Video of Insurrectionists Quoting Trump While Storming the Capitol Certainly Seems Like Grounds for a Conviction

The video footage was narrated by Stacey Plaskett, a Democratic House delegate representing the Virgin Islands, who pointed out Officer Eugene Goodman directing Utah Senator Mitt Romney to run in the opposite direction of a raging mob in the hallways of the Capitol Building before leading that mob away from the Senate chamber and allowing time for Romney to escape with his family.

Another video shows rioters breaking a window with a wooden beam and streaming inside the building as a single police officer attempts to repeal the crowd, some of whom were wearing full tactical gear, brandishing baseball bats and/or carrying riot shields, with a can of pepper spray. According to Yahoo, “One video taken by one of the rioters showed two of them working their way through a crowded hallway conversing, with one saying, ‘All right, no violence,’ and the other replying, ‘It’s too late for that. They don’t listen without that.’ A loud ‘Stop the steal’ chant could then be heard.

Another place the words “Stop the steal” might be heard is in Donald Trump’s address to this very crowd earlier that day, three different times.

While Romney’s family has reached out to thank Officer Goodman on Twitter, perhaps a more thoughtful way to thank him for Senator Romney’s life would be calling for Republicans to pull their fucking heads out of white supremacist voters’ asses and punish treason clearly captured on video.