Apparently, the Chief of Capitol Police has resigned, thus he admitted the failure of the police to handle the situation well.

How many people vs. how many security guards?

If you are greatly outnumbered it is unwise to make the situation worse by using force.

Additionally, force was used at one point, just ask the family of Ashli Babbit.

Lindsay Graham seems to be echoing your points on political careers of Democrats and the impeachment: https://youtu.be/qVP4FN8_BHE

Yes, it is important to remember that simply because they are the loudest christians, doesn’t mean they are all the christians. As the saying goes “The Moral Majority is neither.”

More specifically, White-Nationalist Evangelicals.

I think Republicans and Democrats have been working hard behind the scenes today to head off any chance of that happening. Pelosi has talked to the generals about preventing Trump from launching nukes — strange times indeed.

Impeachment would preclude a 2024 run, which is one of the reasons why the Democrats are pursuing it. They’d probably be better off politically if they don’t — Trump’s run for the 2024 nomination would throw the Republican Party into chaos — but it’s far better for the country if he’s barred from ever talking public office again.

Yes, I suspect that if Trump’s supporters had not committed their crimes, more US senators would have sided with Trump. But those crimes were committed, and committed by Trump’s people, and a number of senators came to their senses and respected the EC vote.

It makes me wonder if this vandalism never took place, would those Republican Senators vote the other way?

“I don’t believe Trump is responsible for violence. . .”

Are you kidding me? There are videos of him and his family and Mark Meadows watching TV coverage of the crowd march to the Capitol after Trump himself told them to march to the Capitol. That’s not even a dotted line between his words and the mob’s actions – it’s a bold, solid, deadly line. Wake up from your delusions, sir.