Like it or not today's actions at the capitol building will be condemned by the media, establishment minded republicans, and the religious right. It doesn't matter that what happened is minor compared to months of rioting, looting, and murder by the left and BLM. It doesn't matter that election fraud claims were dismissed without hearings and audit requests were denied.

When Trump lost in November I realized immediately that it would be nearly impossible for the political right to gain Casus Belli, and the actions today, much like Charlottesville are going to be used to oppress right wing thought for years to come. It is likely that the establishment republicans are going to vote for gun control measures to put the right wing populists in their place, when normally they would not.

The media, local and state governments, big tech, and other corporations all gave them(selves) Casus belli for their "mostly peaceful" actions throughout 2020. The vast majority of people will believe those narratives, and now they have another one to war on right wing populists with. I don't see any positive path from here. To be fair, I didn't see any positive path before today either, but I hoped at least some uniparty republicans would be afraid to enact a far left agenda, not any more.