Any passing American might have been forgiven for thinking they had stumbled on one of the great human rights struggles of our time.
As the Republican party and Donald Trump’s more ardent supporters work to rewrite the narrative of the attempted coup, supporters of those arrested over it sought to turn it from a political to a human rights issue with the “Justice for J6” rally near the Capitol on Saturday.
As a protest, it was a flop.
Turnout was at best half of the 700 predicted by organizers, which in itself fell well short of the many thousands who stormed Congress in January.
The event organizer, Matt Braynard, a former Trump campaign operative, blamed the poor attendance on government intimidation and press scaremongering.
“For those who turned out, I congratulate you on your courage,” he said.
That set a broad tone for a rally that sought to portray those arrested as brave Americans standing up for their democratic right to protest.
No mention was made of the part played by Trump on 6 January when he urged supporters to “fight like hell” to defend his claim to have won the election.
About 650 people have been charged with offenses over the riot and nearly 60 have pleaded guilty, mostly to relatively minor crimes including obstruction of official proceedings and illegally demonstrating in the Capitol. Some are held without bail.
Four people died during the riot, including a woman shot by a police officer as she tried to get onto the floor of the House. Brian Sicknick, a Capitol police officer attacked by the protesters, died the next day. Other officers were beaten.
Braynard insisted he had no truck with those arrested for violence against the police.
“That’s not what this rally is about,” he said. “It’s not about the people who were violent.”
Instead, he attacked a “two-tier justice system” that let liberals such as Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and environmentalists protest inside the Capitol by occupying Nancy Pelosi’s office but rounded up a few hundred people simply trying to get the government to hear their complaint about the election count.
“This is about disparate treatment of the non-violent people,” he said.
Also the speeches from the crowd were so potent ni kama fake hivi. Wah !!! Hapana cheza na CIA. :D:D:D
He is trying to split our camp. Ndio nilishindwa, who has sent this girl Nicki Minaj na vile anachukia Trump?
Same with Caitlyn Jenner. His whole clan is 100% anti trump. Hata hii nugu hapa chini I strongly suspect ni CIA ilituma yeye waone kama wanaeza penya wafikie boss ndio wa split chama. This smile was pure plastic :
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All from the Kardashian clan.
( @Tom Bayeye ongezea analysis zaidi. Obama anatuchorea nini ingine? I know you have heard something.)
It’s a non issue. Biden alsema he has complete trust in Milley and the military.
The only way to deal with these Northerners is the bloody way. But just like 1861 they again have the army. Biden hawezi kasirisha jeshi saa hii and yet he needs them to protect his ass. He will protect Milley till kingdom come.
The right-wing rally at the Capitol turned out to be a forum for random grievances, and an opportunity to dress like Batman… :D:D
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No one overran the U.S. Capitol this time or tried to subvert American democracy. What the people who came to the rally on a stretch of grass near the Capitol Reflecting Pool on Saturday afternoon really wanted to do was talk. Talk and argue. And then talk and argue some more.
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In reality, the afternoon was a forum for any number of grievances, some difficult to discern. One guy walked around in a Batman costume. Another was accompanied by a service dog whose collar read abolish the democrats. Two men argued about whether the 2020 election was stolen, as former President Donald Trump has falsely claimed. Two others argued about God. A retired firefighter in a navy-blue uniform, complaining about the election results, said the U.S. had become a “banana republic.” “I’m a firefighter too, and this guy is talking pure bullshit,” a man who’d been listening in said. If there was any mortal danger, it was a blend of heatstroke and tedium.
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Still, authorities prepared for the worst, not knowing who might show up. “I’ve certainly gotten messages from all over the country telling me to be careful and not to go near the Capitol on Saturday,” Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the lead manager in Trump’s second impeachment trial, told me earlier in the week. “So they’ve got people worried, there’s no doubt about that.” Ahead of the rally, the Capitol police had warned about “concerning online chatter.” They ordered temporary fencing around the building and brought in reinforcements to prevent a recurrence of the January 6 melee that left five people dead. In a show of force midway through the event, dozens of officers clad in black riot gear arrived and took positions near the stage.
