The Capitol Riot Narrative Is Collapsing, But Its Political Exploitation Persists
Plus Wokeism in the military, Roe v. Wade revisited, UC's killing of standardized admissions tests, and more
The Capitol Riot Narrative Is Collapsing, But Its Political Exploitation Persists
Virtually the entire American Ruling Class has invested in a narrative that is collapsing—that what transpired at the Capitol on the afternoon of Jan. 6 represented a murderous, armed insurrection, posing a dire threat to the republic.
Yet the exploitation of that single event to marginalize and malign up to half the country, in a slew of efforts that pose a threat to the liberty and justice of all, continues apace.
If the foundation of these efforts is crumbling, shouldn’t these efforts be called into question too?
I chronicle the myriad ways in which January 6 has been exploited, the dubious foundation on which that exploitation rests, and the problems with the broader narrative it serves of a scourge of right-wing domestic violent extremism, in a new piece at the Epoch Times.
Read it here.
Programming Note: Tonight I will be on The First’s “Hold the Line” with my friend Buck Sexton (7pm ET hour) talking the recent anti-Semitism surge, and Newsmax’s “Cortes and Pellegrino” (likely at ~9:20pm ET) talking Capitol Riot inquisition.
During the latest NatConSquad, we covered:
Moral courage and the Woke takeover of the military
SCOTUS’s pending revisit of Roe v. Wade
The UC system’s outlawing of standardized admissions tests
Why the Left needs the Capitol Riots