Daily Verse | Genesis 8:21
“Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.”
Wednesday’s Reading: Genesis 10-11
It’s Wednesday, January 5, 2022, the day before the first anniversary of the so-called “insurrection” that occurred at the U.S. Capitol as a few hundred citizens breached the building, then proceeded to either wander through it like tourists or, in some cases, committed contemptible acts like breaking windows and doors, invading the offices of members of Congress, stealing the House lectern, or showboating by standing on the Senate dais.
In no sense at all was any of that day’s activities an “insurrection.” Here’s how Mirriam-Webster defines it:
… and how the Cambridge Dictionary defines it:
Under U.S. Code 18, insurrection (or rebellion) is a crime punishable by a fine, jail time or both. Anyone found guilty of insurrection is ineligible to hold office in the United States.
The reason the events of January 6, 2020, weren’t an “insurrection” is because no one participating was armed (as would be expected if there was intent to overthrow the government), there was minimal violence on the part of the participants (mostly limited to breaking doors and windows), and the only people who died that day were four protestors, of whom two died of heart attacks, one (Ashli Babbitt) was gunned down without warning, and the other (Rosanne Boyland), was beaten by police (although conflicting reports suggest she died of a drug overdose). Five police officers who were on the scene that day also died but none of them died that day or from injuries sustained in the protest. One died of a stroke the following day and the other four were suicides.
By far the most compelling evidence that it wasn’t an insurrection is that none of the approximately 700 people arrested in connection with the Capitol riot have been charged with insurrection. If it was truly an insurrection, those who participated would be charged as such; but not one person has been so charged.
It wasn’t an insurrection.
There is also plenty of suspicion that the FBI was involved in driving the events of the day.
To the casual reader, news that the nation’s top law enforcement agency prepared ahead of time to combat possible violence on January 6 is reassuring. But to anyone who has closely followed the hyperpartisan activity of the FBI over the past several years, the article reads more like a confession, confirming deep suspicions that the FBI played an instrumental role in prompting the events of that day rather than act as a legitimate police force helping to keep lawmakers and American citizens safe.
(Btw, if you’re not reading Julie Kelly at American Greatness, you should. She’s been investigating and writing about J6 since it happened.)
The point? When you hear the word “insurrection” or “armed insurrection” during the “memorials” tomorrow, know that you’re being gaslit and that these people are being made an example as a warning to the rest of us not to protest our government’s overreach.
But that moment is coming when we’ll have to decide.
Count on it.