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
    1171·
    9 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
      45·
      9 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
        20·
        9 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
      231·
      9 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
        5·
        9 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.

    • someguy3@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 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
      51·
      9 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
        7·
        9 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
          61·
          9 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
    591·
    9 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
      6·
      9 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.

    • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
      7·
      9 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.

  • JimmyBigSausage@lemm.eeBanned from community
    112·
    9 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?

    • dariusj18@lemmy.world
      9·
      9 months ago

      I have few doubts that there were many plans aimed at agitation depending on the events of Jan. 6.

    • OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      They were literally there to murder the Republican vice president and anyone else who refused to support the coup. It’s not surprising at all that the RNC was a target.

    • someguy3@lemmy.world
      21·
      9 months ago

      Probably no foreign interests (not directly anyway, plenty about stirring up division). First it’s way too sloppy, if a competent foreign country wants to do something they will do something far more guaranteed. Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/b4meFC1ee7Q Second no country would want that to come out and come back to them. It would be extremely painful.