Mainecat Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Architect Of The Capitol Outlines $30 Million In Damages From Pro-Trump Riot Source: NPR The cost of repairing damages from the attack on the U.S. Capitol and related security expenses have already topped $30 million and will keep rising, Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton told lawmakers on Wednesday. The events of Jan. 6, he said, were "difficult for the American people and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness." Blanton said that congressional appropriations committees have already approved a transfer request of $30 million to pay for expenses and extend a temporary perimeter fencing contract through March 31. But more money will be needed, he added: "History teaches us that project costs for replacements and repairs beyond in-kind improvements across campus will be considerable and beyond the scope of the current budgetary environment." The price tag will go even higher, Blanton told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee, if the fence and other security measures are needed beyond March. In his prepared testimony, Blanton described how his employees tried to minimize the threat to the Capitol and lawmakers on Jan. 6, when thousands of former President Donald Trump's supporters breached security perimeters at the Capitol grounds. Many of them then engaged in a pitched battle with police and security personnel... Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/24/970977612/architect-of-the-capitol-outlines-30-million-in-damages-from-pro-trump-riot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 That's great since evidence shows it was all set up and scripted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 26, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 26, 2021 Why stop at 30? Let's make it a 100 and hold those terrorists accountable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 How much did the impeachments cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Dominion should do an Audit, it'll be 120 million by tomorrow morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, racer254 said: How much did the impeachments cost? The second one was estimated at 33 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ You and your buddies should have to pay for it. Maybe start a go fund me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball 440 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mainecat said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ You and your buddies should have to pay for it. Maybe start a go fund me? We are paying for it, it's called taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 26, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 26, 2021 Just now, Mainecat said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ You and your buddies should have to pay for it. Maybe start a go fund me? Just add it into the next COVID relief Bill next to all the other BS shoved in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awful knawful Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, Fireball 440 said: We are paying for it, it's called taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) I can't imagine what the Biden Lives Matter rioting cost, thankfully Kamala got them back out of jail quick and reduced incarceration expenses. Edited February 26, 2021 by Tinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: Architect Of The Capitol Outlines $30 Million In Damages From Pro-Trump Riot Source: NPR The cost of repairing damages from the attack on the U.S. Capitol and related security expenses have already topped $30 million and will keep rising, Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton told lawmakers on Wednesday. The events of Jan. 6, he said, were "difficult for the American people and extremely hard for all of us on campus to witness." Blanton said that congressional appropriations committees have already approved a transfer request of $30 million to pay for expenses and extend a temporary perimeter fencing contract through March 31. But more money will be needed, he added: "History teaches us that project costs for replacements and repairs beyond in-kind improvements across campus will be considerable and beyond the scope of the current budgetary environment." The price tag will go even higher, Blanton told lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee, if the fence and other security measures are needed beyond March. In his prepared testimony, Blanton described how his employees tried to minimize the threat to the Capitol and lawmakers on Jan. 6, when thousands of former President Donald Trump's supporters breached security perimeters at the Capitol grounds. Many of them then engaged in a pitched battle with police and security personnel... Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/24/970977612/architect-of-the-capitol-outlines-30-million-in-damages-from-pro-trump-riot More selective outrage from the liar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^ You and your buddies should have to pay for it. Maybe start a go fund me? Is BLM, liberals, and Antifa paying their way? these businesses want to know. Barrio, Nicollet Mall Brit’s Pub, Nicollet Mall Caribou Coffee, Nicollet Mall Chipotle, Nicollet Mall CVS, Nicollet Avenue Dahl Medical Supply, Nicollet Mall Devil’s Advocate, Nicollet Mall Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 10th Street South Foot Locker, 7th Street South Franklin-Nicollet Liquor Store, Nicollet Avenue Greenway Liquors, West Grant Street Haskell’s Wine and Spirits, 9th Street South Hen House, 8th Street South Hubert White, Nicollet Mall IDS Center, Nicollet Mall Lotus Restaurant, West Grant Street Lunds, 12th Street South The News Room, Nicollet Mall Nordstrom Rack, Nicollet Mall Rainbow Road, West Grant Street Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 2nd Avenue South Sak’s Off 5th, Nicollet Mall The Saloon, Hennepin Avenue Speedway, West Grant Street Sushi Train, Nicollet Mall Target, Nicollet Mall, Uptown, and Dinkytown (windows at Target HQ on Nicollet also broken) Union, Hennepin Avenue Walgreens, Nicollet Mall, and 43rd Street/Chicago Avenue Zelo, Nicollet Mall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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