In January 1861, there were reports secessionists would use tactics like today's to stop the electoral count for Abraham Lincoln. Gen. Winfield Scott, commander of the US Army, told Lincoln, "I have given orders that any man who tries to use violence or unparliamentary disorder to interfere be lashed to the muzzle of a 12-pound gun which is fired out a Capitol window. His remains may be used for manure on Potomac estates." We needed a little of that today.
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