Across the nation Americans are asking “How could this have happened?” The failure of federal law enforcement authorities to effectively defend the US Capitol was a disaster of monumental proportions. Members of Congress—and the rest of us–were stunned at the sight of rioters sitting in the Senate Chamber and even at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s personal desk in her Capitol office. Yet another mob member carried a Confederate flag through the Rotunda.
Across the nation Americans are asking “How could this have happened?” The failure of federal law enforcement authorities to effectively defend the US Capitol was a disaster of monumental proportions. Members of Congress—and the rest of us–were stunned at the sight of rioters sitting in the Senate Chamber and even at Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s personal desk in her Capitol office. Yet another mob member carried a Confederate flag through the Rotunda.