The Elephant in the Room

Update: Representative James Clyburn is now asking the same question I asked. Whether there was cooperation between Capitol Police and the insurrectionists, this is live on CNN.

Then there is this on Talking Points Memo:

“I do believe that something was going on,” Clyburn told CBSN’s Lana Zak in an interview on Friday. “They knew where to go.”

Clyburn told the network that he had heard from others in Congress that their staff reported seeing members of the violent mob being let into the building “through side doors.”

“Somebody on the inside of those buildings were complicit in this,” the South Carolina lawmaker asserted.

When the early images came from the insurrection at the Capitol I was willing to give officers somewhat of a pass. Why? They looked unprepared as hell, and let’s be honest, they want to go home Some officers were injured, one has died. So in that context, I went, they were ready for the usual raucous demonstration around the Capitol, and did not want to look like the militarized police we are used to when anybody else shows up.

Since we have had a few things happen. First, we have seen the video of officers all but inviting the mob in. They literally removed the barriers to let these people in, and there was not even a figment of resistance. Worst, officers turned their backs to the crowd, a basic no-no in officer safety. So did they know them? Most glaringly, one of these officers took selfies with these guys, and let’s be…