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Return to the Scene of the Crime
I was at “The Insurrection” on January 6, 2021. That is to say, I attended the rally and speeches given by then-President Trump and – to my surprise at the time – the formidable Professor John Eastman, former Dean of Chapman University School of Law; as well as other speakers. At the rally, I talked to a few dozen people who had come from all over the country to be involved in the rally of support for Trump and for our electoral system. I encountered no one who even harbored thoughts of violence, let alone committed violent acts. The people at the January 6th rally were just as energetic and patriotic peaceable assemblers as were the attendees at the other two Trump rallies in DC that I had attended in 2020.
After the speeches ended, I walked probably a half-mile in the direction of the Capitol, talking to more rally attendees as I went. Before reaching the Capitol, I ducked into a Metro station and escaped to my northern Virginia home, since I figured that standing outside the Capitol, perhaps chanting slogans, just wasn’t my idea of a good time. Later in the afternoon I watched some of the nonsense on television, but didn’t recognize anyone I had met at the rally.
On Thursday, January 6, 2022, I returned to “the scene of the crime.” I went to precisely the spot near the Washington Monument where I’d stood one year ago with the tens of thousands of concerned, supportive, somewhat anxious, but all patriotic Americans.
Today, nothing. Perhaps a dozen people were walking on The Ellipse or the adjacent hill atop which stands the Washington Monument, where a crowd of 100,000+ had stood one year ago. I stopped two different small groups and asked if they knew what happened on this spot one year ago today. No one in either group knew until I told them. Both groups were friendly and civil folk, and seemed supportive when I told them I had been here one year earlier.
The main takeaway from my Return to the Scene of the Crime is what the Red Eye Radio guys discussed at length overnight: January 6th means nothing to anyone except Democrats deep inside the DC bubble. Yet January 6th is all the Democrats have at this point. I’m thus warming to Conrad Black’s assessment that the Democrat brand is so tarnished right now that the Republican brand is invincible.
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From his lips to diebold’s files.
Unfortunately, there are masses of Americans who were not there then nor today, and they rely on what CNN, MSNBC, et al, spew on a 24/7/365/x4 basis. Any alternate viewpoints are banned, censored, dust heaped into oblivion.
I know these sheeple. Some are bright, and some not so. But they have no inkling, nor reason to disbelieve, since they continuously hear the profound lies, with no other POV. They think you are not only lying when you relate your story, but you are the enemy. Frankly, I have been told I am the enemy too. There is no discourse anymore.
Even many of my friends who were Trump supporters, and voted for him, still couch their words with “if only he didn’t mean tweet” or “those things he said in Charlotte, couldn’t he just condemn the white supremacists?” or “he instigated the riots” (at least they don’t call it an insurrection).
I love Trump. I would sacrifice my life, if it resulted in him being POTUS again. I struggle trying to gauge where America is today. I know that the heartland knows and supports him. But the MSM and tech aligned together controlling and manipulating, and banning info as they wish; and with a majority of our populace that is really fairly detached from politics, results in a scenario that puts all Republicans, and especially DJT in a no chance to prevail position for the foreseeable future.
The problem truly is tech and media united and aligned for the far left. No other message ever truly sees the light of day.
A quick test to prove my point: Go ask 5 random friends what they know about Hunter’s laptop… if you get zero positive hits, ask another 5. I ‘ll bet you hit 20 people before a single non-rico friend knows anything.
Prove me wrong. I might kiss you on the lips!
Victor Davis Hanson’s latest piece sort of dovetails to what you say. It’s like a bait and switch type of deal.
This is NOT a personality cult…….riiiiight
Agree with the post! I heard some talking head say it was the “day that changed America forever”. Not Even Close. It wasn’t Pearl Harbor or 911. Best as I can tell it was an out of control crowd, possibly ginned up by some conspiracy minded people who were praying on other people’s actual patriotism. Hopefully this massive leftist “democracy” cosplay is obvious to most.
George Washington was first elected president by acclimation. Search for the photo of Graham Jackson at Warm Springs…FDR, who did nothing for Black people. How about JFK? Camelot and all that. Or Barack “We are the Change we want to see” Obama.
I live in Illinois, where leftist minions are rapidly turning the place into a fascist state. Go ahead and hate Trump all you like. The point is that it is often easier for those who are not engaged in politics 24/7/365 to narrow their focus to one person. I’m not sure my rhetoric would go so far as to say I would give my life, but the reality is that I already am sacrificing my freedoms at the altar of progressivism. I bend my knee for Christ, but I will sure vote for one bull in the china shop to save our republic. Let’s go Brandon.
According to Liz Cheney, Nancy Pelsoi, AOC, and Adam Kinzinger, this is actual footage of the Janaury 6th Insurrectionist Terrorist Attack on the Capitol.
Is that what you saw?
Pffft. As if a crank like me could scare up 5 random friends, let alone 20.
t surely has to do with his personality and with the Constitution.
Sometimes I watch Fox News. Over the course of time a multiplicity of controversial events come to my attention where there is an opposing assessment presented on CNN, MSNBC, and the broadcast networks. As time goes by then the coverage at Fox usually proves accurate. Even then the others frequently still cling to the false narrative. This is what confirms my confirmation bias.
Am I wrong? @nohaaj
I am confused on the timeline of J6. What time did the speeching end? what time did would you have gotten to the capitol? Did most people stick around to hear all of Trump’s speech? I would think so.
I’m not freaking “hating Trump” and I don’t give a rats ass about Biden. I’m saying I wouldn’t sacrifice my life for any politician, which you literally said. Your response seems to be the definition of a straw man argument. I wasn’t talking about Illinois, Obama, hating Trump, FDR, JFK…..any of that. I am however saying that I consider practically worshiping a politician to be misguided at best and maybe you should consider that.
Just for the sake of accuracy here is what I said,
I don’t worship any politician, but I occasionally vote for them. I’m not arguing with you. Think what you like and have a nice day.
I didn’t take this comment as literally meaning Nohaaj would sacrifice his life for Trump the individual but rather that he would sacrifice his life to ensure that America had a leader that was not hellbent on her destruction. I would too if it came to that.
Despite the ethereal evanescence of anything gossamer, I’m inclined to agree with Gossamer Cat‘s interpretation.
That said, I’ve already moved past the text of the comments, and entered my personal Walter Mitty incarnation as a . . . screenwriter or situation comedy writer, or something. Right now I’m working on the dialogue for a sketch that explores the concept of where a person wants to be standing relative to a hillbilly who is behind the wheel of a fully loaded concrete mixing truck. I don’t know all the details, but I know the inevitable ending:
hilarity ensues. Fade to black.
That is certainly not what I saw, but as I readily admit, I didn’t make it all the way to the Capitol.
I did return to Washington DC two weeks later on inauguration day, and that DC literally looked like a third world city engaged in an actual civil war – the kind with guns and shooting and such. Jersey barriers, ten foot high fencing topped with razor wire, fully armored national guardsmen everywhere. It stayed that way for months.
Yes sorry, the comment I quoted said they would die for him to be president. Heck, I voted for him but the idolatry of the MAN is what I have a problem with. Have a nice day too
It didn’t sound as conceptual as that but maybe so. I have heard plenty of folks who are not liberal, conservative, republican, democrat,, left right, they are Trump. What he says or does they are for (or against). It’s Trump the personality cult not the ideology
The Republican brand, unfortunately, has long since mastered the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. They have done it consistently in the past, and likely will continue to do so in the future.
Man, this is even better than watching someone unwittingly standing in setting concrete while firing a gun at someone who’s driving a steam roller at him at one/half mile an hour.
There’s a lot of things I’d die for, but I’d want the result guaranteed in writing. Ending the CIA and the Fed is one of them. The problem is in the fine print.
I’m not sure in writing is enough. I want to see the actions in place, then I die.
I’m not very worried about the slander coming from CNN, MSNBC, or any of the other cable news networks. Their combined viewership amounts to something like one out of every one-hundred Americans. It’s not like the old days when more than 50% of the population watched the network news. Us political junkies sometimes forget that the majority of Americans don”t follow any of this stuff. I’m not surprised by Liberty Defender’s encounter with pedestrians in D.C. that were totally unaware of the “solemn” occasion.
I am a big fan of the Red Eye Radio guys, and have listened to every single podcast of theirs for nearly a decade. I used to listen to Rush, but I think these guys are even better. I don’t remember the date, but last month on the show they were quoting Jon Gabriel and said he was with Ricochet Media. Gary said he was not familiar with them, but Eric said “Oh yeah, I follow Jon Gabriel on Twitter all the time and am familiar with the Ricochet website.”
That was the day Pstupid Psaki blamed inflation on Big Meat, and Jon Gabriel brilliantly tweeted
Agreed, Red Eye Radio’s “two idiots overnight” are for my money the best political analysts broadcasting or publishing today in any medium, certainly the best broadcasting daily.
At least once a day, to make myself laugh, I repeat aloud how “Deep Voice Guy” once introduced them:
Eric Rothschild;
Gary Bilderberger –
Red * Eye * Radio
These are very good and necessary questions. You are one of very few who are asking these questions.
I don’t recall the precise time that any of the events happened on January 6, 2021, but I stayed until the end of Trump’s speech, as did most people. In fact, I have a vague recollection of being a bit surprised that most people were staying put, and relatively few started heading Capitolward even as Trump was wrapping up his speech. After his speech was over, the crowd started moving, but not as a mob from where I was, near the Washington Monument. Lots of people walking casually, alone or in small groups.
Fortunately, we have Darren Beattie at Revolver News researching these issues further:
So Trump’s speech didn’t end until after 1 p.m. It wasn’t an especially cold day, but as I recall it was a bit grey. It was dry, so the walking was very easy and I recall no mud on any of the areas where I walked. It’s an easy hike from the Ellipse and the Washington Monument to the Capitol, but it’s a hike – about a mile and a half. I bailed after about a half mile, at the Smithsonian Metrorail Station. The walk on that day, with a crowd, would take over a half hour, so the earliest that anyone who stayed for all of Trump’s speech might have arrived at the Capitol would be well after 1:30 p.m., likely closer to 2 p.m. According to Revolver News, by that time the exterior fencing had been taken down, so those arriving with the main crowd were able to walk right up to the Capitol building without any indication that they weren’t permitted to be there.