Many Trump supporters I spoke with before the election said there would be violence after the election, and now here we are. I missed last Wednesday’s insurrection, but my friend photo-journalist Alan Chin was there. So I called him.
You may remember Alan from a previous episode. I met him in 2001 in Afghanistan. We worked together there and he went on to cover the war in Iraq. He’s covered a lot of war zones. His photos are published in the New York Times and Newsweek. I’ve always been amazed by his spot-on verbal descriptions and accounts, his command of history, and his confidence in the role of photo-journalism.
This is a very good report of what it was like at the U.S. Capitol last week.
All photos by Alan Chin.
Trump in Dalton, Gerogia, January 4th, 2021, railing against fictitious election fraud and ostensibly supporting Kelly Loeffler’s Senate campaign.
At the Trump rally in Dalton Georgia, January 4th, 2021.
West Portico of the U.S. Capitol, January 6th, 2021.
West Portico of the U.S. Capitol, January 6th, 2021.
West Portico of the U.S. Capitol, January 6th, 2021.
West Portico of the U.S. Capitol, January 6th, 2021.
Virginia State Police using tear gas to clear the West Portico of the U.S. Capitol, January 6th, 2021.