Posted on 01/08/2021 5:30:14 AM PST by Onthebrink
When a mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, photographer Christopher Lee, on assignment for TIME, followed the rioters inside to document their destruction. The day, which started with the President encouraging his supporters to “take back our country” and culminated in federal lawmakers fleeing amid the sounds of gunshots and glass breaking in the halls of Congress, was among the most dangerous Lee says he’s seen in his career.
“This was probably the most in-your-face dismantling of American exceptionalism,” says Lee, who has photographed conflicts and protests in the Middle East, Central Asia, and elsewhere in the United States. He’s used to chaotic situations, but this one was different. “While doing my job in America, that was probably the time that I feared the most for my safety,” he adds.
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Time Up is a commie rag that should never be read.
Black and white pictures, becausevTrump supporters are eeeeeeevil.
When it starts like that, I'm not reading any more.
“Gunshots?” More than one?
“American exceptionalism” is not Congress, nor even the federal government.
Me too. Stopped right there.
A pro-Trump rioter climbs the scaffolding outside of the Capitol. Christopher Lee for TIME
Yes, that really is the caption for whose who didn't look. This is what they call a rioter. We are a "pro-Trump mob" or "pro-Trump rioters" throughout the story. Another rioter is shown "walking down stairs" by himself, and one more rioter is described as "sits with his feet up". I miss #FakeNews CNN, where even milder events are "mostly peaceful":
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