It’s quite a feat keeping the Vermont Statehouse running smoothly. During the legislative session, lawmakers, lobbyists, activists and the public cram into a warren of.
gently encourage him, gus. not right now. let s don t do this. i mean, they told they sent him away. he it was it was. it s an embarrassment to everybody to see someone coming. behave like that. and good, gentle souls. who are sergeant arms have been here for years. come in there and try to encourage you. hey, you re making a mistake. and they didn t do it. and i d like to add to your they ve they ve not backed down from that either. i told them earlier that i feel like if they would have said, you know what? we messed up. i mean, what american what human won t bring forgiveness and redemption, but they doubled down and which so far as to staying in the world today and said i d do it again. that was their mentality that shows me when there s a pattern of behavior like that, if you refuse to stop it yourself. then we have to step in as a group of individuals that work with you and say you re not do that here . they said they were passionate because of the underlying reason that i think
occupying the whale. the where s the well is where we send up front to pass our bills that that is that is incredibly disruptive and embarrassing to the legislature, the institution that we have here and i didn t see anybody in congress try to take over. i saw some really big idiots that i hope are punished to the full extent of the law come and break into the capital that foolish on january 6th, but i didn t see a congressman. act this way. what we saw here in tennessee is three elected state representatives who know the rules who understand that this place belongs to everybody. they come in and rush up here and take over the house floor and refused. even when our surgeon arms he s a gentle soul. several of our just great men coming and gently encourage him, gus. not right now. let s don t do this. i mean, they told they sent him away. he was it was. it s an embarrassment to everybody to see someone coming. behave like that. and good, gentle souls. who are sergeant arms have been
chief of police. and one of the only chief and the united states that has a federal law passed by members o congress that prevents me from hauling in any federal resource either in advance like a try to do on generate third or even while under attack without goin and getting politically appointed sergeant sergeant and arms approval. at 12:53 we are attacked and i watching my officers getting beaten. i pick up the phone at 12:55 they are our partner agency right next door in then at 12:58 i call paul irving, speaker pelosi s appointment to the board and tell them it s really bad. sean: to interrupt you, is the speaker of the house in charge of security on the capital? you have the quickly appointed capital police board in place by the sergeant-at-arm has put in place by pelosi coming up the senate sergeant arms put in place by the senate leadership. and then you have the architect of the capital put together by the president.
is the restrictions i have as the chief of police, i m one of the only chiefs in the united states . i am the only chief in the united states that has a federal law, a law passed by members of congress that prevents me from calling in any federal resources, either in advance, like i try to do on january or even while i m under attack without going and getting the politically appointed sergeant arms approval. so at twelve fifty three were attacked on the west front of the capitol. i m watching my officers getting brutally beaten. i pick up the phone at twelve fifty five . i call for assistance our partner agency right right next door and then at twelve fifty i call paul irving ,speaker pelosi s appointee to the capitol police. board and tell them it s really bad on the bus. can i interrupt? is speaker of the house in charge of security at the capitol? so you have the politically appointed capitol police board that s put in place by the sergeant arms. it s put in place by pelosi. you