Who Ordered The Stand-down??

 For many people, the most shocking element of the storming of the capitol was that it was essentially allowed to happen: from the light security-force presence on the ground to the late arrival of militarized back-up for storming the most powerful nation's seat of legislative power was accomplished by, basically, LARPing MAGAs.

Some people see a conspiracy! It comes in several flavors.

1. It Was Antifa! Perhaps the stupidest one is that the people who stormed the capitol were bussed in Antifa done to make MAGA look bad. Never mind that the people photographed were all MAGAs or even more extreme groups. Never mind that the president basically called for this from his supporters.
2. They LET Us In--We Were Peaceful! This is purely denial. It's true that overwhelmed security forces did back down from opening fire and moved aside. It went further than that though: some of the Capitol Security gave the rioters directions or took selfies with them. They were not peaceful. The Capitol was trashed. Human feces was smeared on walls. Items were stolen. Secure areas were breached and from an IT perspective, although it is unlikely that there were intrusions, a complete, deep security audit will be necessary. 
3. The Police Were COMPLIANT With The Trump Coup! This is how it looks to our allies. They saw a force loyal to the would-be strongman come to Washington and then  enter the Congress in an attempt to change a free and fair election to keep their dictator in power. They figured: the security laps HAS to be intentional. It has to be in league with the president.
4. It Was A Set Up!! Given how badly this turned out for MAGA-world, it isn't surprising that this is considered. They can admit it was MAGA guys. They can see that the forces stood down and let them in--and then shot a girl to make sure there was a body count . . . it HAD TO BE A TRAP!

Okay--So What Happened?

You can listen to the New York Time's podcast The Daily for a good rundown. The short-form is: (a) after the heavy use of militarized cops in the summer (BLM) none of the security forces including the Mayor of Washington wanted to do that again. POTUS not mobilizing the guard in any significant way meant that although there were some units on standby (and doing far out traffic control) they did not have the orders or organization to move quickly to take the building. 

We do know that there was resistance from the Capitol Police but that, overwhelmed, they basically, finally, stood aside. One of them got killed. About 50 were injured.

However, The Outcome Was Better Than A Slaughter On The Capitol Steps

Let's be clear about something: we have seen clear and plentiful evidence captured on video that there were very violent extremists in the mix with more LARPy MAGAs. If the crowd had caught the wrong Senator? They'd be in serious danger of dying. It was, in fact, pretty close: the woman who was killed was outside the door of a room with non-evacuated Senators and if they'd broken through before the guys could get out of there?

We'd have had American Congressmen killed or wounded at the hands of the mob.

But that, thankfully, didn't happen. What happened was a deep humiliation for the MAGA movement. The Omnivore understands fully that it was mostly White Privilege that allowed them to take selfies with police and get seen as "noisy kids" rather than bestial barbarians. That perspective as much as anything explains their easy entry.

Maybe, because of the LARPish nature of the event, people in charge of security (who are now wholesale being told to resign) didn't think they'd, you know, actually do it. Maybe if the president hadn't told them to, they wouldn't have.

But whatever the case, we got to see our nation's Capitol trashed by the Make America Great Again Trump crowd and nothing The Omnivore can think of could be more exposing with the relatively low body count.

People say you can't kill an idea--but you can: the weapon is just that: humiliation. When an idea becomes associated with humiliated losers it's done. It's over. MAGA isn't, maybe, there yet but this is the best push in that direction yet.