The official Capitol Police letter that wasn’t
It appears rather Ratheresque.
You probably remember Rathergate, the fake letter about Bush and his National Guard service that became a big big story prior to the 2004 election. Somehow, despite everything, those who accepted the letter at face value never really owned up to their stupidity and/or culpability, and Hollywood decided to make near-heroes out of them in a movie.
The moral of the tale is that a fake story can get believed by a lot of people if the perps never quite fully admit it’s not authentic. Just hedge around the issue if discovered, and concede that you made a few mistakes while claiming that the story might nevertheless be true in its essence.
So now we have the Capitol Police letter:
Yesterday…Capitol Hill was abuzz, as a letter circulated that the United States Capitol Police (USCP) was harshly critical of the Republican members and senators opposing the forming of a commission to look into the Capitol riot in January. It was a scathing rebuke against political posturing, and perfectly illuminated the GOP as hypocritical and dodging the inflammatory issue.
…[T]his letter emerged from the offices of Rep. Jamie Raskin, and it was distributed and broadcast by the press. Politico’s Olivia Beavers was one who — early on — got the letter spread around, but by 5:00 pm, trouble began to emerge. Some intrepid reporters actually decided to act like journalists and thought to contact the USCP about the letter. They received an official statement from the group declaring by practice they never make official comments on political activity…
Throughout the afternoon and into the night, through Cohen, we see the evolution of the story, beginning with the disavowal from the USCP until, into the evening, when the origination of this letter has dwindled down to just a solitary police officer — who remains anonymous and has no way of being verified as a legitimate source…
But even by this point, when this story should be completely laughed out of the Beltway, Cohen still tells us as a conclusion, “It’s also important that this officer’s view be taken seriously.”
…The letter was clearly not an official dispatch as it is un-dated, signed merely with “Proud Members Of The United States Capitol Police,”; it bears no official names or offices, and is attributed to a lone individual who is being kept off the record. Pretty much everything surrounding this letter is suspect, and there should be an investigation into the involvement of Rep. Raskin to find out who was trying to pass off this note as an official, USCP. document.
The larger story of course is the commission itself, and the fact that 35 Republicans in the House joined the Democrats in voting for it and yet Senate Republicans are coming out against it.
Stupid Party does Stupid Things.
Unless they think they can introduce other evidence that counters the Dems. But I really don’t believe that.
I assume Cheney was one of the ‘yes’ votes?
Anything emerging [that’s a nice word for it] from the office of a Washington Democrat should be taken as being a lie until decisively proven otherwise. The “Mouth of Sauron” spoke more truth than a DC Dem.
Pretty much everything surrounding this letter is suspect, and there should be an investigation into the involvement of Rep. Raskin to find out who was trying to pass off this note as an official, USCP. document.
As with the initial lies “from two law enforcement sources” that Capitol Police Officer Sicknick was bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher, today’s journalists have a curious incuriosity to reveal anonymous sources who have burned them with lies and hoaxes.
At least one journalist has said that he knows who the letter writter is and has confirmed it with the writer, yet they still protect his anonymity. What possible justification can they have for concealing their sources if those sources have proven to be unreliable and agenda driven?
Their justification is that they have the same agenda as their “sources” and nothing to fear in lying anymore.
https://stream.org/private-spies-anti-trump-lies-and-the-christine-blasey-ford-fraud/
physicsguy,
Yes.
“What possible justification can they have for concealing their sources if those sources have proven to be unreliable and agenda driven?”
The cover-up is sacrosanct, and they protect their own by…immense lies and extraordinarily complex cover-ups.
Oh, and the other motive is vengeance (and its counterpart, intimidation), which explains clearly the Rudi Giuliani and Kash Patel outrages.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/peddlers-russiagate-wont-take-truth-answer
And there will be many more, as crises and chaos will be planned and weaponized to keep everyone off balance. Not sure “Biden” and the Politburo pulling the levers behind the curtain will be able to control events necessarily; but when your goal is chaos and destruction, not being in control of events might well be a feature and not a bug.
And so, I’d say we are now—officially—in Banana Republic territory (though others would claim, and justifiedly, that we’ve been there for some time now).
Well if it’s only one officer, and they’re still allowed to remain anonymous, is that enough proof that this is the Ashli Babbitt shooter that sent the letter, then? Maybe it’s time to start accepting the undeniable power of the null hypothesis, which now identifies as Proof.
Leftoxenomorphism is a religion.
When somebody is accused of something, as far as the faithful think, the Holy Mother Church of Maarx Moloch and its cults of Social Justice and
Bullsh!tsectionality can not be wrong.
The accusation is the punishment as the automatic process of “canceling” or zersetzung (look it up) is carried out on the heathen.
“Due process?! . . . We don’t need no stinking due process!!”
Proof? Verification? Evidence?
In the realm of leftoxenomorphism only faith counts.
They have faith.
Their faith includes you being guilty.
Of what?
Of being guilty.
How do you defend yourself from an accusation of witchcraft?
(A) The thing on itself doesn’t exist so you are in the realm of fantasy and then (B) you can’t prove a negative.
“No, your honor . . . I didn’t consort with the Devil”
“YES!!! . . YOU DID!!! . . . YOU DID AND WE KNOW IT!!! . . . AND YOU OWN DENIAL IS PROOF ENOUGH!!! . . . THOSE THAT CONSORT WITH THE DEVIL ALWAYS DENY IT!!! . . . YOU DENY IT!!! . . . SO YOU ARE GUIIIIIIIIIIILTYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!” screams at the top of her voice the leftoxenomorph DA.
You are not being judged.
You are being murdered by a leftoxenomorph mob.
Ever seen fire ants attack a foe?
The foe is not being judged.
It is being murdered.
All around the realm the furious cries of leftoxenomorphs of all extractions fill the air “BURN THE HEATHENS!!!”
We are back in the medieval Dark Ages with cell phones.
We are not going to be able to vote ourselves out of this one.
How dare anyone question the devine narrative? It will be quoted and referred to as the absolute truth by the guy grinding the ax.
I just read somewhere that Ashli Babbitt was killed while trying to enter the “Speaker’s Lobby”. Killed by a still un-identified uniformed individual. Which brings to my somewhat paranoid mind this question – Just how close to the Speaker, to Ms. Pelosi, was this un-identified individual? Was he just a Capitol Policeman assigned to the Speakers Lobby, was he her personal bodyguard, or was he somewhere in between those two characterizations ? If he was her personal bodyguard or close to it, it would make a lot of sense to keep his identity secret.