Here's a thought. Let's base our view on whether 1/6 was an "insurrection" on whether those arrested are charged with insurrection.

Eleven indicted for seditious conspiracy over January 6 attack, including Oath Keepers founder

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Here's a thought. Let's base our view on whether 1/6 was an "insurrection" on whether those arrested are charged with insurrection. So far, none has been. https://t.co/szsAGU3bz0

That’s a common sentiment among January 6 apologists. If it was an “insurrection” against the incoming government, why do so many of the charges involve penny-ante crimes like trespassing? A true insurrection would presumably warrant sedition charges, no?

The sedition charges are here. Eleven members of the Oath Keepers, including founder Stewart Rhodes, have been indicted for seditious conspiracy:

DOJ says it's charged almost a dozen people, including the leader of the Oath Keepers, with seditious conspiracy re: the January 6 attack on Congress pic.twitter.com/vKTElvdfjb

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

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