Thread by @crabcrawler1

IN THIS THREAD: Since the January 6th riot is treated so seriously, we should refresh our memories about the January 2017 riot against Donald Trump's inauguration, as well as June 2020's George Floyd situation that went down in DC.

To begin, here's Obama's people the day he had to give a speech acknowledging Trump won in November 2016. They look like happy campers! time.com/4566547/white-…

In the aftermath of 2016, at the 2017 Electoral College certification, Democrats REPEATEDLY protested on the grounds of "RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA." cnn.com/2017/01/06/pol…

But back then, the media treated the obstruction as TRENDY and COOL!

The main concern was Russian collusion. Turned out there was none.

That didn't stop the Democrat machine from creating a paradigm where it became normal not to honor whoever became President of the United States. npr.org/2019/03/24/706…

In the days leading up to Inauguration Day 2017, the far left group called "Disrupt J20" planned to ambush a group of Trump supporters gathering together for a "Deploraball" party, the night before.

They planned to use chemical material. projectveritas.com/video/part-i-h…

^^ Further reading. As an arrest was made.
-- archive.is/3yvFM#selectio…
-- archive.is/6CkSn#selectio…

Despite the intervention, a group of anti-Trump protesters surrounded the building where the Deploraball event was being hosted.

This was the first time "modern" demonstration tactics played out in the streets.

Let's see what happened that night.

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Dozens of protesters outside National Bank of Washington with signs saying 'Stop the Trump-Pence Regime.'" -- via twitter.com/haileybranson/

(01/19/2017) (DC) "'No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA' being shouted by hundreds outside National Press Building, site of DeploraBall" -- via twitter.com/haileybranson/

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Smoke devices. I'm at 14th St. & F St. Protesters set off 'smoke devices.' Some scream 'F- Trump.'" -- via twitter.com/shomaristone/

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Mob of anarchists pushback at police in front of Deploraball at National Press Club building." -- via twitter.com/NeilWMcCabe

(01/19/2017) (DC) It was a new chapter in the "social media age" of protests. People came out to repeat the things they saw online and vent their anger over it. (video via twitter.com/GarrettHaake)

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Police push my head into heavy camera, protesters throw bike, explosives, signs and water balloons. Then I got hit by pepper spray grenade" (video via twitter.com/RealAlexRubi)

(The first person perspective really sells it, here)

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Protestors burn a Make America Great Again as they protest outside the DeploraBall at National Press Club in DC." -- via twitter.com/MikeMurilloWTO…

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Giant inflatable elephant branded with 'racism' sign mocks GOP, Trump outside DeploraBall" -- via twitter.com/RealAlexRubi/

(01/19/2017) (DC) "'Impeach predatory president' projected onto National Press Club as DeploraBall parties" -- via twitter.com/RealAlexRubi

(01/19/2017) (DC) "People leaving Deploraball have water bottles thrown at them and followed by people shouting 'Nazi Scum.'" -- via twitter.com/haileybranson/

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Police use pepper spray after empty bottles thrown at DeploraBall attendees. More pepper spray in my eyes" -- via twitter.com/RealAlexRubi/

Did you know Oliver Darcy of CNN was at Deploraball?

(01/19/2017) (DC) "Heavy security here at Deploraball. Lots of protesters outside." -- via twitter.com/oliverdarcy/

This is the same InfoWars guy that'd later face charges over January 6th, BTW.

"Man who attended DeploraBall confronts protesters." -- via twitter.com/haileybranson

(01/19/2017) (DC) "DeploraBall attendees chased by DisruptJ20 protesters" -- via twitter.com/RealAlexRubi

^^ WITH ALLLLL THAT FUSS, THIS DEPLORABALL MUST'VE BEEN A SCARY ASS EVENT

lol no

"Live from the Deploraball" -- via twitter.com/oliverdarcy

And yet? People outside were chanting stuff like "NO MORE PRESIDENTS." (via twitter.com/RealAlexRubi)

This all sets the tone for the rioting on January 20th 2017.

JANUARY the 20th. 2017. The day that former President Trump officially began as the 45th of the USA.

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Protesters blocking #TrumpInauguration entrance being removed by authorities" -- via twitter.com/JonStreet/

(01/20/2017) (DC) "People literally trying to leap over protest wall" -- via twitter.com/GideonResnick/

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Anarchists shatter windows and launch flares @ Bank of America in DC" -- via twitter.com/fresconews/

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Protests break out in Washington DC during inauguration of Donald Trump" -- via twitter.com/WPLGLocal10/

"YOU DIDN'T SHOW PROTESTERS ACTUALLY BREAKING THE WINDOWS OF BANK OF AMERICA THOUGH"

oh im sorry. Here's a CNN video showing them breaking the windows. (no sound)

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Tear gas, loud bursts of sound. Protesters running away. 12th and L" -- via twitter.com/mikafrak/

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Happening now: Protests escalating in Washington DC ahead of inaugural parade; protests not expected to affect parade." -- via twitter.com/CNBCnow/

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Washington, DC police make nearly 100 arrests at inauguration protests" -- via twitter.com/wsvn/

(01/20/2017) (DC) "protests in DC getting violent - video from 13th & K" -- via twitter.com/DocThompsonSho…

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Police and protestors clash on K St. in Washington DC." -- via twitter.com/patrickwitty/

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Intense Protests in DC after Trump Inauguration" -- via twitter.com/dahboo7/

AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, a limo caught on fire.

(01/20/2017) (DC) "Limousine set on fire by protesters who are currently clashing with the police. There is a wounded officer." -- via twitter.com/UnivisionDC/

🚨THE DAMAGES from January 20th 2017, Inauguration Day of President Trump.

"217 arrests, 6 officer injuries during inauguration protests" usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

On May 29th 2020, "Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged." apnews.com/article/donald…

His critics at the time LAUGHED at the former President for doing that. But what about now, considering January 6th?

Probably won't change their minds.

May/JUNE 2020 matters for January 6th, 2021.

DC officials point fingers at each other about what went wrong with police/National Guard positioning during the Capitol riot, but what we CAN say is that the Summer of 2020 influenced the choices made. nbcnews.com/news/crime-cou…

(05/30/2020) (DC) "The latest of many scuffles outside White House #dcprotest Pepper spray has many of us coughing" -- via twitter.com/stevennelson10

(05/30/2020) (DC) "Big cloud of tear gas going up at the north east corner of Lafayette Square. Protesters move like a wave to get away from it. I’ve covered a lot of protests in DC. I’ve never seen police so liberal with the projectiles." -- via twitter.com/Marissa_Jae/

(05/31/2020) (DC) "One of the last things I saw before retreating. Riot police were blocking off the roads around Lafayette Square Park and funneling people back to that area. Batons in use, not just shields. Vehicle on fire further down the street."-- via twitter.com/ellievhall/

(05/31/2020) (DC) TO BE CLEAR it was more orderly in the daytime, as with most of the protests in the past few years. (via twitter.com/Joyce_Karam)

... it was at night when things got CRAZY.

As you can see by the fact that DC Mayor Bowser had to order a CURFEW and activate the DC National Guard.

In May/June 2020.

"IT WASN'T SO BAD"

(05/31/2020) (DC) "Smoke rises amid protests in front of the White House 30 minutes before a city wide curfew in Washington DC" -- via twitter.com/toddzwillich/

"Come on! Summer 2020 DC wasn't so bad!"

Oh?

(05/31/2020) (DC) "WHITE HOUSE: Another video of the parks service building in the Square that is on fire" -- via twitter.com/camerongrey/

(05/31/2020) (DC) "Happening now - fires and crowd growing in size." -- via twitter.com/camerongrey/

"Mostly peaceful."

"We see an image of when the lights in the White House were turned off, here is the video" -- via twitter.com/GabrielMoon12/

(06/01/2020) (DC) "There goes another flag" -- via twitter.com/DarrenMHaynes/

And I KNOW you all remember this particular image.

(06/01/2020) (DC) "'Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Donald Trump as got to go!' Crowd chants at White House #dcprotest" -- via twitter.com/mrbrownsir/

(06/01/2020) (DC) Just look at the scene. "Heading over to the White House to cover the #GeorgeFloyd protest. As [Trump] prepares to address the nation, businesses blocks away from the White House are still being boarded up." -- via twitter.com/TaylorPopielar…

(06/01/2020) (DC) POLICE PRESENCE was on point though. "If you’re protesting in DC tonight please be careful and look after one another!! saw this caravan turning onto east capitol just now." -- via twitter.com/meredithragan/

(06/01/2020) (DC) "Tear gas just deployed at 16th & H Streets, police in riot gear & on horseback pushed the crowd back to Connecticut Av" -- via twitter.com/kenduffynews/

(06/01/2020) (DC) "I almost can’t believe what I’m seeing. POTUS just walked out the front door of the White House and into Lafayette Square - the epicenter of the DC protests - to visit historic St. John’s Church, which was set on fire last night." -- via twitter.com/KristinFisher/

^ LET'S debunk the tear gas thing real quick. “the evidence did not support a finding that the [U.S. Park Police] cleared the park on June 1, 2020, so that then President Trump could enter the park.”

so shhhhhhhhhhh. greenwald.substack.com/p/yet-another-…

(06/01/2020) (DC) "Secret Service pushed and beat her during protest, DC native Liz Carmer says. (You can see her in the video all the way to the right)" -- via twitter.com/DarrenMHaynes/

(06/01/2020) (DC) CNN "showed DC protests in a double box (like MSNBC), but kept the sound up on each to make it seem like you could hear the protesters clashing with police while Trump spoke." -- via twitter.com/SteveKrak/

(06/01/2020) (DC) "Hundreds of law enforcement are herding remaining protesters — many trying to smash things as they go — by every means possible: on foot, on bikes, in cars, with flash grenades, in the circling helicopter." -- via twitter.com/hannah_natanso…

(06/01/2020) (DC) Oh HEY THERE Mark Milley. (video via twitter.com/SiegelForTexas)

(06/02/2020) (DC) Anyway in closing, the might of the military and extreme levels of protection by the authorities were already deployed. Back in Summer 2020. (via twitter.com/Marissa_Jae)

(That's why things were contained! Imagine that)

(06/02/2020) (DC) At a time where people were supposed to be protesting in support of George Floyd, many devolved into the same anti-Trump crowd that was seen back at Inauguration Day 2017. (via twitter.com/dfriedman33)

(06/02/2020) (DC) The difference being that in Summer 2020, Democrats like Elizabeth Warren publicly signed off on the fluster and bluster against the President of the USA. (via twitter.com/AnnaLysaGayle)

In 2021? The establishment decided that wasn't ok anymore. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Go figure.

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