Does anyone know what the grievances were, of the mob that attacked our Capitol?

[kentuck]

Other than, they were following the marching orders of their Leader, Donald Trump? Was their only grievance that they believed the election had been stolen?

Were they persecuted? Were they over-taxed? Were they victims of the system in some way?

What specifically were their "grievances" ?

[Walleye]

1. Democracy, I think

[LonePirate]

2. Yeah, they were upset they backed a losing candidate so changing the results was the chosen remedy.

[SheilaAnn]

3. Certifying the votes was among their angst and and grievances. n/t

[XanaDUer2]

4. Trump hurt people they don't like

he also said horrible outrageous things out loud.

And they're racists. Their man was out of office.

[global1]

5. They Wanted To Prevent The Election From Being...

sanctioned. They wanted to 'stop the steal'.

[hibbing]

6. Race n/t

[JHB]

7. Buckets of horseshit they'd swallowed like it was chocolate.

Fed to them for decades by conservative media.

[malaise]

8. Biden won and the Slobfather

decided he should be president for life - that simple

[StarfishSaver]

9. America broke its promise that being white would mean they'd get ALL the prizes

[PsakiPswirli]

10. The endowment fairy passed them by. nt

[Sherman A1]

11. If you have to ask the question

You have not been paying attention.

[Bucky]

12. They didn't like the election outcome

In their minds they were convinced with the election of installing. They had been repeatedly told that. They had repeatedly refuse to believe all evidence contrary.

On deep background, Republican party has been drifting away from a commitment to democracy for two decades.

[Baltimike]

13. They wanted Trump sworn in on the 20th and not the clear winner, Joe Biden. nt

[Bucky]

14. These were not bubbas and rednecks, but affluent professionals

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/12/data-about-capitol-rioters-serves-another-blow-white-working-class-trump-supporter-narrative/

This is not a blue collar crowd, which many are inclined to believe. A lot of the joking on DU would have us believe that Trump's most violent supporters are poorly educated working class white dupes for the establishment. But such people are rarely able to just hop on a plane to DC in the middle of the week.

The maga shaman notwithstanding, most of these people are not literal basement dwellers, except in the moral sense.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Didn't get their pony...

losing the election means that their hatred and violence would have to go back underground, as it will no longer be tolerated by folks in real society. It'll take a while to suppress, but that's the trendline.

No life in Deadwood for them.

[Hotler]

16. Hate for Democrats and Liberals and the ideals they stand for. That's it,

plain and simple.

[FreepFryer]

17. Abrogation of perceived or real power, to those that ain't them. Not in their nature. (Nt)