The nauseating invasion of the Capitol on Jan. 6 wasn’t the only time the building has been attacked. There were three previous acts of aggression, all perpetrated by leftist activists.
Democratic presidents have commuted the sentences of most of the individuals arrested and charged in relation to those attacks.
Democrats comparing the Capitol Protests to the horrors of 9/11/01 and accusing patriotic Americans of being threats and terrorists is pathetic, dangerous and belies their long patronage to terrorist enemies
It Didn’t Start on Jan. 6: Brief History of Terrorist Violence at Capitol
Jan. 6, 2021, was not the first act of terrorism inflicted at the U.S. Capitol. Pictured: Then-Rep. Kenneth Roberts, D-Ala., who was shot in the leg by Puerto Rican nationalist terrorists in the House of Representatives on March 1, 1954, is carried down the steps of the Capitol building on a stretcher and taken to a nearby hospital. Four other lawmakers were also injured in the shootings. (Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images)
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Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, is a widely experienced international correspondent, commentator, and editor who has reported from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. He served in the George W. Bush administration, first at the Securities and Exchange Commission and then at the State Department, and is the author of the forthcoming book The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free. Read his research.