Lawmakers speak out about Capitol safety concerns following violent riot
Members of Congress are still reeling after the traumatic insurrection of the Capitol last week, and many lawmakers are starting to speak out about the vulnerable position the violent breach put them in, as well as concerns they have about their security going forward.
“I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive” Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said on Instagram Live on Tuesday. “It is not an exaggeration to say that many, many members of the House were nearly assassinated.”
William Watson, 23, of Auburn, Alabama, was taken into custody Lee County Sheriff s deputies on Monday for his role in the MAGA mob riot at the United States Capitol in Washington on January 6.
Lonnie Coffman, Alabama man caught with Molotov cocktails in DC, planned to give out weapons, feds say
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
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An Alabama man arrested with nearly a dozen Molotov cocktails as well as guns and ammo has a “concerning history and characteristics” that raise a grave risk that he would endanger the community should he be released from custody, according to federal court documents made public Tuesday.
A search of his pickup truck turned up 11 Molotov cocktail explosive devices, and multiple other items including a letter in which he named U.S. Rep. André Carson of Indiana, who labeled a “Muslim,” and also named a judge with words “bad guy” beside the judge’s name.