First Amendment
Diana Harshbarger, R-1st district U.S. representative, responded to the mayhem on Capitol Hill, reported by Robert Houk Johnson City Press Jan 7thâs edition.
I quote some of her remarks: âWe all have our Frst Amendment right to peacefully protest the certification of election results, and should exercise it when warranted. Violence like this is not acceptable.â
With all due respect to Congresswoman Harshbarger, this was not a protest but sedition, and the protesters were seditionists. Sedition is defined by âas words or speech that incites people to rebel against the government or governing authority. These seditionists not only used words or speech, but actually stormed the United States Capitol in an attempt to delay or prevent the constitutionally mandated electoral count.