Mike Ford, RedState.com: “In no way were the events in DC something even close to what ANTIFA/BLM have been inflicting on our cities and neighborhoods (many of them minority) for the past year. The piddly amount of property damage and injuries (yes, standard caveat, even one is too many) that occurred in DC pales when compared to the ANTIFA/BLM riots, arson, looting and outright assassination of police officers and other Americans who had the effrontery to show support for a duly elected President. Some estimates put ANTIFA/BLM property damage and destruction at over 15 billion dollars. The death toll is over 30.”

“There was one fatality that has been confirmed as directly a result of a possibly unlawful act.** That fatality was that of a U.S. Air Force Veteran who was shot by police while she was crawling through a hole in a door on her stomach and as such, absolutely no threat to anyone. My review of the stills taken at the scene, also showed law enforcement officers on her side of the door looking very relaxed as they made no effort to stop her… stop her before she was shot by another officer on the other side of the door. Let me be real clear. There was no riot in DC. There was no insurrection. There was no ‘storming’ of the Capitol building. There was a peaceful rally. There was a largely peaceful protest that was marred by some bad acts by a very few people. There was and is, absolutely nothing to be traumatized or intimidated by. It’s time to tell the press, the politicians and even our pastors, stop the gaslighting.”

“**Two Capitol Police Officers have also died, but as of this writing, neither fatality has been officially connected to any illegal, violent act. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families.”