The guest writer of this opinion piece is Kevin Baron, assistant professor of political science and public management at APSU. His research interests are the American presidency, congress, legislative development and the policy making process, political power, institutional reforms and the Freedom of Information Act.
The difficulty in assessing the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 that left at least five people dead is that there are so many factors that fed into the incident. The spectacle of violence is one that right-wing extremists have grounded their view of politics and society within. As historian Suzanne Schneider recently reminded us, “far-right movements fetishize violence as the premier form of civic participation.” The bigger question that remains unanswered is where do we go from here?
Knoxville News Sentinel
After the glass was swept from the floor and the furniture that had been used to bar the doors against rioters at the U.S. Capitol was put back in its place, Congress certified the results of the presidential election in the early hours Thursday.
At the end of the historic and unnerving day, Joe Biden was still president-elect, one step closer to the Oval Office after winning the American presidency in November by a resounding margin of 7 million popular and 74 Electoral College votes.
An expected wave of challenges to some of the Electoral College votes by Tennessee s Republican lawmakers never materialized after the energy was sucked from the movement by the shock of the rioters descending on the Capitol with President Trump s encouragement in a move designed to overturn the election s results.
Knoxville News Sentinel
After the glass was swept from the floor and the furniture that had been used to bar the doors against rioters at the U.S. Capitol was put back in its place, Congress certified the results of the presidential election in the early hours Thursday.
At the end of the historic and unnerving day, Joe Biden was still president-elect, one step closer to the Oval Office after winning the American presidency in November by a resounding margin of 7 million popular and 74 Electoral College votes.
An expected wave of challenges to some of the Electoral College votes by Tennessee s Republican lawmakers never materialized after the energy was sucked from the movement by the shock of the rioters descending on the Capitol with President Trump s encouragement in a move designed to overturn the election s results.