What a long, strange grift it has been.
After more than 900 days on a dead-end street next to a cemetery, the so-called Freedom Corner vigil came to an end. This nightly insurrectionist meetup had provided thousands of hours of entertainment to trolls and fans alike.
With the Trump pardons of J6 rioters, Freedom Corner is no longer necessary. They won.
The doors of Arkham Asylum have been flung open and now these violent men are back home in their communities – or wandering the halls of the Capitol – to terrorize people on behalf of Dear Leader.
Amanda Moore in The Nation wrote about the horror as prisoners celebrated with the J6 insurrectionist fan club, including Nazis and white supremacists. These people are your government now.
Freedom Corner vowed to leave no man behind. In fact, they left several men behind. A handful of these “good men” are being held on other charges like child sexual abuse.
This didn’t matter to Freedom Corner. They were ready to declare victory, have one final dance party and go home. Rioters gyrated on the corner outside the jail, grooving with the “old ladies” (their words) that had advocated for their freedom.
And it wouldn’t be Freedom Corner with one last blast of misinformation, as they claimed that Mayor Bowser delayed the release of prisoners (wrong), that their vigil was the second-longest in history (wrong) and that the corner was on Google Maps (hilariously wrong).
And if you ever wondered which side the police were on, MPD Sgt. Jackson got chummy as he posed for photos with Micki Witthoeft. She’s the mother of Ashli Babbitt and wants to see Nancy Pelosi and Capitol Police Officer Michael Byrd swing from the neck until dead.
