US CAPITOL ATTACK THREAD: In light of @AOC's claim that she has PTSD because a Capitol Hill Police Officer entered her offices on 1/6 I decided to share some of the other attacks on the US Capitol. The first occurred in 1814 when the British burned it down.

2/ FLASHBACK: The second attack occurred in 1915 then Harvard Professor Erich Muenter angry with the US financial support for the UK detonated a bomb in the Capitol building. Next, he went to J.P. Morgan's house and when the financier answered his door the professor shot him.

2/ FLASHBACK: Then in 1954 four Puerto Rican Americans stormed the Capitol to demand independence from the US and in the process managed to shoot five congressmen before being subdued. The congressmen survived and President Carter pardoned the four men in 1977.

3/ FLASHBACK: Next in 1971 far-left extremist, Bill Ayers (founder of the Weather Underground) bombed the US Capitol causing $1,929,437 in damage. Ayers and his wife became fugitives until the 1980s. Ayers eventually became a political advisor to Obama in Chicago.

4/ FLASHBACK: Then in 1983 Six left-wing extremists bombed the US Capitol. Ringleader, Linda Sue Evans was sentenced to 35 years in prison but was pardoned by President Clinton in 2001.
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/21/nyregion/former-terrorist-among-those-pardoned-freed-clinton-s-final-acts-office.html?pagewanted=all

5/ FLASHBACK: In 1998 Russell Eugene Weston Jr. entered the US Capitol and shot and killed two officers before being subdued. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan (yea General Flynn's judge) determined Weston wasn't responsible for his actions and committed him to a mental institution.

6/ On January 6th out of more than 500,000 peaceful protesters about 800 people entered the Capitol. Most were ushered in by Capitol Hill Police and peacefully protested inside of the rotunda. Others used force to enter the Capitol breaking windows and doors. (cont.)

7/ These violent rioters consisted of BOTH Trump supporters, right-wing militia members, BLM/Antifa agent provocateurs, and a number of mentally ill people [rioters]. One officer was involved in an altercation with this group and later died from his injuries (cont)

8/ One unarmed protester attempted to jump through a broken window and was shot by a Capitol Hill Police Officer who was also a BLM member. The officer warned the protester that he would shoot her if she climbed through the window. He is not being charged.

9/ Fortunately, there were no calls for Trump supporters to attempt a coup or insurrection - had there been I am certain there would have been mass casualties on both sides.

10/ UPDATE: @AOC now admits she was not in the Capitol when the protesters entered the building. She was in the Cannon Building where her office is located, about a six-minute walk from the Capitol Building. CHP stopped by her office to do a welfare check.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/02/03/321029-n321029

11/ FUN FACT: The vast majority of people who have attacked the US Capitol prior to 2021 have either been pardoned by Democratic Presidents or hired by them. I am pretty sure that Biden will not be pardoning anyone this time...