On George Will's desire 'to see January 6 burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11 because it was that scale of a shock to the system.' No, it wasn't. There is simply no comparison in scale or motivation between the two. For some perspective: 1/5
The 9/11 al Qaeda attacks killed roughly 3,000 people, brought down New York's tallest skyscrapers, destroyed part of the Pentagon, crashed four passenger jetliners, and changed U.S. foreign policy for decades. 2/5
The January 6 riot led to the natural-causes death of one Capitol Police officer, the death of one rioter at the hands of police, the 'acute amphetamine intoxication' death of another rioter, and the natural causes deaths of two more. 3/5
Parts of the Capitol were ransacked, but not seriously enough that Congress could not meet and finish its work on the night of the riot. It was appalling, but nothing like September 11. 4/5
To visualize the difference, imagine that, on the night of the 9/11 attacks, there was a convention that went on as scheduled at the World Trade Center. 5/5 End.
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