First inventory of damage to US Capitol building released

[soothsayer]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/09/nation/first-inventory-damage-us-capitol-building-released/

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Damage to the interior of the building was largely limited to broken glass, broken doors and graffiti, the report said, although it noted that statues, murals and historic benches displayed the residue of various pepper sprays, tear gas and fire extinguishers deployed by both rioters and law enforcement personnel. They will need to be carefully cleaned and conserved, the report said.

Outside the building, two bronze light fixtures that were designed in the late 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted, the American landscape architect, and that illuminate the grounds at night, were broken. The report also noted graffiti on the west side of the building near stands that are being constructed for the inauguration of Joe Biden this month.

No major artworks were reported damaged, despite the violent demonstrations inside the building by Trump supporters that took the Capitol Police nearly four hours to quell. A mob broke into rooms on the south side of the Capitol (including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office), smashed windows and then marched through the National Statuary Hall, waving American, Confederate and “Trump Is My President” flags.

Vandals in red “Make America Great Again” hats, many of whom photographed and recorded themselves, wreaked havoc in congressional offices and the Rotunda. One man crammed a framed photo of the Dalai Lama into his backpack, while another smoked marijuana in a room with maps of Oregon on the wall. A 19th-century marble bust of former President Zachary Taylor was defaced with a red substance that looked like blood.

[StarfishSaver]

1. American patriots who are still furious that Colin Kaepernick knelt during the National Anthem

[AmericanCanuck]

3. IKR? And Trumpy made a big issue of it

It was actually a classic peaceful protest.

[FirstLight]

2. this is what pisses me off...they didnt just smash up an office building...

The Capitol is as close as you can get to hallowed ground as far as the separation of church and state will allow ... they were fucking disrespecting HISTORY of the country they are supposedly "patriots" of...?

[BigmanPigman]

4. What pisses me off is that our tax dollars are going to be used to

repair the damage. Those "patriots" kept saying that they paid for the Capitol with their tax dollars so they own it and therefore are allowed to destroy it. Assholes!

[fearnobush]

5. They hate America period. As soon as they see "All men are created equal" they trash it.

[milestogo]

6. No mention of the excrement?

[JDC]

7. Shitting all over everything in "their house"

Just like they do at their own house I'd guess.