FBI provocateurs were embedded and were driving the crowd.
They fully wanted and expected a wide-spread violent confrontation. What they got were a few over-zealous Trump supporters who embarrassed themselves.
The plan, I suspect, was to bait Trump supporters but most didn't take the bait.
They had the narrative pre-written, the one they're pushing now, but the so-called "insurrection" was so tepid they look foolish repeating it.
If there had been a true insurrection America would be under Democrat martial law right now and the US and the US Constitution would cease to be.
I think you’re absolutely right; it was a set up.
It was prepared by organizers working for over a year on all fronts, but the media relentlessly smeared Trump supporters.
After the steal they suppressed all legal challenges to the election but knew that the country was outraged.
When Trump, still believing he’d prevail, called for a rally on Jan.6 they saw their opportunity.
Nan Pelowsy wrote or at least sketched out the screenplay:
1.Antifa provocateurs and deep state agents would collaborate to instigate or carry out vandalism and gather evidence on the targets.
2. The capital police were understaffed and instructed to comply with demonstrators after an initial show of force.
3.After the barricades were breached they were instructed to encourage people to enter and otherwise stand aside.
4. Was the execution of Ashley Babbit a deliberate provocation?
5.People in congress were expected to cower and feign terror before fleeing. There were plenty of photographers on hand to record the drama.
6.No one attempted to address the people gathered around the capital. This would have given the event legitimacy and portrayed the demonstrators as people, not animals.