I live in DC, within five miles of the US Capitol. #Jan6 was a distressing day, but not the day I knew we were in a shocking, violent situation following the 2020 Presidential election. Throughout the first days of January 2021, large panel trucks streamed by my house, decorated with MAGA slogans and Confederate flags. #USpolitics #USpol (thread) 1/
Trump and his AG William Barr had peaceful protestors assembled in Lafayette Square - already barricaded by the Trump administration, sealing off the the WH -- bombed. 3/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/06/black-lives-matter-aclu-sue-trump-barr-white-house-protesters
Although neither Trump nor anybody else in his administration called out the National Guard to protect the US Capitol from insurrectionists on January 6, 2021, team Trump had made DC, where I live, feel like a martial state over protests against police brutality. https://www.businessinsider.com/protesters-washington-dc-feels-like-military-state-under-trump-command-2020-6 4/
Reporting says the National Guard was offered but DC and the legislative branch refused to bring them on, even as the administration was warning them that they should step up security of the Capitol.
@volkris @heidilifeldman what a friggin idiot.
@volkris @heidilifeldman you’re wrong. You’re also a trumper.