(Knowing my mom’s beliefs, my wife was not surprised, but she kept an eye out as she started her morning patrol; she didn’t see her.) At that moment, I realized just how many people were in attendance — and that they were headed down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Many other Trump supporters we know said nothing; their silence has been deafening. In them, she said the violence had been staged to trash and demoralize Trump supporters; she blamed antifa, a far-left anti-fascist movement, for everything. And that day, it was my wife who put her body on the line to save the lives of those very politicians.

Source: Washington Post January 23, 2021 11:03 UTC