(01-07-2021, 06:35 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-07-2021, 06:29 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: The fact of the matter is, from what I have seen and read the protest/demonstration at the Capitol was mostly peaceful.  There were a small minority that took it over the top and breached the Capitol building and did some damage.  I don't know the exact details of how/why the woman that lost her life was shot.  The other fatalities were apparently medical issues.

The narrative from the media is that it was a "violent mob", yet the footage that I saw didn't look that way.  For the most part it appears to me that the vast majority of the protesters there were doing so in a peaceful fashion.  The footage of the combative protesters was less than a handful of the people there.

President Trump didn't help matters any both prior to the breach and with his statement afterwards.  I don't believe that he "ordered" this or wanted it to go to this extreme, but he is ultimately responsible any way that you look at it.

Looking at the aftermath, certain members of Congress are making matters worse by opening the possibility of exercising the 25th Amendment.  This does nothing more than incite further protests/violence/division, especially after the President acknowledged that there would be a peaceful transfer of power.  The better thing to do would be to basically "stop" and wait out the next 2 weeks for the peaceful transfer of power to occur.

It saddens me that our country is in such a bad state.  I don't know if we will ever recover from this.

As a proud conservative/republican I can honestly say that the events yesterday and the current state of our country is largely the fault of President Trump.

100% agree with bold.  Welcome to the club!