What I learned from watching more than 500 Jan. 6 videos (Quentin Young, Daily Montanan)

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https://dailymontanan.com/2022/02/13/what-i-learned-from-watching-more-than-500-jan-6-videos/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=84e6bedc-218b-4678-a604-8fe7e8b1016a

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Rioters attacked the Capitol because they believed that’s what Trump wanted them to do. This is indisputable. Trump, who had been claiming without evidence that the 2020 election had been stolen from him, during his speech exhorted followers to march on the Capitol and “fight like hell.”

One man posted a video of himself coming from Trump’s speech on his way to the Capitol, and he says, “Maybe we’ll break down the doors,” shortly before the mob did just that. “We were invited here,” a person screams at police. “We were invited by the president of the United States!” Another person made a video shortly after 2 p.m. as the mob swarmed the east side of the Capitol. “They’re ready to really stand up and do a revolutionary war,” he observes. “Hey, Trump asked for wild. He got it.”

Revolutionary war — that’s the spirit in which the insurrectionists took action on Jan. 6. Rep. Lauren Boebert that morning tweeted “Today is 1776.” What becomes clear in scores of videos from the attack is that the memory of the American Revolution animated the whole violent episode. Crowds chanted “1776.” The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, armed with a bullhorn, led his own “1776” chant. Some of the first rioters to break into the Capitol shouted, “1776, motherf***ers.” Throughout the afternoon, attackers purported to fight as if in the manner of a colonial citizen militia.

The presence of contemporary militia elements was conspicuous at the Capitol. It is now well-known that organized factions of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other militia groups were active on Jan. 6. The videos demonstrate that their participation in the attack could not have been missed by anyone who was there. The Three Percenters, to which Boebert has ties, were especially visible. Members wore insignia on their clothes. They flew identifying flags. The Southern Poverty Law Center says the Three Percenters is “an extremist movement that claims to be ready to carry out armed resistance to perceived tyranny.”

They don’t have to just claim it. They did it on Jan. 6.

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[JohnnyRingo]

1. Yes, just like when they role played the Tea Party years ago.

Wait for the 21 century Civil War when they dress up in gray. They already have the flags.

I saw the 1/6 tape almost in its entirety, and in all fairness Alex Jones got on a semi trailer with a bullhorn and implored the rioters to go to the "other side of the Capitol" where he had a stage set up. Of course it was attention seeking because he was supposed to get some speaking time with an already frenzied mob, and didn't like that they were shunning him.

Nonetheless, in the video he can be heard telling the rioters not "let's not fight the police and give them what they want" (ie a media covered insurrection).

Here at 1:54, and more at 1:59, (nearly 2 hours into the riot).

https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/

There are six hours of various video clips stitched together chronologically.

[Jetheels]

2. tfg been inciting violence his entire term.

I only needed to watch 5 minutes of the insurrection while it was happening to know this was more violence incited by him.
thanks for the link, although I can’t watch any more orange.

[Slammer]

3. Orange is the new white n/t