The Jan. 6 Capitol rioters are not 'hostages' and 'patriots' but seditious thugs. So is their leader, former President Donald Trump.
Progressive journalist Bill Lueders provided a necessary corrective on Tuesday for such morally indefensible rationalizations.
Lueders began with Jeffrey Sabol of Kittredge, Colorado, who entered the Capitol “equipped with a ‘helmet, trauma kit, buck knife, and zip ties.’ Sabol was part of the mob that pushed against police lines until breaking through. He … and another rioter knocked an officer to the ground, whereupon Sabol yanked away his baton with so much force that ‘the officer’s torso was lifted off the ground.
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