Politicians peacocked and pontificated in condescending ways about the Constitution and flawed state voting procedures that, in fact, worked perfectly. I nearly choked on the bitter pill of what white people who no doubt condemned Black Lives Matter protesters as “thugs” felt so entitled to do.Īfter the Capitol was cleared of protesters, Congress returned to work. On Wednesday, the world bore witness to white supremacy unchecked. “You have to show strength, and you have to be strong,” he said. I don’t think we expected that the violent protesters would be there by the explicit invitation of the president, who told a raucous gathering of his supporters to head over to the Capitol. I don’t think we expected to see some of those police officers taking selfies with the intruders. I don’t think we expected to see Capitol Police basically ushering these terrorists into the building and letting them have the run on the place for a ridiculous amount of time while the world watched in shock and disgust. Pence’s power to do.īut I don’t think any of us expected to see radical, nearly all white protesters storming the Capitol as if it were the Bastille. The president openly pressured Vice President Mike Pence to thwart the vote ratification - something not in Mr. There were rumblings that a few ambitious, craven politicians planned to object to the votes in several states. 6, Congress was set to conduct a largely ceremonial count of the electoral votes. A man in the Senate chamber doing parkour. A man carrying a stolen lectern, smiling at the camera. More images - a man sitting in Nancy Pelosi’s office, his feet on a desk, a smirk on his face.
They don’t seem to fear the consequences of being identified. They wear red MAGA hats and carry Trump flags and show their faces because they want to be seen. In the second image, thousands of protesters - domestic terrorists, really - swarm the Capitol. In one, National Guard troops, most with no identifying information on their uniforms, stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in anticipation of violence from people peacefully protesting the killing of George Floyd. But here? She ain't wrong and I want to note when I agree with her too, not just make fun when she's being ridiculous. I will just point out here that I have made a lot of fun of Gay and criticised a lot of what she says in the past.