January 6, 2021 10:33 a.m.
As thousands of raging Trumpers descended on the nation’s capital Tuesday night, a preview for the main pro-Trump attraction on Wednesday, the mood was insurgent.
“The Second Amendment was made, it was written in the Bill of Rights, for times… like… these!” the gun rights activist Jan Morgan yelled into a microphone at Freedom Plaza, one of a number of speakers to nod toward violent revolt if they didn’t get their way.
Trump’s official designation as a one-term president was just hours away: Wednesday’s main event, following a speech by the Big Man himself outside the White House, will rally against the certification of the electoral college vote at the Capitol Building.