The storming of the Capitol shocked the United States.
But the excess of violence was already indicated earlier in radical online forums.
Now there is great concern about Biden's inauguration.
On January 6, a violent mob, right-wing extremists, Trump supporters and QAnon believers stormed and devastated the Capitol.
The handover to Joe Biden takes place on January 20th.
The fear of excesses of violence is growing.
Radicalization took place in social forums even before the Capitol was stormed.
Washington, DC - As one of the "darkest day" in the history of the
United States
, the designated called
US President Joe Biden
, the
storming of the Capitol
- and made, among others,
Donald Trump
responsible.
For weeks, the current president had rumbled and tweeted his baseless allegations of election manipulation to the world.
Until a right-wing mob of Trump loyalists, right-wing extremists and QAnon supporters
stormed
the heart of
US democracy
on Wednesday
.
With the belief in an election fraud as a fire accelerator in the ears.
"We will act urgently to protect our constitution and our democracy, as this president poses an imminent threat to both," wrote
Nancy Pelosi
, Democratic spokeswoman for the House of Representatives, in a published letter to her party colleagues.
The Democrat was one of the targets of the
Trump loyalists
, as it has now become known.
One man has since been arrested for threatening to shoot Pelosi.
What they want now: The removal of the US President and that as soon as possible.
Fear about US democracy currently includes another concern that is becoming more pressing every day: What will happen on January 20th, the day Joe Biden is handed over to office?
Even if Donald Trump has not yet participated - and rumors of a trip to Scotland * circumvent - there is great concern about further excesses of violence.
This photo breaks my heart.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Comforts Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., While taking cover as protesters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote.
(Photo By Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via AP Images) pic.twitter.com/meMacsalq0
- Haley Britzky (@halbritz) January 6, 2021
Handover to Joe Biden: There is great concern about further excess violence - QAnon conspiracy cult
"If
Trump
doesn't attend the inauguration, the inauguration is a goal," tweeted American actor
Ethan Embry
.
Many voices are currently joining him - and even calling for the ceremony to be broadcast from a bunker.
Or just get it over with quickly and begin rebuilding the broken nation.
The attack on the Capitol was poisoned by the increasingly popular
conspiracy cult QAnon
.
Marc-André Argentino, a Concordia University researcher who has been following the development of QAnon for years, writes: “QAnon will likely continue to come together with other right-wing extremists to achieve their insurgency goals.
This could lead to a continuation of the
QAnon-
inspired violence as the ideology of the movement continues to grow in American culture. "
US President Joe Biden: Excess violence when storming the Capitol was partially announced online
Even before the
storming of the Capitol
, Trump supporters, right-wing extremists and QAnon disciples had come together online.
The violence, which spread like a gravitational wave in
Washington
on Wednesday
, has been announced in online forums for weeks.
As journalist Elaine Godfrey
puts it
in
The Atlantic
magazine
: "Before the protest, pro-Trump radicals had reported online about their intentions
to kill
Vice President Mike Pence *
."
Donald Trump's
request that the
US election be held in 2020 *
Still influencing it in his favor made the conservative Republican a target of the Trump movement.
On the right-wing extremist platform
Parler
, which is
gaining momentum
after numerous accounts have been blocked by
and other large social networks, a QANon supporter wrote about the impending
handover to Joe Biden *
: “Many of us will return with our weapons on January 19, 2021 to support our nation's determination that the world will never forget !!!
We will come in numbers that no standing army or police department can compete with.
“This is reported by NBC News, among others.
January 20, 2021: Right-wing extremist platform Parler - QAnon supporters calls for violence against Joe Biden
Said app Parler, Telegram and the website TheDonald.win have already been used to plan the act of violence on January 6th at the Capitol.
On TheDonald.win a person writes from "Round 2" on January 20th.
“It's not even about Trump staying in office, I want war.” The language, it is martial and aimed at destruction.
Law enforcement in the US is currently busy tracking down the attackers on the Capitol.
A two-meter fence was built around the Capitol.
And the National Guard will stay in Washington for the time being.
The
scientist Megan Squire
, explores the online extremism, posted recently that a telegram channel of the
far-right grouping Proud Boys
within only 24 hours to 6000 participants: had risen inside - including 250 people were in an audio conference.
Such observations are frightening and alarming.
The scientist told NBC: “On January 6th, her energy was focused on Congress.
On the 20th, her energy will be
focused
on
Biden
.
This is particularly worrying as they are not repentant or ashamed.
It's not looking good at the moment.
"
Right-wing mob stormed the Capitol: In online forums, radicalization had already taken place weeks beforehand
While most of the United States has been deeply affected by the events of January 6, various groups seem incited, even electrifying, by it.
In certain relevant forums, the storming of the Capitol is described as a victory, as reported by several US media.
"The supporters of President
Donald Trump *
, who fought in the US Capitol on Wednesday, had planned openly for weeks, both on mainstream social media and on the pro-Trump Internet," reports BuzzFeed News.
The following video was made the night before the events surrounding the Capitol.
In it, an obvious Trump supporter says: "We have to be in the Capitol." A few hours later, exactly that became a reality.
The likelihood that someone dies on stream tomorrow and that it's Baked Alaska or that he's filming it or that he's simply in proximity to it feels strong https://t.co/6yWXyAOxH5
- 🌲 Tedward B Wang🌲 (@TedwardWang) January 6, 2021
Meanwhile, the
US military
has already announced that it will
be sending
thousands of
National Guard troops
for the
inauguration of Joe Biden
.
"The Capitol Police will and really should provide a brief overview of what went wrong and what they must do to ensure that something like this cannot happen again," said
Axios
, Chairman of the Congressional Ceremonies Committee, Senator Roy Blunt.
Washington itself is in a state of emergency until January 21st.
The eyes are on January 20th.
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