{"id":2031598,"date":"2023-09-14T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-warned-mitch-mcconnell-there-are-calls-to-burn-down-your-house-ahead-of-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T10:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T14:24:34","slug":"mitt-romney-warned-mitch-mcconnell-there-are-calls-to-burn-down-your-house-ahead-of-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-warned-mitch-mcconnell-there-are-calls-to-burn-down-your-house-ahead-of-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitt Romney cautioned Mitch McConnell about threats to his home before Jan. 6."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitt-romney-warned-mitch-mcconnell-there-are-calls-to-burn-down-your-house-ahead-of-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sen. Mitt Romney Warned Sen. Mitch McConnell of Potential Violence \u2062and Chaos Before Capitol Riot<\/h2>\n<p>According to an upcoming \u2064book, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) issued a warning to Senate Minority Leader \u2063Mitch McConnell\u200b (R-KY) about\u2062 the possibility of violence and chaos similar to what\u200d occurred on January 6, 2021. This revelation comes from\u2064 the first excerpt of McKay Coppins&#8217;s new book, &#8220;Romney: \u200bA\u200c Reckoning,&#8221; which coincided with Romney&#8217;s announcement of his retirement plans.<\/p>\n<h3>Threats of \u2064Violence<\/h3>\n<p>Romney \u2064reportedly texted McConnell, sharing that he had \u200breceived a warning from Sen. Angus King (I-ME) regarding \u200cdisturbing social media activity related to planned protests on January 6th. The message conveyed alarming calls to burn\u200c down McConnell&#8217;s home, smuggle guns into DC, and\u2062 storm the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Romney\u2062 expressed \u200dhis hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lady-gagas-dad-furious-as-unruly-illegals-take-over-his-neighborhood-just-enabling-em\/\" title=\"Lady Gaga's dad angry as unruly immigrants dominate his area: 'Just enabling them'\">adequate security measures<\/a> were in place but expressed concern that the instigator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parler-worked-with-fbi-to-target-threats-prior-to-capitol-riot-company-says\/\" title=\"Parler Worked With FBI To Target Threats Prior To Capitol Riot, Company Says\">potential violence<\/a>, President Donald Trump, had the power to \u2063command reinforcements for the DC and Capitol police.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, McConnell did not respond to the warning, as stated in the excerpt.<\/p>\n<h3>The\u2064 Capitol Riot\u2064 and its Consequences<\/h3>\n<p>Although Sen. McConnell&#8217;s house was not targeted, the Capitol riot resulted in $2.7 million in \u200ddamages\u2063 and the assault\u200d of 140 police officers,\u200d according to \u2064the Department of \u200cJustice.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcauliffe-fundraises-with-real-estate-exec-who-pushed-controversial-visa-program-to-attract-chinese-investment\/\" title=\"McAuliffe Fundraises With Real Estate Exec Who Pushed Controversial Visa Program To Attract Chinese Investment\">faced federal investigation<\/a> and indictment for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. He was also impeached for &#8220;incitement of insurrection&#8221; during his final days \u200bin office.<\/p>\n<h3>Charges\u2064 and Sentences<\/h3>\n<p>Over 1,100 \u2062Capitol protesters have been\u200c charged, with several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitt-romney-warned-mitch-mcconnell-there-are-calls-to-burn-down-your-house-ahead-of-jan-6\/\" title=\"Mitt Romney cautioned Mitch McConnell about threats to his home before Jan. 6.\">riot leaders facing lengthy prison \u2064sentences<\/a>. Notably, Proud Boys \u200bleaders\u2064 Enrique Tarrio and Joe Biggs received sentences of \u206222 years and 17\u200b years, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> \u2064 to \u2063read more from The Washington\u200d Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>On January 6, 2020, the\u2064 day when the certification\u200c of Trump&#8217;s 2020 election defeat was taking place, he posted two messages on X (formerly known as Twitter), urging his supporters to remain peaceful, respect the law,\u200c and support\u200c Capitol Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) cautioned Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) about potential violence and chaos similar to Jan. 6, 2021, prior to the Capitol riot, as stated in an upcoming book by McKay Coppins. The excerpt from &#8220;Romney: A Reckoning&#8221; was released after Romney&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}