Mr Wizard covered the riots at the Capitol here yesterday. Today we’re going to take a look at the fallout from that event.
Let’s start with the rioters hoped to forestall when they stormed the Capitol building. The certification of the Electoral College went on. The Joint Session reconvened late last night, and despite several objections to certification of some states electors, the electoral votes were counted and Joe Biden was named as president elect.
We all know about Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force Vet who was shot inside the Capitol building yesterday. However, she wasn’t the only death yesterday. 3 other people died during the protests and subsequent rioting. Details are thin about them, I can’t find any information about who they are, what the cause of death was or even their gender. The DC police chief, Robert Contee III held a presser and only said 3 other had died and 10 were injured. He also said that 57 people had been arrested, most for curfew violations.
Several members of President Trump’s staff have resigned in the wake of the riots. So far, White House Chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, East Wing Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham, Social Secretary Rickie Niceta, Ryan Tully, the senior director for European and Russian Affairs at the U.S. National Security Council, Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger, and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao have all submitted their resignations. Expect more to come. Mulvaney had the following to say in an interview on CNBC “I can’t stay here, not after yesterday, You can’t look at that yesterday and say I want to be a part of that in any way, shape or form.”
Now on to some analysis. Yesterday’s events caused irreparable harm to the MAGA movement. It couldn’t have caused more damage had the establishment Republicans scripted it. Had it remained a peaceful protest, it would have shown solidarity across the spectrum on the right. But because it devolved into a riot, it has chased away a large portion of those who were on the fence about Trumpism. What’s more, it’s given big tech all the excuse they needed to crack down on any speech they don’t agree with.