Capitol under lockdown

[BrianL]

There really are no words.

 

[Ariel484]

The president just released a taped message where he told them that they're special and he loves them. Unbelievable.

 

[Donald13]

The president just released a taped message where he told them that they're special and he loves them. Unbelievable.

“They are special!” What on earth. He’s a child. He should be stopping this but he thinks this will change everything and now he wins.

 

[J'aime Paris]

I'm not surprised by any of this at all.
Protests getting out of hand, violent and destructive most of 2020. Just how Americans act these days.

 

[Farro]

The president just released a taped message where he told them that they're special and he loves them. Unbelievable.

Any member of Congress that supported him needs to be held accountable! They are all responsible for this!

 

[Donald13]

There really isn't a way that this thread is not going to end up political but here is as non-political a view as I can get.

This was an inevitability because of the massive division within the USA. This is the direct result of the vast division between the two sides which meant that this was the end game no matter what. There was no way that the transfer of power was going to be peaceful.

IMO this needs to be discussed. It’s a horrible sign of the times.

 

[WorldWacky]

My niece works in DC and lives just outside of it. I am very scared for her. This isn’t stopping today. We are going to have a very long two weeks.
I guess we all know now that “Stand by,” was most definitely not someone misspeaking.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Any member of Congress that supported him needs to be held accountable! They are all responsible for this!

Enablers of a coup.

 

[mshanson3121]

I'm sitting north of the border, stunned. I mean, on one hand, I knew *something* was going to happen today, but this???? Never. I'm absolutely in shock. I truly feel scared for you guys... Because I can only imagine what is coming in the days ahead.

 

[wvjules]

Don’t make this thread a political stance for yourself. That is NOT what it is about. You want to talk politics then do it elsewhere.

This IS politics!

 

[porschegrl]

The president just released a taped message where he told them that they're special and he loves them. Unbelievable.

Unbelievable, and yet not. Anyone who thinks this can be discussed without making it political is naive, at best.

 

[robinb]

I am completely disgusted.

 

[Ariel484]

Any member of Congress that supported him needs to be held accountable! They are all responsible for this!

Add Fox News to that list.

 

[wvjules]

If anyone doubts there's white privilege watch how these rioters are being treated and compare that with how BLM protestors were treated. For goodness sakes one of them took a selfie with a cop!

I am ashamed of America. I have been for 4 years. This just caps off what has been an awful reign of the president. And yes, this falls squarely on his shoulders.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Capitol police just let them walk in through the doors without scanners. Let them into the Speaker’s office. Let them read her emails and papers.

I will always believe they knew.

 

[Ariel484]

They brought confederate flags into the building and build a gallows hung a noose from it. I think we're beyond white privilege and into white power.

 

[SaintsManiac]

They brought confederate flags into the building and build a gallows hung a noose from it. I think we're beyond white privilege and into white power.

They crossed that line 5 years ago.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

They brought confederate flags into the building and build a gallows hung a noose from it. I think we're beyond white privilege and into white power.

They also recreated George Floyd’s death on the steps of the Capitol Building.

 

[mrodgers]

Can anyone since you all are comparing, can anyone post video or pictures of the city burning, buildings burning, stores being looted, innocent people getting beaten to serious injury and death? How can this be compared? Who owns that building? I do. You do. They do. A few people, and it's up in the air which side it was, breached into the building and sat around in offices. How is that comparable to destroying cities and beating innocent people?

The real shame is one person would be banned here for saying their opinion but most everyone else can and do state their opinion without repercussions.

 

[slo]

All I can say is that I'm sad for this country right now - outside of that I have no other words