Kate Woodsome of the Washington Post was on Morning Joe this morning on MSNBC. She had been at the Capitol attack reporting, and at one point rioters were screaming at her and surrounding her. It was scary. I don’t have video of the interview from this morning, but I have this one that includes when rioters first start threatening her. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LN_sJ-6K-_w
Joe characterized the rioters as “freaks” and she pushed back on that. She pushed back on characterizing all Trump supporters as being bad people. She also talked about allowing people to have an avenue to realize some of what they have been consuming through their media sources wasn’t true. I don’t remember her wording, but I felt she was relaying the same message I have been, to help people without trying to punish them. To clarify, the rioters who invaded the Capitol are not who we are talking about, they do need to be punished. She, and I, mean Trump supporters who have been duped.
She also talked about Trump capitalizing on the division that was already in the country, what I have been saying. Groups like Q and other entities did a lot of the work, Trump just saw an opportunity. Doesn’t make him less horrible, just saying if you think Trump is the main problem I’d say think again.
Lastly, in the video I linked she points out people now are more about hating the other political side than agreeing with their own. This is what I mean when I wrote people WANT to hate the other political side or anything said that counters their political opinions.