{"id":77679,"date":"2021-01-12T00:41:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=77679"},"modified":"2021-01-12T00:41:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:41:57","slug":"what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis is our America.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When Donald Trump told gathered supporters in D.C. Wednesday afternoon that \u201cwe\u2019re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and we\u2019re going to the Capitol,\u201d they didn\u2019t wait. They started to march right away.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even as Trump continued to speak, I watched them begin to peel off, first a few, and then hundreds. One guy looked at me taking photographs and said, \u201cIt\u2019s almost over. We have to get to the Capitol!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

They moved quickly. The mood had been lighter earlier in the day, like a Trump-themed Comic-Con. But it darkened fast. Under banners like \u201cGOD, GUNS, GUTS & GLORY,\u201d protesters\u2014I was still thinking of them as protesters, not rioters, at that point\u2014screamed at counterprotesters along the side of the street, calling them \u201ccheaters\u201d and breaking into a steady, robotic chant of \u201cTRUMP WON! TRUMP WON!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As we got closer to the Capitol steps, there was some excitement: Fellow marchers had breached the building, people said. I wasn\u2019t sure what that meant. As we got closer, though, I saw these marchers ripping open doors and climbing through windows. When I got to the doors, police had managed to close them again. There was a core group of young people at the very front, just outside, trying to force their way in.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Donald Trump told gathered supporters in D.C. Wednesday afternoon that \u201cwe\u2019re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and we\u2019re going to the Capitol,\u201d they didn\u2019t wait. They started to march right away.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":77681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot - Organic Consumers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot - Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Donald Trump told gathered supporters in D.C. Wednesday afternoon that \u201cwe\u2019re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and we\u2019re going to the Capitol,\u201d they didn\u2019t wait. They started to march right away.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Organic Consumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"OCA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@organicconsumer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@organicconsumer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OCA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OCA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/75d6e17d377dbe8068bce8352191d2cd\"},\"headline\":\"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Politics & Globalization\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/\",\"name\":\"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot - Organic Consumers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Paper that has a headline relating to Trump supporters entering the Capitol.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\",\"name\":\"Organic Consumers Association\",\"description\":\"Campaigning for health, justice, regeneration, peace, and democracy.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Organic Consumers Association\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":290,\"caption\":\"Organic Consumers Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/organicconsumer\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/organicconsumers\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@organicconsumer\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/75d6e17d377dbe8068bce8352191d2cd\",\"name\":\"OCA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/author\/fin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot - Organic Consumers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot - Organic Consumers","og_description":"When Donald Trump told gathered supporters in D.C. Wednesday afternoon that \u201cwe\u2019re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and we\u2019re going to the Capitol,\u201d they didn\u2019t wait. They started to march right away.","og_url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/","og_site_name":"Organic Consumers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers","article_published_time":"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"OCA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@organicconsumer","twitter_site":"@organicconsumer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"OCA","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/"},"author":{"name":"OCA","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/75d6e17d377dbe8068bce8352191d2cd"},"headline":"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot","datePublished":"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/"},"wordCount":229,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png","keywords":["Politics & Globalization"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/","name":"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot - Organic Consumers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png","datePublished":"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-12T00:41:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tmob_1200x630.png","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Paper that has a headline relating to Trump supporters entering the Capitol."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/what-i-saw-inside-capitol-riot\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What I Saw Inside the Capitol Riot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/","name":"Organic Consumers Association","description":"Campaigning for health, justice, regeneration, peace, and democracy.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#organization","name":"Organic Consumers Association","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/OCA.png","width":640,"height":290,"caption":"Organic Consumers Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/organicconsumers","https:\/\/x.com\/organicconsumer","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/organicconsumers\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@organicconsumer\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/#\/schema\/person\/75d6e17d377dbe8068bce8352191d2cd","name":"OCA","url":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/author\/fin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77679"},{"taxonomy":"organicbytes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organicbytes?post=77679"},{"taxonomy":"countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries?post=77679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}