[birdyrooster]

Nope, because they weren't interfering with the ratification of a Presidential election. It's one thing to burn out a Target and another to ransack The Capitol while it is in session doing critical constitutional duties.

[paulddraper]

It's better for people aggrieved by the system to loot and burn down community businesses than government buildings?

That is a very hot take.

[birdyrooster]

Yes, when that government building is the Capitol. It's more about the people inside the building than the building itself.

[Trasmatta]

And not just the Capitol, but the Capitol while the entirety of Congress is in session counting the votes for the incoming President.

It's one thing if this had happened on a random Wednesday, but the timing is what makes it so disturbing.

It's straight out of a wannabe dictator's playbook. The fact that it was incompetent and disorganized doesn't change that.