I don't have much sympathy for January 6 rioters who got caught and prosecuted.

If you force your way into the US Capitol as part of a political riot, you deserve jail time, even if you're just milling around aimlessly. This was not just a "political protest", and the high government officials (including Pence) had a legitimate reason to be scared. That sort of thing should absolutely not happen in a civilized country.

However, this was not an "insurrection" nor a serious attempt to overthrow the government.

The punishment also has to fit the crime. Some of these people got way oversentenced.

Finaly, and most importantly, the fact that most libs don't support the aggressive tracking and prosecuting of 2020 BLM rioters -- ones who caused real death and major destruction -- is the ultimate hypocrisy. Arson, major assault, and murder are all crimes which should see substantially more jail time than milling around in the Capitol when you're not supposed to be there.

I always offer a challenge to libs: I'll publicly call for the aggressive locating and prosecuting of January 6 rioters, if they will call for the same for 2020 BLM rioters. They almsot never take me up on it.