They didn’t just ‘trash a bunch of stuff and leave’. They beat one police officer with a flag pole and a fire extinguisher and crushed another in a doorway. One of the officers died. They also threatened to hang the vice president (and set up nooses to do that), stole mail and a podium from the Speaker of the House’s office and announced on social media that they were after members of Congress. And they promised to return with weapons next time. This is clearly more than vandalizing property, and it doesn’t appear to have ended. I fear for the future of the US, and I fear for the day of Biden’s inauguration…
They didn’t just ‘trash a bunch of stuff and leave’. They beat one police officer with a flag pole and a fire extinguisher and crushed another in a doorway. One of the officers died. They also threatened to hang the vice president (and set up nooses to do that), stole mail and a podium from the Speaker of the House’s office and announced on social media that they were after members of Congress. And they promised to return with weapons next time. This is clearly more than vandalizing property, and it doesn’t appear to have ended. I fear for the future of the US, and I fear for the day of Biden’s inauguration…