Thread by @hunterw

I am scouring through my photos and videos of the violence at the Capitol on Wednesday. Here are some examples of the weaponry, coordination, and extremism that was on display.

This guy's helmet was festooned with the Comfederate flag.

Here's some QANON paraphenalia outside one of the doors where people were breaking in ...

This is one of several people I saw with walkie talkies. He had just been inside the building.

This guy brought these large wooden poles

These guys were breaking the windows of the Capitol. "You've got to rell your grandchildren about this," one said.

This one got de-threaded somehow

https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1347971426834378752

People were chanting "USA! USA! USA!" as they tried to break down the Capitol doors.

"Listen up! @kayleighmcenany just tweeted at the discretion of Trump. The National Guard will be coming to clear us. ... We need to go take down MSNBC, CNN. ... They started out with the George Floyd bullshit by not telling the whole story!"

I originally thought this guy said "Jewish" not "George Floyd." Realized my mistake and reposted thanks to headphones and my very smart readers. He was just attempted to incite violence against the media and being racist, not anti semitic. I sincerely regret the error.