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The scenes in Washington would have once been unimaginable: A rampage through the citadel of American democracy. Police officers brandishing guns in an armed standoff to defend the House chamber.
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The Republican Party had already fractured by the time the Capitol’s windows shattered.
With or without an insurrection, Wednesday was going to mark the end of Donald Trump’s usefulness to the Senate GOP. Mitch McConnell’s club of buttoned-up, Burke-quoting worshippers of Mammon (and/or patriarchal Jesus) never had much fondness for the mogul. Only after their efforts to repel the interloper failed leaving Trump as the only vehicle for averting a second Clinton presidency did McConnell’s minions climb aboard.
And for a while, it looked like they had mastered the art of the Faustian deal. Dangerous Donald vanquished Crooked Hillary. And once their party had captured the White House, McConnell & Co. agreed to tolerate the president’s Twitter tantrums and assaults on the rule of law while he agreed to rubber-stamp the Federalist Society’s judges, the Koch network’s requested
Amid bloodshed and clashes that killed four people, three from what was described as medical emergencies, lawmakers were evacuated, curfew was imposed in the capital, and the mob was evicted before legislators returned under heavy security cover shortly before midnight to complete the process in the wee hours (3.41 am) of Thursday, going beyond the constitutionally mandated January 6 deadline. Pipe bombs, molotov cocktails and guns were discovered during a security sweep.
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A pro-Trump mob enter the Capitol Building after breaking into it on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (AFP)
People snatd around media equipment destroyed by Trump supporters outside the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. (AFP)