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Don’t Permanently Fence the Capitol

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Post by jgwil2 » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 5:51 PM UTC

Re: Don’t Permanently Fence the Capitol

Post by asblknnf » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 6:04 PM UTC

they didn't fence the capitol when a current BLM admin literally blew it up with a goddamn bomb in the 1980s

they didn't fence the california capitol when armed black panthers stormed it in the 1960s

Post by yuppie_scum » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 6:38 PM UTC

I guess he did build a wall, after all

Post by simonblack » Sat, Jan 30, 2021, 10:41 PM UTC

Why not? That's generally the way it goes.

IIRC, people were free to wander on the White House lawns once upon a time.