| The Fayetteville Observer
The attack on the U.S. Capitol building and U.S. Congress by mobs of Donald Trump supporters on Jan. 6 has inspired a flood of condemnation, and rightly so.
Five people are dead in its wake, including a Capitol Police officer; more than 70 people have been arrested; and the FBI has indicated hundreds of additional arrests could happen. Trump’s critical role in stirring up the violence led to his unprecedented second impeachment on Wednesday.
The attack is indefensible.
But I have seen entirely too many people, especially on social media, compare the Jan. 6 attacks to the Black Lives Matter movement. They specifically claim they see contradictory reactions to BLM and the Capitol rioters by Democratic politicians and supporters of Black Lives Matter.
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