Comparing Jan. 6 with last summer

I’m not condoning what happened at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but why can’t we call it peaceful, like Democrats called the riots last summer? To call it white supremacy and terrorism is hypocrisy. So sorry to hear Democrats had to cower under their seats that day and fear a mob. They didn’t care when businesses and homes were firebombed and looted. People were terrified trying to save their businesses, homes and lives, mostly with no police protection because Democrats held back police, refused National Guard, and nonstop said it was peaceful. This went on for months, police stations, courthouses and government buildings, people were attacked in their cars, at restaurants and in their businesses.

The Capitol riot was a picnic compared to that. Several billion dollars in damages, hundreds of police vehicles destroyed, police station burned down in Minneapolis, 2,200 police injured, including 36 civilian deaths. Complete denial by Democrats and the media. Chris Cuomo said rioting was justified, it leads to democracy.

Antifa and BLM were totally ignored, in fact, they were supported by Kamala Harris, who said it will never stop, before, or after the election and then led a movement to pay bail money for rioters. Ayanna Pressley said there needs to be unrest in the streets. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said no to the National Guard, while BLM spent days trying to scale the White House fence, burned a 150-year-old church, rioted for days and then painted a BLM mural in the streets. Nancy Pelosi said, people will do what they do. Democrat Cynthia Johnson warned Trump supporters, be careful, walk slowly, my soldiers know how to do it, make them pay. Democrat Dyjuan Tatro, former gang member, was hired for diversity, called all cops racist, and said looting is a vital form of protest. One year later, Portland and Seattle anarchists are still attacking police and businesses, who continue to refuse the National Guard, who Pelosi called Trump’s Storm Troopers. Now we have a razor wire fence, which Democrats called racists on the border, surrounding D.C. with 25,000 “Storm Troopers.” Proves to me who the real racists are.

Vincent Cirillo Branford