Jan. 6 was not a riot. It was an insurrection.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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It’s infuriating whenever someone in the media or a pundit insists on calling Jan. 6 a riot. What millions witnessed live at the US Capitol was not a protest spurred by passions that spontaneously combusted. Long before the first insurrectionists breached the Capitol, a coup was plotted by President Donald Trump, members of his Cabinet, and dozens of Republicans in the House and Senate to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory and overthrow an American election.

There’s no ambiguity here — only the intentionality of language dulled to diminish the sting of facts.

It’s not unlike all the reticence that too many wrestled with in calling the lying former president a liar or the unwillingness to recognize that Trump ran for the White House not to ease economic anxieties but to stoke racism and protect white supremacy. Every media refusal to speak that truth helped Trump garner power and perpetuated his lies.....

During a recent appearance on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart,” Michael Beschloss, the esteemed presidential historian, said, “If we lose our democracy this year, we are unlikely to get it back during our lifetimes.” Think about that. Lessening the insurrection is flinging open the doors to authoritarianism and ushering in the death of all we claim to hold dear. America dodged nothing on Jan. 6; the brickbats are still flying. The next insurrection is already here.

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1. According To The Director Of The FBI

it was a RightWing Domestic Terrorist attack.

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[crickets]

5. Wow. Thanks for posting all of these. K&R

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3. I got chastised by someone here because I said this n/t

[Locutusofborg]

4. It would really help to make the case

If just one (or more) of the 738 people who have been charged with crimes related to January 6th was actually charged under the insurrection statute: 18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection. Thus far no one has been so charged.

[demigoddess]

6. attempted coup d'etat treason

[bottomofthehill]

7. It can be and was both.

The Metropolitan Police commander on the scene declared it a riot.
It was additionally, an armed insurrection.

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8. For this thread

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9. +1