as soon as I get home I am switching my party affiliation at SOS site to Independent and then writing my three so-called representatives (all three Republicans) that today is the day I start working for their political defeat.
The police outside were overwhelmed and retreated inside the building. I was there on the West side of the building, up on the steps. The police only had to defend one eight foot wide doorway and they couldn't do that. As many people went through there into the building as could force their way through.
I don't know how to count crowds of people. I saw more people today than I have ever seen in one place in my entire life. It was a sea of people in all directions. And there were many, many more later at the capitol and all the way down the lawn. Judging by inauguration photos, and the fact that I eventually got to the same place as where inauguration photos are taken from, I am virtually certain there was well over 1 million and probably close to 2 million. Every time I got a little higher up at the capitol and looked back at the lawn I thought "Holy shit that's a lot of people."
I was right outside. No one outside had any idea this happened. Cell data was very spotty. A few people said they had talked to someone on the phone and heard someone got shot. At that time I was inside the third "barrier" but did not know anyone had actually made it inside the capitol, so I said I thought that was BS because someone must have heard the percussion grenades the cops kept setting off.
Outside, it was epic and a big patriot party. None of us knew what happened inside.
I was further back, in the support wave. I stood on the Capitol steps where they didn't want us to be. It was a big party and it was epic.
There was no violence by Trump supporters in going over the barriers.
There were a small number that were more aggressive and that was who got inside. Looking from the outside up close, it was a peaceful protest.
I got back to my hotel to find we were labeled rioters.
We definitely need a MAGA dating website. SOOOOO many lefties post their TDS on their profiles - many showing they are just as ugly on the inside as they are on the outside.
My plan is to get a good selfie in DC in MAGA-gear surrounded by patriots and I will be sure to post it as my main profile pic on a dating site. That will be the quickest way to weed out the losers and know that only smart women are matching with me.
There is plenty of time for that. Today is the day to tell the RNC they've pissed us all off. They think we are suckers.