The cities burned, police stations with cops still inside were torched, stores were looted, lasers blinded police officers, Molotov cocktails were served up in riots nearly every night of the spring, summer, and fall. Courthouses and federal buildings were assaulted.
The media and Democrats called the rioters “mostly peaceful.”
District attorneys set rioters free, Kamala Harris sent bail money, and the only ones complaining about it were … us and Trump.
If only the nation would have come together – the Left joining the Right – to denounce the violence when it happened, I believe we would not have seen the disgraceful and outrageous scenes of Wednesday when Trump-supporting protesters shape-shifted into rioters and assaulted the nation’s Capitol Building.
IMPORTANT: this is exact moment the siege of the Capitol building began as the two men in front ripped down a preliminary barrier & rushed officers who were behind a 2nd barrier
They then encouraged others to follow their lead. Officers appeared to be taken completely off guard pic.twitter.com/LE0a01PXBi
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) January 6, 2021
Police eventually resorted to tear gas to drive away those who gathered outside as a 6 p.m. curfew drew near.
Police fire teargas out of the U.S. Capitol Building as they try to control the crowd here in DC #dcriots #capitolbreach #USCapitol #WashingtonDC pic.twitter.com/CsMXAFynSZ
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
If the scene reminded you of something, it’s understandable. The 2011 takeover of the Capitol building in Madison, Wisc., by teachers’ union members looked, sounded, and smelled a lot like what happened in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Where have I seen this before?
Oh, yes, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin by teachers union members against Governor Scott Walker.
I denounced it then, too. pic.twitter.com/ILHOKFQ40T— Victoria Taft – Parler, Minds, Facebook, 5VTShow (@VictoriaTaft) January 6, 2021
Or the takeover of the Senate office building during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
— DoctorOfApollycalypseStudiesM.D.2020 (@PollySpin) January 6, 2021
The teachers and anti-Brett Kavanaugh rioters left behind millions of dollars in damage to the building and grounds. Just like Wednesday’s riot will.
Wednesday was the day right-of-center protesters fulfilled the Leftist smear that they are dangerous.
Supporters of President Trump, convinced that the surreal November election results were due to some voodoo-like, Jedi-level tricknology, demanded justice. They broke in and scared the holy hell out of everyone inside the Capitol building on Wednesday. One woman was shot and killed. By whom, we don’t know.
Bashing in windows, destroying barriers, yelling “treason!” scores of what the media would have called “mostly peaceful” protesters had they been Leftists, broke into the Capitol building and then walked in at first like starry-eyed tourists, taking selfies at Nancy Pelosi’s desk, standing at the podium in the House Chamber, and then things devolved into roughing up the Capitol Police.
Trump supporters storm the Capitol in DC as hundreds enter the building #DC #January6 #January6thDC #DCRally pic.twitter.com/8tsAtPxyjt
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
Joe Biden beat President Trump to the public microphone by a few minutes to denounce the violence, something he should have done last summer with as much gusto. As Townhall colleague Katie Pavlich pointed out, “Biden has zero credibility on this issue. He and the DNC stood by when American cities were burned by Antifa and BLM all summer. Please. They are both bad. He only condemned one.”
Biden has zero credibility on this issue. He and the DNC stood by when American cities were burned by Antifa and BLM all summer. Please. They are both bad. He only condemned one.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) January 6, 2021
If Democratic mayors had allowed police to put down the violence and denounced antifa and BLM rioters last spring, summer, and fall like Joe Biden did on Wednesday, it’s doubtful the right’s protesters would have been empowered to pull this riotous stunt Wednesday.
— Deplorable Me 76 🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿🇺🇸❤️ (@PresidentT4Me) January 6, 2021
Instead, Biden and the DNC sat back and gave limp-wristed remonstrances or called antifa an “idea.” An “idea” that torched cop cars and burned out small business owners. Got it.
The Left likes to peddle the idea that President Trump empowered the rioters we saw Wednesday. There are a lot of people who subscribe to this belief. The president’s statement on Wednesday was weak sauce, late, and not terribly helpful. Sympathizing with people bashing in windows of the Capitol building was not a denunciation of the violence. “You’re hurt … you have to go home now … we have to have peace … you’re very special … we love you” sounded like a soft-pedaled message of the kind a cop makes to a gunman holding hostages.
I’d share it here, but Twitter, as usual, decided the president’s speech incited violence. You’ll have to settle for this link and a screenshot.
He's telling them to go home. Not well, mind you, but is pic.twitter.com/3rRwDkCzH2
— Victoria Taft – Parler, Minds, Facebook, 5VTShow (@VictoriaTaft) January 6, 2021
There are some who believed that antifa thugs had made their way into the riotous mob.
Exactly… https://t.co/MaTtV5ekBL
— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) January 6, 2021
Who knows?
As lawyer and Townhall colleague Kurt Schlicter said on Twitter on Wednesday, it shouldn’t make any difference in prosecuting the bad actors.
I’d suggest that the people who committed crimes today at the Capitol should be treated exactly like the BLM/Antifa rioters, except that won’t work because I think the criminals today should be prosecuted and punished.
I'd suggest that the people who committed crimes today at the Capitol should be treated exactly like the BLM/Antifa rioters, except that won't work because I think the criminals today should be prosecuted and punished.
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 6, 2021
And that’s the difference.
Victoria Taft is the host of “The Adult in the Room Podcast With Victoria Taft” where you can hear her series on “Antifa Versus Mike Strickland.” Find it here.Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Parler, MeWe, Minds @VictoriaTaft
BREAKING: Shots Fired, Pence Evacuated, Capitol Locked Down as Protesters Breach Premises. National Guard on the Way
Trump Urges Supporters to ‘Go Home Now, We Have to Have Peace’
Police Want to Talk to Colo. Rep Who Brings Gun to Work and Who Made Video of Herself With Pistol in D.C.
Solve the Puzzle: Carl Bernstein Says Trump’s Latest Is W _ R S E — T H _ N — W A T E R G A _ E
Join the conversation as a VIP Member