I'm shocked how easy, apparently, it was for this mob to overwhelm security by "raiding" and pillaging the capitol building - the "citadel of liberty" - in the country. I mean, it's a de facto siege.
How on earth could this have happened?
They're shutting down congressional activity, an arm of government and roaming around at will! Pipe-bombs, threats outside Nancy Pelosi's office!
It's tantamount - in effective political terms - to what desecrating a sacred place, like St. Peters Basilica, would be in a religious context.
If the capital police had not exercised such consummate restraint, though, a veritable bloodbath might have ensued.
A powerful speech from Joe Biden, I must add.