Essentially, it's why they splurged so hard on Jan 6, they thought "YES, WE GOT IT! THEY REACTED! NOW WE CAN GO FULL AUTHORITY AND CRUSH THEM!"
Then the pictures came out, of grannies walking around, people let in by police, staying inside the red velvet rope....
From anyone else not a brainwashed npc, Jan 6 at most seemed like a protest that got a little out of hand but nothing major (apart from capitol police gunning down an unarmed woman), at least, it looked like the authorities tried to set up the right but them only partially falling for it in a mostly non violent way.
Essentially, it's why they splurged so hard on Jan 6, they thought "YES, WE GOT IT! THEY REACTED! NOW WE CAN GO FULL AUTHORITY AND CRUSH THEM!"
Then the pictures came out, of grannies walking around, people let in by police, staying inside the red velvet rope....
From anyone else not a brainwashed npc, Jan 6 at most seemed like a protest that got a little out of hand but nothing major (apart from capitol police gunning down an unarmed woman), at least, it looked like the authorities tried to set up the right but them only partially falling for it in a mostly non violent way.