Rioters Become Guests of Honor at Trump's Ceremony
Four years ago, Will Pope was arrested by the FBI's terrorist group and charged with civil disorder and trespassing after storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He has still not received his sentence but lost his job and friends as a result of the charges.
On Monday, Pope is back on Capitol Hill but now as a guest of honor during the inauguration of the new US President Donald Trump, along with several others who participated in the riots.
- I would say the last three months of my life have been pretty good, he tells The Telegraph.
So far, 1,270 people have been convicted of involvement in the storming. Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon rioters.
- I will act very quickly. The first day, Trump said in December.
Resistance to Trump is Changing Shape: “Very Different”
The protests during Donald Trump's inauguration are expected to be smaller than during the 2017 ceremony when the Women's March on Washington gathered over a million people. The Washington Post reports.
This year, one of the initiators of the march, Melinda Moulton, plans to ski and meditate instead of protesting Trump's policies. She believes that supporting organizations like Planned Parenthood, which advocates for abortion rights, is more effective than demonstrations.
"People will get involved because it will derail so much that they will be forced to act," Moulton says.
University professor and author Dana Fisher does not believe that the decreased interest in demonstrations can be interpreted as a decrease in resistance to Trump.
"Resistance will rise again, but it will look very different," she says.
Four years ago, Will Pope was arrested by the FBI's terrorist group and charged with civil disorder and trespassing after storming the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He has still not received his sentence but lost his job and friends as a result of the charges.
On Monday, Pope is back on Capitol Hill but now as a guest of honor during the inauguration of the new US President Donald Trump, along with several others who participated in the riots.
- I would say the last three months of my life have been pretty good, he tells The Telegraph.
So far, 1,270 people have been convicted of involvement in the storming. Trump has repeatedly promised to pardon rioters.
- I will act very quickly. The first day, Trump said in December.
Resistance to Trump is Changing Shape: “Very Different”
The protests during Donald Trump's inauguration are expected to be smaller than during the 2017 ceremony when the Women's March on Washington gathered over a million people. The Washington Post reports.
This year, one of the initiators of the march, Melinda Moulton, plans to ski and meditate instead of protesting Trump's policies. She believes that supporting organizations like Planned Parenthood, which advocates for abortion rights, is more effective than demonstrations.
"People will get involved because it will derail so much that they will be forced to act," Moulton says.
University professor and author Dana Fisher does not believe that the decreased interest in demonstrations can be interpreted as a decrease in resistance to Trump.
"Resistance will rise again, but it will look very different," she says.
Italy's Meloni to attend Trump's inauguration
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend Donald Trump's presidential inauguration on Monday, her office announced. Meloni visited Trump last fall and was called a "fantastic woman" by the president-elect.
Meloni, who has positioned herself as the closest European leader to Donald Trump, is expected to be the only one from Europe's mainstream to attend the inauguration, Reuters reports.
Argentina's President Javier Milei is also expected to attend, while Hungary's Viktor Orbán and China's Xi Jinping have declined but said they will send representatives.
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