FWIW, if there was consistent precedent for treating politically motivated rioting harshly, this circus would be a lot more palatable. The problem is we went through a full year of the entire Democrat establishment, including the FBI, encouraging (or at best looking the other way) toward politically motivated rioting they felt was beneficial to them.

And then they are following an entire year of Democrat sponsored rioting with this gaslighting performance by throwing the book at the Jan 6th rioters. It really shows they view the purpose of the law and law enforcement as tools to use towards their own benefit and to punish their political adversaries, and nothing more. And I find this completely unacceptable. I voted for Joe Biden. I am not a fan of Trump or anything he stands for. I view much of the Republican Party as white collar criminals only interested in lining their own pockets.

But when the next ballot comes I feel I am going to just bubble in R straight down the row, and keep doing this until the Democratic Party realizes they serve us, not the other way around, and the purpose of government is not merely to use it to serve their own interests and punish their political adversaries.