“Like all of you, I watched as a gang—organized, violent and mad they’d lost an election—laid siege to the United States Capitol,” Michelle Obama said about the chaos she observed on social media and TV like everyone else around the world who watched in horror. “They set up gallows. They proudly waved the traitorous flag of the Confederacy through the halls. They desecrated the center of American government. And once authorities finally gained control of the situation, these rioters and gang members were led out of the building not in handcuffs, but free to carry on with their days.”
Even the BBC managed the notice the contrast between the 'let them get on with it' attitude of the police towards a largely white-supremicist mob to their violent response to 'Black Lives Matter'. The Confederate Flag says 'black lives don't matter' loud and clear and the police respect that.
Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, in a speech broadcast on state television on Thursday. mocked the whole idea of democracy and pointed to the riots as an example of the sort of things which democracy leads to.
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying compared the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong with the anti-democracy riot in Washington. Specifically the Stalinist regime said the riot was a 'beautiful sight to see' echoing the words of Nancy Pelosi about the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.
China does hold elections with the small difference that there is only one candidate in most cases.
Most people are horrified by the riots. For the dictatorships however they are a bit of a laugh.
The rioters were wrongly reported as anarchists when in fact they were a rag bag of racists and authoritarians with anti-semitic slogans prominent on their clothing. The details are here.
Trump could face the implementation of the 25th Amendment which allows for the removal of a president or impeachment if Mike Pence prefers not to take that route. Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump at the speed of light.
A Socialist perspective on these events is here.
It does not spare the Democrats from criticism for allowing matters to come to this pass. However, it does say:
"The Democrats now will have the Presidency and control of the House and the Senate, following the winning of both Senate seats in Georgia. Despite the capitalist character of the Democratic Party, the defeat of the Republicans in Georgia and the election of a black Senator from there, Raphael Warnock, is an indication of the changes taking place and the blacklash against the Republicans."
An independent party of the working class will not be an easy task either in the US or in the UK but it would be a robust response to the far right which is something the Democrats do not seem to be able to produce.
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