This year, January 6 will be commemorated with all the ballyhoo and rigamarole Democrats and their media allies can muster. CNN plans an entire special around the anniversary, titled “Live from the Capitol: January 6th, One Year Later”; the show will feature the “heroes who protected our democracy in the face of an insurrection,” and will include interviews with such luminaries as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and January 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS). President Biden and Vice President Harris are also expected to commemorate January 6 with special remarks, and Pelosi has organized a bevy of events in memory of the riot.
Now, you might ask yourself just why January 6 merits such outsized attention. One need not downplay the events – the horrifying image of rioters bashing police officers with metal poles, storming through the halls of Congress shouting for Mike Pence – in order to recognize January 6 for what it was: an ugly but not pivotal moment in American history. The event resulted in one direct death – rioter Ashli Babbitt was shot by a Capitol police officer – and some $1.5 million in property damage to the Capitol building; the Capitol was cleared within hours of the riot, and Vice President Mike Pence and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promptly presided over the certification of the 2020 election. Those who broke into the Capitol or even trespassed have ended up in jail.
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