Trump’s barbarians at the gates

Published January 7, 2021 12:50am ET



CAPITOL HILL — When you live or work on Capitol Hill, you never tire of seeing the building. I remember passing it hundreds of nights in my 20s. I was on the east parking lot on Sept. 11 when I heard from a Capitol staffer about the World Trade Center attacks. I witnessed inaugurations, States of the Union, and all-night filibusters in or at that building.

From now on, though, my memory of the Capitol will be of a mob storming the building, smashing windows, assaulting police, all in the name of President Trump.

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