As more reporting comes out, and investigations begin, it will become more clear that some Congressional Republicans and members of the Trump administration coordinated with the organizers of the Jan 6th siege.
The organizer of the Jan 6th siege event told @aidachavez and @ryangrim the event was planned with GOP Congressmen Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar.
"We’re the four guys who came up with a January 6 event," he said.
If Republicans want to unite the country, they can show they're willing to oppose a man who literally tried to have them killed in order to overturn the results of a presidential election.
If they're not willing to do the barest of minimums, they should STFU forever.
Before we can unite the country, it would be great if Republicans could clarify their stance on armed fascist insurrections.
What happened at the Capital on Jan 6th was not a riot.
It was an intentional assault on our democracy - against all of us.
It was not spontaneous. It was not without intention. It was a planned attack with a clear political goal: to overturn the results of the election.
At the rally before the assault, Trump said “We’re going to walk down to walk down to the Capitol, and I’ll be there with you, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them."
Many of the people who took part were just spontaneous rioters.
However, there was clearly a plan by some to take a more tactical approach. Many of those involved had assault gear and zip ties -- as if to take hostages amongst members of Congress. huffpost.com/entry/zip-ties…