The note about Pence refusing to get in the Secret Service car for fear of being prevented from filling his role worries me the most. The idea of Secret Service personnel participating in an attempted coup is terrifying.
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The idea of Secret Service personnel participating in an attempted coup is terrifying.
Remember when the Secret Service were told to turn over all their texts from around January 6, and then all their texts from around January 6 were mysteriously erased? No? Seems like most other people don't remember, but Pepperidge Farms does ...
We were almost at the "Praetorian Guards Decide Who Rules" stage of the Fall of the American Empire; they just didn't have the numbers this time.