The images from Capitol Hill on January 6 are seared in my memory, the same way the images of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in flames, and little John-John Kennedy saluting his father's casket, are burned into my brain.
- A wooden gallows, complete with a noose, on the Capitol grounds, apparently prepared to execute Vice President Mike Pence.
- The confederate flag paraded through the Rotunda, where Abraham Lincoln, JFK, and John Lewis, among many other American patriots, lay in state.
- A black Capitol Police officer holding the door open as these thugs, who had ransacked and desecrated the seat of the government of the United States, exited freely, rather than in handcuffs.
- Black, white, Latinx, Asian, and Native American custodians, and a Korean-American Member of Congress Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ), cleaning up the trash left by white supremacists.
- Security agents with guns drawn at the main door to the chamber of the House of Representatives, where Presidents enter to report on the State of the Union, providing cover so that the people's elected representatives can be evacuated to safety.
And the reports continue to flood in about those who instigated and cheered on the violent coup attempt.
- My very own Member of Congress, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, on that stage at the Ellipse earlier that morning, encouraging the crowd to stand and fight.
- The Attorney General of Alabama, Steve Marshall, head of the Rule of Law Defense Fund, a dark money PAC that stems from the Republican Attorneys' General Association. The RLDF issued a call to action in DC on January 6, including marching to the Capitol, via robocalls.
Sadly, none of this instigation or incitement to engage in a violent insurrection against the government of the United States of America was done in secret. Which causes one to wonder why weren't the nation's defenses ready?
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