As the January 6 riots wound down, the US Capitol was left streaked with urine, blood, and feces. Smoking piles of wreckage and beer cans were scattered around the National Mall, and most assumed that American politics had finally reached its lowest possible point.
Consequences for those who’d tried to overthrow democracy and shred the Constitution came with a series of swift arrests and stiff sentences. It was at least reassuring to know that the nation still stands for something, and a bunch of drunken, poorly educated hicks couldn’t actually dismiss the legitimate results of a presidential election.
