violence and possibly smuggling weapons into districts. he was with the district of columbia department of homeland security. he speaks from experience. what were some of the other red flags that looking back on them are glaring now? brian, there were so many red flags. there was a wealth of chatter on social media sites and other online forums among trump supporters about gathering in washington on january 6th just as then president trump had urged them to do but importantly to do so armed, to bring their weapons, to prepare for violence. there were threats made against the lives of sitting members of congress, including senator mitt romney, the utah republican who was the chief foil to trump all of those years. there were other plots that intelligence officials were gathering or piecing together based on their review of this
what we call teepees, tactics techniques and procedures. that indicated that they would interpersonal violence and possibly smuggling weapons into the district. so, philip, he was with the district of columbia department of homeland security. he speaks from experience, what were some of the other red flags that looking back on them, are glaring now? brian, there were so many red flags, there was a wealth of chatter on social media sites and other online forums, among trump supporters about gathering in washington on january six. just as then president trump had urged him to do, but importantly, to do so armed. to bring their weapons. to prepare for violence. there were threats made against the lives of sitting members of congress, including senator mitt romney. the utah republican who was the chief foil to trump all of
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you need, that s too bad. it s a bad idea. it will ultimately end medicare as we know it. end medicare as we know it. steve, this was a carefully written speech in the teleprompter carefully delivered. he s not going to need those words in the teleprompter when he s in florida campaigning. that is the memorized boilerplate florida campaign. this was the dress rehearsal for next seven months everywhere. what obama is doing is the updated version of the bill clinton re-election campaign. bill clinton was down and out after the 1994 midterms and got the gift of a far right republican congress that was devoted to deep cuts in the social safety net. it was medicare back in 1996 and medicare in 2012 and other issues raised by the paul ryan budget but bill clinton was successful in 1996 as presenting himself as the defender in chief as the social safety net. newt gingrich was more the chief foil and it s more paul ryan right now. this is exactly the kind of plan