The Capitol riot was an expression of violent male rage.

 

 

"Among the insurrectionist mob that attempted an overthrow of the U.S. government on Wednesday was Richard “Bigo” Barnett, a 60-year-old Donald Trump supporter who’d traveled to D.C. from Arkansas for the rally-turned-riot. He soon became one of the attack’s most recognizable faces: After the rioters broke windows, beat down doors, and assaulted law enforcement officers to get into the Capitol, Barnett installed himself behind a desk in the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi. There, he rested his foot on the desk and gleefully posed for photos.

What else did Barnett do during the Capitol siege? “I wrote [Pelosi] a nasty note”—“Nancy, Bigo was here you bitch,” the note said—“and scratched my balls,” he told a New York Times reporter.

The line between sedition and gender-based violence blurred as men targeted Pelosi for what some intended to be a fatal assault. Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr., a man who drove to D.C. from Colorado with multiple firearms, sent a text on Wednesday that read, “headed to DC with a shit ton of 5.56 armor piercing ammo.” On Thursday, he texted, “Thinking about heading over to Pelosi CUNT’s speech and putting a bullet in her noggin on Live TV,” and, later, “I’m gonna run that CUNT Pelosi over while she chews on her gums. … Dead Bitch Walking.”"

read article by Christina Cauterucci​ 

The Capitol riot was an expression of violent male rage.