Insurrectionists are going to get light sentences.

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13. For me it's the appearance of it.

So far we have had few jail sentences that appear to really be painful to these folks. Jail time does two things, punish, and deter. So far it doesn't seem like too much of either has happened bc we have insurrection 2.0 already planned for Sept 18th. They victimized the entire nation. And every democracy our military and soldiers have died to help install for better lives in those nations. Slaps on the wirst doesn't cut it for me. Brave people have DIED to secure Democracy. Not ONE of those 'tourist' insurrectionists didn't know what was going on around them. The trmp flags, confederate flags, the noise, smoke, gunshot, screaming and yelling? Please. It wasn't even open to the public that day.
Second offense Domestic violence in my state is a one year jail sentence, and it almost always gets handed down. Drunk driving same same. Also, if you reduce pleas to misdemeanors, they already got a break. If we go easy on these folks it will happen again. We can see the results from this time.
The Judge said the prosecutors were charging too lightly several times. I agree, these crimes aren't charged often, but, they are statutory crimes nonetheless and the American people need to feel confident we all won't suffer this horror again. 2/3rds of this nation were traumatized that day and ever since. Longer sentences are warranted imho.
PS...It's not just the jail time. The fines and costs are woefully WAY too low. When they start shooting next time and bullet holes are in all our Capitol Buildings, who's going to pay for all that restoration? Repubs constantly say, "Where are we getting the money for that?" I ask them the same question. Why should law abiding America loving Americans pay for the damage from this fiasco, or the next?