“Trump claimed that there were 250,000 or so people at the rally on Jan 6. Other estimates put the number at about 80,000.”
😅Trump in a nutshell.
Nobody cares how many people were at the rally. If the people had stayed outside instead of actually trying to stop the certification, it would have been mostly a “nothing burger” as the kids li…
“Trump claimed that there were 250,000 or so people at the rally on Jan 6. Other estimates put the number at about 80,000.”
😅Trump in a nutshell.
Nobody cares how many people were at the rally. If the people had stayed outside instead of actually trying to stop the certification, it would have been mostly a “nothing burger” as the kids like to say (although Trump’s lies would still be a huge issue).
So no, setting up a gallows and shouting “Hang Mike Pence” isn’t an insurrection, but storming into the Capitol building as elected officials try to certify a democratic election, physically attacking Capitol police as they try to prevent you, and sending the aforementioned officials into lockdown because they legitimately fear for their life? Yes, I think that’s an attempted insurrection. It did, in fact, delay the certification. And the stated aim, from Trump himself, was to pressure Mike Pence not to accept the results.
So yes, I do think the Jan 6th protestors should have received harsher sentences than the BLM rioters (although I’m not sure I think the people who *didn’t* enter the building should have received much punishment), because this wasn’t just a riot, it was an attack on democracy. Riots are bad, but a riot that attempts to overthrow the will of the people is, at least to me, very obviously worse.
“Trump claimed that there were 250,000 or so people at the rally on Jan 6. Other estimates put the number at about 80,000.”
😅Trump in a nutshell.
Nobody cares how many people were at the rally. If the people had stayed outside instead of actually trying to stop the certification, it would have been mostly a “nothing burger” as the kids like to say (although Trump’s lies would still be a huge issue).
But as you know, they went much, much further than that. And they knew what they were doing. This wasn’t just some spur of the moment rush of blood (https://x.com/january6thcmte/status/1535082372030414861?s=61&t=jJ3uxN_f76fIkbFMc7zXqg) (please do watch this, I think a lot of people have forgotten what went down that day).
So no, setting up a gallows and shouting “Hang Mike Pence” isn’t an insurrection, but storming into the Capitol building as elected officials try to certify a democratic election, physically attacking Capitol police as they try to prevent you, and sending the aforementioned officials into lockdown because they legitimately fear for their life? Yes, I think that’s an attempted insurrection. It did, in fact, delay the certification. And the stated aim, from Trump himself, was to pressure Mike Pence not to accept the results.
So yes, I do think the Jan 6th protestors should have received harsher sentences than the BLM rioters (although I’m not sure I think the people who *didn’t* enter the building should have received much punishment), because this wasn’t just a riot, it was an attack on democracy. Riots are bad, but a riot that attempts to overthrow the will of the people is, at least to me, very obviously worse.