After a joint session of Congress was suspended, the House returned to its chamber to debate challenges to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs Electoral College win. A pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol, halting the certification vote.
At first I was shocked that people were doing this ( I know I shouldn’t have been ) but once I saw the photos of the guy(s?) in full tactical gear with zip ties running around, I legitimately got scared. I think the act of terrorism was destined to fail ; however, the ‘preparedness’ of some of the terrorist was distributing. Coming in full tactical gear with zip ties just screams hostage taking… Like, these guys sat at home and thought, “I should go to the capital and try and kidnap a democratically elected official.” I am not saying I love all of the officials but for people claiming to be patriots they really show a lot of distaste for the process, government they live in. But, if they were rational actors they probably wouldn’t have stormed the capital…
At first I was shocked that people were doing this ( I know I shouldn’t have been ) but once I saw the photos of the guy(s?) in full tactical gear with zip ties running around, I legitimately got scared. I think the act of terrorism was destined to fail ; however, the ‘preparedness’ of some of the terrorist was distributing. Coming in full tactical gear with zip ties just screams hostage taking… Like, these guys sat at home and thought, “I should go to the capital and try and kidnap a democratically elected official.” I am not saying I love all of the officials but for people claiming to be patriots they really show a lot of distaste for the process, government they live in. But, if they were rational actors they probably wouldn’t have stormed the capital…