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The Stop the Steal protest was held on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 in the nation s capitol. This was a massive demonstration protesting what the crowd believed to be a stolen presidential election. The people assembled peacefully, listened to a speech by President Trump, and marched to Congress. While there, several demonstrators broke into the capitol building.
I happened to have two personal friends attend the function, and their account is in sharp contrast to the one depicted by the news media. They are a retired married couple, Steve & Marge from Virginia, who requested anonymity in this report as they don t want any retribution. I have personally known them for many years, going far back to my days in Cincinnati. No, they are most certainly not terrorists as President-elect Biden labeled the group, nor did they support violence or were affiliated with terrorist groups like Antifa of BLM.
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Kelly Stucker, owner of Iowa City shop Konnexion, says she was in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to protest the lack of adequate COVID-19 lockdowns and direct payment relief, not to attend the rally or support President Donald Trump. An earlier version of this story incorrectly described her reason for being in Washington, D.C., she says.
Multiple Iowans participated in the rallies and subsequent riot in Washington D.C. on Wednesday where supporters of President Donald Trump rallied for him to stay in office, including one who was among the group seen storming the U.S. Capitol.
My home, sweet home”
Those lyrics to “God Bless America” were first written in 1918 by Irving Berlin, who then rearranged them in 1938 as Adolf Hitler was rising to power in Germany.
As all of us try to understand the horror of Wednesday in Washington, may the above lyrics offer us a starting point to healing.
Former state Sen. John Moolenaar, now a U.S. congressman, in an interview with a 12 News reporter, said that, as alarming as this week’s storming of the Capitol was, the way to move forward is to start healing across the country.
“Ask people to pray for our country,” Moolenaar said.
The founder of Moms for America says the media has misrepresented the protests of the Capitol building and protestors did not "storm" the building or loot.