1. Two presidential inaugurations have had planned train trips significantly altered because of threats of violence: Lincoln in 1861 and Biden in 2021.pic.twitter.com/LpN3DSb9tt
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4. Or compare this week's heavily militarized inauguration with 1861, where one sharpshooters manned the roofs. As one Washington resident complained about "entering the Capitol through hedges of Marines armed to the teeth.”
5. Politically, Biden faces the same balancing act as Lincoln, of presenting himself as a leader who can unite the nation even as a significant chunk of the population is rejecting his legitimacy. More thoughts here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/lincoln-biden-inauguration-violence/ …
Has there been any actual evidence put forth to corroborate the statement that there were "some GOP congresspeople helping the rioters"?
Narrator: Despite @HeerJeet’s wish casting, there is zero evidence to support his seditious lie that GOP congresspeople “helped” any rioters.
It could be like the IRA in the UK, although their stated goal was more coherent.
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