • BossDj@lemm.ee
      80·
      4 months ago

      CPAC had a banner that started “We are domestic terrorists”. They’re softening the word because they keep filling the role

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        36·
        4 months ago

        “Softening,” my ass! They simply mean it literally.

        By the way, the banner said “we are all domestic terrorists.” No exceptions: every single CPAC attendee is literally a member of a terrorist organization.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      4 months ago

      We also need to figure out what Trump broke in the Secret Service and fix it, because this shit is pure incompetence.

      It’s extremely obvious that Trump values loyalty over competence. I seem to remember that he gave key posts in White House security to the people who had been in his private security detail beforehand. People like Keith Schiller.

      It would also not surprise me if he got to hand-pick his Secret Service detail to be people who he could get along with (i.e. people he felt were loyal). We may find out in a few years that Trump deliberately picked the most loyal ones, who also happened to be the most incompetent, and is partly responsible for their lapses. That is, if we’re allowed to. If Trump wins, he’s gonna take his Sharpie to all this and we’ll never find out how it all really went down.

      • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee
        6·
        4 months ago

        Yeah. It shows his lack of intelligence too. Would you rather be protected by a yes man. Or… someone trained to fucking protect you that cares nothing about you and only about protecting their package. I’ll take option B 1000000% of the time. Thanks.

    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      English
      8·
      4 months ago

      Diaper tyrant didn’t break anything that wasn’t already decades in the making of its decay by the very same fucknuts currently steering his slobbering ass around.

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 months ago

      During slavery and Jim Crow, violence was acceptable the way it was done. So these people continuing that thinking really shouldn’t surprise us.

      I mean it was surprising to me, until I put it in the context of history. The US right wing has always relied on violence and they pass that mentality down. Seems outrageous to the rest of us, but to them it’s just a tool and the way to do things. Which is why they project of course.

    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 months ago

      I think calling them weirdos at that point does a disservice to weirdos. Someone setting up pipe bombs during an insurrection is a terrorist. Anyone supporting them is a terrorist as well… That makes MAGA a terrorist organization.

      Also, here’s what Trump broke… It should be noted that Murray was involved in the investigation of the Jan 6th texts and emails that were deleted shortly before his retirement…

      My personal opinion… Someone said “Walk away or this will get really messy for you.”

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        4 months ago

        I think calling them weirdos at that point does a disservice to weirdos.

        Yeah, but (as a weirdo myself) I think we should take one for the team, since – weirdly, unlike “terrorist” – it actually manages to stick and piss them off.

        • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
          6·
          4 months ago

          Correct, hit them wherever it hurts.

          You’d think that being called a terrorist would be worse. However, I have read a lot that child-like insults actually hurt more than mature ones. We established them when we were children, so they’ve been with us longer and carry more emotional weight. So it’s technically more effective to call someone buttface instead of shithead.

          Just look at their commander-in-cheetodust and his tendency to call his opponents names like “Sleepy Joe,” “Crazy Nancy,” or “Lying Kamala.”

  • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
    105·
    4 months ago

    Great job Homeland Security! What was the rush in disclosing this information? You waited for 3.5years, why not wait until next insurrection? Ted Cruz and rest of the repubes are already finishing the planning for next Trasonfest

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
      19·
      4 months ago

      I mean, you do kinda gotta hand it to them to reveal that one of Trump’s goons got close to killing his opponent in this election after Trump’s assassination attempt and before election day.

      I’m sure it’s not for a good reason that they waited this long, but it’ll at least be useful.

    • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
      48·
      4 months ago

      Points angrily at all of US history.

      Our record on holding people accountable is abysmal. We certainly aren’t unique in that regard, but as context for this case the US has a history of being fine with violent white protestors and completely unhinged in response to minority protestors. Jan 6th matches that pattern.

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
        6·
        4 months ago

        I was watching it live on TV and I thought to myself, if these were black people they would be mowed down with machine guns.

      • pop@lemmy.ml
        3·
        4 months ago

        US has a history of being fine with violent white protestors and completely unhinged in response to minority protestors

        And that’s apart from being fine with the war crimes abroad. But it never affected anyone within the country, so that’s all fine and dandy thing of the past.

        Everyone there conveniently forgets that “history” and only reiterates about the “violence” when it starts to affect themselves.

        It just might be that your country loves, or likely worships violence.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
      24·
      4 months ago

      They weren’t black people who could be working road maintenance crews. Genuinely the reason these people acted so entitled and stormed the capital after taking an L is because they felt like they were gonna get clemency. What you’re seeing now is that clemency. The lack of accountability in this nation created that raid. The lack of accountability in this nation is what’s following that raid.

    • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
      8·
      4 months ago

      Because this administration thought we should extend an olive branch by appointing a conservative Attorney General. That was an error.

      Merrick Garland didn’t even open an investigation into Trump for 2.5 years, and he only did that because congress publicly pressured him into it.

      Conservatism is cancer and our nation is riddled with it. We are trying to treat it, but our prognosis is questionable. Anything shy of complete eradication of the cancer will eventually result in another deadly flare-up.

    • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      10·
      4 months ago

      Ever seen a TSA agent run somewhere? Of course you haven’t. I’m sure it happens, like winning the lottery happens, but I haven’t had the opportunity to witness either of those things happen.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Isn’t their primary job to run the security stations? I wouldn’t expect them to be running around an airport.

        I don’t think I’ve seen any law enforcement officers running anywhere, for that matter. Maybe like SWAT or other special response teams. Usually they just roll up on a truck.

  • JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee
    16·
    4 months ago

    After reading the article, it says there was a pipe bomb found earlier that sweep at the RNC also. It makes me wonder if beyond the MAGAts, there may be foreign interests involved here at the same time?