Arrested: Larry Rendell Brock, of Texas. Federal prosecutors say he “unlawfully entered the U.S. Capitol wearing a green helmet, green tactical vest with patches, black and camo jacket, and beige pants holding a white flex cuff” normally used by police as a handcuff.
Also arrested: Eric Gavelek Munchel of Tennessee. Photos “show a person who appears to be Munchel carrying plastic restraints, an item in a holster on his right hip, and a cell phone mounted on his chest with the camera facing outward, ostensibly to record events that day.”
Now, I have seen people bring guns to “demonstrations,” but they were most often members of extremist groups in places such as Libya. I really can’t recall - not in Afghanistan, not Iraq, not Libya, not Egypt, not Venezuela - people bringing zip ties to a “demonstration.”
I’ve seen people bring machine gun trucks to demonstrations. Seen angry Afghan women bare their faces to conservative men. People throw rocks and bottles. But it truly is distinctive for citizens to come to a “demonstration”prepared in advance for kidnapping.
It seems evident that some members of the mob would have been happy to carry off members of Congress. Including Republicans. Maybe especially Republicans. They were chanting “Hang Mike Pence.”
This week, lawmakers are expected to introduce a resolution pressing Pence and the Cabinet to remove the president under the 25th amendment. If Pence does not, their next step would be impeachment.
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