the secret capitol police were actively trying the rile up the protestors
rubber bullets
flash bang grenades
This was a Fed Operation to stop the vote.
I’ll be called conspiratorial, but yes, I think this was largely staged.
IMHO, the Democrats wanted to divert attention away from what was a fraudulent election, which was dominating the media until J6.
This refocused attention AND had several positive effects:
1.) They decapitated the leadership of three major organizations that would have been a royal pain in their ass in the last 4 years, i.e. oath takers, proud boys and one more.
2.) Intimidation of the more fervent Trump followers by having everyone interviewed they can identify, even if they did not enter the capital, did nothing wrong.
3.) Delegitimize and make those questioning the elections look like they don’t support the democratic process and are radicals.
This was a Stalin like purge, but at least we didn’t shoot folks in the head... Woops, maybe we did, this story and: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ashli_Babbitt#:~:text=After%20a%20USCP%20emergency%20response,serious%20injury%20and%20possible%20death%22.
Many of these movements are orchestrated, even BLM etc. But it wasn’t Trump, rather a few key folks on the Dem side that wanted this, caused this!
They are entirely OK with a young women being killed, folks being shot in the head with rubber balls, citizens being intimidated by a politicized FBI that was “just following orders,” and what amounts to political prisoners in the US today. Most of those in prison are there and trumped up charges and all you really have is trespassing. The rest is fluff.