To my great surprise, young people started to climb the stairs of the Capitol stairs and the inauguration bleachers flanking each side of the stairs. Since I was far behind the crowd, it was not clear to me whether or not they had pushed through police barricades in order to get there, but as I neared the building, I saw what appeared to be metal barricades that had been pushed aside as we neared the building.
When we arrived at the Capitol steps, we saw a young man with a bullhorn on top of the highest scaffolding urging participants to move forward. Soon we heard what sounded like ceremonial cannon fire and saw smoke and I smelled tear gas.
I was not aware that anyone had entered the building until someone with an iPhone told me gleefully that Congress had evacuated the chambers and that the vote was delayed. I was shocked, and wondered if she had a point in celebrating what happened.
Up to that moment, I had not witnessed any of the violence involved in pushing through the barricades or entering the building. The only destruction of property I witnessed first-hand was the alleged Antifa infiltrator breaking a window, only to be forcibly pulled away by Trump supporters. Suddenly the three young men I saw earlier on the train with scary masks in front (but pro-America symbols on their backs) made sense to me, as did widespread smell of marijuana.
Around 4 PM I started to leave. As I walked away from the crowd at the Capitol an elderly man asked me my opinion what had just transpired. I told him that I heard the vote had been delayed, but remained undecided as to whether or not this was a good thing. He then proceeded to tell me that a young lady was shot dead while entering the Capitol building and lamented that “God did not want it to happen this way.”
Based on what I saw and read, I have no doubt that dozens and possibly even hundreds of Antifa and/or other provocateurs had infiltrated the rally in order to carry out violent acts and suck impressionable Trump supporters into their antics. None of this violence was justified, but contrast the frustration and conflicted attitude of this Capitol building trespasser with that of the proud of this BLM rioter. One calls for prayer while the other calls for “reparations.”
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Sadly, as we’ve just witnessed, Mark Twain was spot on with his comment of “No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.”. In the current state of affairs, any evidence presented won’t even be considered and dismissed out of hand.
Of course it was planned.
That is as obvious as the election fraud having been planned.
And the unison of ‘throw him out’ cries are just another part of it.
What is worrisome is the idea that patriots would mob, loot and kill. There is nothing worrisome about discovering evidence that it was leftist agitators who did this.
Jan 6 2021 on Capitol Hill was the modern American version of a Reichstag Fire
Ironic, given who it was planned to benefit and the names they have been hurling at us
Bump
CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!!! CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!
/sarc
Chairman Pelosi had her Death Squad Capital Police perform an flawless ambush of a patriot before a live audience, just like Robert LaVoy Finicum from the Malheur protest.
They manufactured an election...they can manufacture outrage. It was bound to be manufactured sooner or later.
Bump
“The main difference that struck me as unusual during this rally (apart from the three young men who boarded the train) was the frequent smell of marijuana.”
Second time I’ve seen someone say that.
We need to identify and dox those people. And patriots need to pay them a visit. It’s come to that point, they think we’re going to be Venezuela, but it’s actually going to be more like Argentina.
I was at the event in Washington D.C, our rag tag group spread out, and they said the same thing. That the whole thing was a set up, a photo op created by the Main Strem Media, and suckered in a few people and had it all ready to go LIVE... it was planned. My daughter in law got pepper sprayed, where we went to church to each one exchange experiences and what we saw...said the same thing. IT was staged.
You know, it dawned on me on day 2 this was a set-up by bad actors. Could this be what Haspel, Nancy, and Mitch had come to an agreement about? Helpful Fibbies, CIA, capitol police, et al had plotted this out from the day President Trump invited supporters to come to Washington on Jan 6. The wheels were set in motion. What role did Acting Director Chris Miller play? Why did he practically tear up giving a speech recently thanking Pence for the most complex most military operation this country has ever conducted? What military operation????
A plan to discredit Trump supporters!?! Nobody thought of THAT before.
Little behind there. We thought that immediately. Why we were tossing around Reichstag Fire comparisons.
A Trump rally attracts young men with riot shields?
Very doubtful.
I read another account by a young man who partially witnessed the shooting.
He and a group walked up to a locked door on the rear side of the Capitol.
One them rang the intercom, asked to be let in, and the door buzzed open.
In the middle of a riot, they buzzed open an exterior door?
If true, that sounds like collusion.
Aye, that's the key. I watched hours of video showing thousands of people peacefully gathered on the Mall, exercising their First Amendment right to do just that. I'd say the average age was maybe 35 or more. If I saw a youth, he/she was usually with their parents. It was like every republican rally I've ever seen or participated in. No surprise.
Contrast that with this video of the initial breach, as posted by @ElijahSchaffer on Twitter: link. This was a very different set of actors. Some approached the barrier with their hands raised in the air. One even had pink gloves as if to draw attention to his actions. Does "hands up, don't shoot" ring a bell? Another very small person had a skateboard, a known antifa tactic.
Now watch the yout who was one of the first to breach. Look at how he first tried to pull the barricade. Then he strips off his sweatshirt revealing a black shirt and reverses his MAGA hat. An older gent in fatigues pulls him back and speaks to him up close and personal. (0:45) Note there is another yout with a green helmet to his left (0:48). I did not see fatigue guy moving forward with the crowd. Who was he and what was his role?
The youts then get wise and instead of pulling the barrier, they push and gain ground. At 1:02 an officer on the right end goes down. One of the crowd goes to his aid as does two LEO racing down the steps.
One cop races to the barricade and starts throwing punches. Do they teach that at the police academy? He was the most aggressive of the bunch.
At this point, too many have streamed by and the cops fall back. Now I'd think they were the first line of defense, made the wise choice to disengage and let the next line of defense do their thing.
To me, this small group of questionable actors accomplished their mission. The cork was popped and, as the author points out, the rest of the crowd fell into the trap and just streamed in, seeing that the path was opened.
bttt
Later.