It makes me sad

I really hope it is no more than a paragraph. I am not sure what history will say about all of this.

I hope we get through this safely too.

@GardenGerty That's true. I hope we get safely through this.

@dfollin I am putting everyone concerned in my prayers

@RasmaSandra , that is good. I know you are very faithful at praying for people in need. I expect we will continue to hear of damages and casualties.

@dfollin She was an Air Force veteran who was a huge Trump fan. With her training, she should have known how to avoid getting killed—guess she just decided to be stupid.

I am glad you are safe. I would probably keep my door shut and window blinds pulled and figure out a safe place in my home.

@GardenGerty I always keep my doors and windows shut! This is only a 1 bedroom apartment, not any place is any safer then the other. I can just pray for the best outcome.

@GardenGerty I guess you are glad there was a curfew.

I agree with you. This was "icing on the cake" or "the last straw". Very unAmerican.

I agree, it shouldn’t be tolerated.

@GardenGerty I hope it was. I hope it can stop but it seems like Portland and Kenosha haven't really calmed down.

I am glad to escape by working and not being online all day. I go eat my lunch alone, so if there were discussions I did not hear them.

I am all of those as well! I have PTSD and I am very scared and cautious.

It is sad people would do this.

Sure is sad.

I am embarrassed for my country.

@GardenGerty I agree with that.

I think you mean not unexpected,because how could the world not react?

I feel like people have wanted some excuse, any excuse, to act out.

@GardenGerty Lockdowns and job losses will do that. Protesting is all they've been able to do. I imagine some protesters believed they made a difference by doing so. So, they continued... and while I'm unaware of the complete details, but I know at least one woman was killed. All because they believed they could stop something that's going to happen regardless.

...and meanwhile spreading more virus...

Yes, it is a lot. This is already not my favorite time of the year and the current violence makes it worse.

@GardenGerty violence never solved anything

Yep, it sure is a lot to take in, especially with everything else going on.

@Aquitaine24 I have heard the questioning about security. I agree @jstory07 that it should not have happened. I wonder if no one really believed it would happen and so weakened their security?

@Aquitaine24 They had to defend themselves. But as the retired chief said, the one guard shouldn't of been there by himself. I bet he was so scard!

There are questions about how security reacted.

I do not either. What is the point of doing something that will just get you arrested?

@Aquitaine24 A "martyr for the cause."

I think the whole world should be sad. Thank you for caring.

@GardenGerty welcome

It is mentally exhausting, even though I am miles away.

@cperry2 The things were reaching a climax and just like a volcano it had to erupt. The fallout resulted in casualties and loss of face. There were closer elections but graciousness prevailed; in this case people got so worked up. These will be gist for the mill for writers with their own outlandish theories. Hope the society is healed as there are vultures looking for easy prey if America implodes. None expected this outcome just like the virus that is stalking the world.

@Shiva49 I don't believe we (the US) are going to implode over this one. Ugly as this has been, it has exposed some very uncomfortable truths. Insurrection can happen here. being the biggest. I feel sorry for Mr. Biden. The job he is taking on is probably the nearest thing to impossible. Resolving the pandemic, healing the divides Trump fanned and pushed, cleaning up the legal messes that Trump is leaving behind, and healing the broken relations with the rest of the world. It is a steep uphill path regardless of what else happens over the next 12 days. Since Georgia is sending two Democratic Senators to Washington, he will have a chance to make some significant changes. We will have to wait and see what it is he actually does.

Even back in high school, I learned that the United States is most likely to fall by the actions of people within the United States. Not the result of an outside government, necessarily, but by people who believe they have a better way. I am thankful this current attempt to overthrow the law of the land failed. But it serves as a strong warning of what is possible -- what could happen in the future.

I am thankful for Christian friends who post and share things that help us remember that perspective.

I never thought this would pan out this way.

You are correct, people believed they would be immune and beyond the law.

They thought they were on the correct side of a dispute and that Mr. Trump would protect them from paying any price for it.

I think no one believed it would really happen and were not prepared for the extent of the protest. I will say they did a good job getting important people sheltered securely out of harm's way.

I think we pretty much all knew it was coming.

There are good people everywhere, who will continue to keep showing up, doing good, standing for truth but the noise of this crowd is trying to drown them out.

What scares me is that some foreign power could be looking for a similar vulnerability on the date of the inauguration. We need to have our guard up at that time.

@LadyDuck We have developed a lot of complacency.

@GardenGerty This is my major concerns, now the foreign powers know how very little protected Capitol Hill is. I was extremely surprised how easy it was for those terrorists to get inside.