Siege: An American Tragedy by Anita Bartholomew

Author:Anita Bartholomew [Bartholomew, Anita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bartholomew & Co., Inc.
Published: 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00

As formidable as the Oath Keepers, in tactics and rhetoric, might have appeared to outsiders, once inside the Capitol, they seemed less a fearsome fighting unit than a group of military cosplayers who were in over their heads. They took video selfies in the Rotunda, congratulated each other for taking over the building, and hooted it up as if their sports team had just scored the winning goal. They then streamed into a narrow hallway with the rest of the mob, intent on making their way to the Senate.

But cops in riot gear blocked the end of the passageway, preventing the tightly packed throng from advancing. Watkins admonished those in front of her in the hallway to “Push, push, push…Get in there. They can’t hold us!”

She was wrong. They could hold the line, and they did. Police tossed tear gas into the crowd. The mob backed away. At just past three o’clock, the defeated Oath Keepers, including Watkins, retreated from the building.

Among those Oath Keepers still outside the building, some insisted on their chat app that any bad acts had to be the work of antifa infiltrators.

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