Jan. 6: The Peaceful Transfer Of Power!

When white privilege goes wild.

White privilege at its finest.

Today is the four year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. One of the worst events in American history and it led to former president Donald J. Trump's second impeachment. Now he is returning to the White House.

The American people rewarded a white man with so much privilege and lack of compassion for human life. A man who is a convicted felon and sexual predator. A man who played the victim ever since he came down that gold escalator in Trump Tower in 2015.

The white man thy name Trump.

He is the definition of white privilege, ignorance and the uneducated.

A senile semi autistic 78 year old man who is in rapid cognitive decline with his vice president, James David Vance. The two are the emboldenment of white supremacy and status quo politics.

I said I want them to fail. I meant it.

Jan. 6, 2021.

I was working at my previous job. They eliminated full time work during the pandemic. They ordered workers to work during the afternoon and be out of the building at 12am. It was a 24/7 operation before the pandemic. It has since returned to the format.

I was nursing my wounds from a lye incident on Dec. 31, 2020. I poured lye into the drain of my kitchen sink and the shit blew up in my face. I have first and second degree burns on my face. I now have psoriasis thanks to this. But I at least healed where the scars are not visible to most.

Nonetheless I was scheduled off on Wednesday. I had to watch the results of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock winning their senate elections in Georgia. They ended up flipping the senate with Kamala Harris being the tie breaker.

Big-O might be getting out soon.

It was a great day for democracy. Now four years later, I am sick of Joe Biden and definitely sick of Donald J. Trump.

Anyway, I watched the electoral college count on NBC News Live and started to notice some commotion in the House and their abrupted departure. I also saw the Trump rally at the Eclipse.

Trump made his infamous speech where he told his followers to "fight like hell" and demanded that then vice president Mike Pence stop the counting of electoral votes. He also called out then speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mitt Romney. It lead to a violent insurrection where thousands of his supporters marched to the Capitol.

They broke windows, violently attacked police officers, defaced, vandalized and stole property.

They even defacated in Nancy Pelosi's office. Some came away with property. They threatened to sell it to foreign actors. It cost over $2.4 million dollars in damages. Four people died in the mob. Five police officers had died through violent acts or suicide. The injuries on many were great.

Encouraged by Trump, on January 5 and 6, thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., to support his false claims that the 2020 election had been "stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats", and to demand that then-vice president Mike Pence and Congress reject Biden's victory. Starting at noon on January 6 at a "Save America" rally on the Ellipse, Trump gave a speech in which he repeated false claims of election irregularities and said, "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore". As Congress began the electoral vote count, thousands of attendees, some armed, walked to the Capitol, and hundreds breached police perimeters. Among the rioters were leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers militia groups.

The FBI estimates that between 2,000 and 2,500 people entered the Capitol Building during the attack, some of whom participated in vandalism and looting, including in the offices of then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Congress members. Rioters also assaulted Capitol Police officers and journalists. With building security breached, Capitol Police evacuated and locked down both chambers of Congress and several buildings in the Complex. Rioters occupied the empty Senate chamber while federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House floor. Pipe bombs were found at both the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, and Molotov cocktails were discovered in a vehicle near the Capitol. Trump resisted sending the National Guard to quell the mob. Later that afternoon in a Twitter video, he restated false claims about the election and told his supporters to "go home in peace". The Capitol was cleared of rioters by mid-evening, and the electoral vote count was resumed and completed by the early morning of January 7, concluding with Pence declaring the final electoral vote count in favor of president-elect Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris. Pressured by his cabinet, the threat of removal, and many resignations, Trump later conceded to an orderly transition of power in a televised statement.

We rewarded an unapologetic white supremacist back in power.

A week after the attack, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection, making him the only U.S. president to be impeached twice. In February, after Trump had left office, the Senate voted 57–43 in favor of conviction, but fell short of the required two-thirds, resulting in his acquittal. Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the attack, so the House instead approved a select investigation committee. They held nine televised public hearings on the attack, voted to subpoena Trump, and recommended that the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecute him. Following a special counsel investigation, Trump was in August 2023 indicted on four charges, which were all dismissed in November 2024, following his reelection to the presidency. As of May 2024, of the 1,424 people then charged with federal crimes relating to the event 1,010 pled guilty, and 1,060 have been sentenced, 64% of whom received a jail sentence. Some participants in the attack were linked to far-right extremist groups or conspiratorial movements, including the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Three Percenters, some of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Enrique Tarrio, then the chairman of the Proud Boys, received the longest sentence, a 22-year prison term. Trump and elected Republican officials have since promoted a revisionist history of the event by downplaying the severity of the violence, spreading conspiracy theories, and portraying those charged with crimes as hostages and martyrs.

Of the mob.

94% white.

3% Black

1% Asian

1% Latino

1% other

To this day, there are over 5,000 suspects involved and they haven't been arrested yet.

Trump promised that he will pardon or commute the participants of this. This will be one of the most dumbest and yes, facsist moves yet. If he does this, it assures that violent acts upon the government will be justified if one carries it out in the name of opposition. It will also set the U.S. back further in leadership, morality and diplomacy.

It's bad already thanks to Biden's willingness to back Israel and threaten attacks on Iran for defending itself from Israeli attacks.

Trump and Republicans are rewarded with this moment of shame. It makes me more likely to root for America's downfall than successes.

Vice President Kamala Harris will certify the electoral college and make it official for Trump and Vance. It will be one of her final duties as the vice president.

Weather will be an issue. The Washington, DC metro area is expecting up to a foot of snow and several lawmakers aren't available.

America is on the decline and we can thank Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Donald J. Trump.