I was about 25 yards from the first wave to break in and this is what I saw. Walking to the capital there were a couple of people in tactical gear screaming to take the capital, no one took these guys seriously. Everyone was peacefully walking to the capital. A couple of "Fuck Antifa" and "USA" chants broke out. Right before we got there we say a guy getting thrown into a paddy wagon that was out front of the capital. When my family and I got there, we were surrounded by families from ages 10-70 just standing there watching people try to break in. Most people were just there watching in awe. There were folding chairs for the inauguration stacked up and people were taking them to sit down in and watch what was happening. Alex Jones was about 15 yards to my left. I couldn't make out what he was saying. The Police started to shoot pepper balls at people trying to break in. They arrested a guy in a black and yellow plaid shirt and pepper sprayed a guy on the steps. One of the guys that got hit with a pepper ball retreated to where I was at. He was wearing googles and a "Fuck Antifa” shirt. The people up front passed up a random board and it look like they used that as a shield to block the pepper balls. The police fired off those sound bang things as well. A guy in tactical gear in front of me offered me bear mace and to go up there. I declined his offer. Then people started to climb the sides of the walls to get in. People up front ripped the scaffolding started to sneak through there. Then police started to shoot tear gas into the crowds, into the families. People started to head back. There was a group of people holding hands and praying. There was an older guy with a bullhorn screaming to fill into the space and gaps. Then it look liked the police retreated cause the crowds got through. My family and I wanted to see what was happening on the backside so we started to walk there. We notice people were trying to climb the sides still and there was actually a police officer in the bushes against the wall telling people that they didn't have to climb the walls since the back was open.
Once we got to back we saw a crowd of MAGA supporters on the steps singing the national anthem. The police looked relaxed, some were talking to MAGA folks in a peaceful conversation and they were holding a perimeter around the entrances. Most people were just walking around in awe but there was a guy wearing M81 camo asking where all the 3%ers were at and trying to find people to break the back side of the perimeter. There were a couple of people yelling at the riot cops. Some were expressing their grievances about the first march. After watching this unfold for a couple of hours we decided to go back home. March back to the metro was calm there were a couple of chants but it was somewhat quiet. The only weird thing I saw on the metro home was a guy carrying just a red flag. I thought he was Antifa but he was older and had some Trump stuff on. I felt and still feel conflicted to what happened on the steps of the capital.
It was awesome to see history unfold 25 yards in front of your face. During this moment, I thought Thomas Jefferson would be proud. At the same time, it did feel wrong to actually go into the building hence why I didn't and stuck to the outside. It felt weird because at this point the MAGA movement never acted this way and it felt like we weren't ourselves. I told my family when we were in front of the capital that if you piss off middle America with nothing to lose, gaslight them for years, rig an election, encourage violent left wing mobs, erode their rights through the pandemic, close down their businesses then send billions of dollars of cash to foreign countries. This is what you will get. They poked the silent majority and now we are awakening.
I was about 25 yards from the first wave to break in and this is what I saw. Walking to the capital there were a couple of people in tactical gear screaming to take the capital, no one took these guys seriously. Everyone was peacefully walking to the capital. A couple of "Fuck Antifa" and "USA" chants broke out. Right before we got there we say a guy getting thrown into a paddy wagon that was out front of the capital. When my family and I got there, we were surrounded by families from ages 10-70 just standing there watching people try to break in. Most people were just there watching in awe. There were folding chairs for the inauguration stacked up and people were taking them to sit down in and watch what was happening. Alex Jones was about 15 yards to my left. I couldn't make out what he was saying. The Police started to shoot pepper balls at people trying to break in. They arrested a guy in a black and yellow plaid shirt and pepper sprayed a guy on the steps. One of the guys that got hit with a pepper ball retreated to where I was at. He was wearing googles and a "Fuck Antifa” shirt. The people up front passed up a random board and it look like they used that as a shield to block the pepper balls. The police fired off those sound bang things as well. A guy in tactical gear in front of me offered me bear mace and to go up there. I declined his offer. Then people started to climb the sides of the walls to get in. People up front ripped the scaffolding started to sneak through there. Then police started to shoot tear gas into the crowds, into the families. People started to head back. There was a group of people holding hands and praying. There was an older guy with a bullhorn screaming to fill into the space and gaps. Then it look liked the police retreated cause the crowds got through. My family and I wanted to see what was happening on the backside so we started to walk there. We notice people were trying to climb the sides still and there was actually a police officer in the bushes against the wall telling people that they didn't have to climb the walls since the back was open.
Once we got to back we saw a crowd of MAGA supporters on the steps singing the national anthem. The police looked relaxed, some were talking to MAGA folks in a peaceful conversation and they were holding a perimeter around the entrances. Most people were just walking around in awe but there was a guy wearing M81 camo asking where all the 3%ers were at and trying to find people to break the back side of the perimeter. There were a couple of people yelling at the riot cops. Some were expressing their grievances about the first march. After watching this unfold for a couple of hours we decided to go back home. March back to the metro was calm there were a couple of chants but it was somewhat quiet. The only weird thing I saw on the metro home was a guy carrying just a red flag. I thought he was Antifa but he was older and had some Trump stuff on. I felt and still feel conflicted to what happened on the steps of the capital.
It was awesome to see history unfold 25 yards in front of your face. During this moment, I thought Thomas Jefferson would be proud. At the same time, it did feel wrong to actually go into the building hence why I didn't and stuck to the outside. It felt weird because at this point the MAGA movement never acted this way and it felt like we weren't ourselves. I told my family when we were in front of the capital that if you piss off middle America with nothing to lose, gaslight them for years, rig an election, encourage violent left wing mobs, erode their rights through the pandemic, close down their businesses then send billions of dollars of cash to foreign countries. This is what you will get. They poked the silent majority and now we are awakening.
Yea shit got crazy