Professor Drops Nuke on Jan 6 Insurrection Narrative: They Don't Look Like Trump Supporters

The first is a fairly straightforward academic paper, "American Face of Insurrection," by University of Chicago Political Science Professor Robert A. Pape, saying those breaching the Capitol January 6 were not crazy right-wing kooks, but were closer to the mainstream.

The second is an article, "The January 6 Insurrectionists Aren't Who You Think They Are," in Foreign Policy by Pape that says, given the mainstream dimension of those involved at the Capitol, the insurrectionist next door is working with the Republican Party to "Rationalize political violence in the future," as in the upcoming midterm elections.

While all arrested were Trump activists, there was hardly a baby boomer to be found - only 15 percent were over age 55, compared to 49 percent between ages 35 to 54 and 36 percent under age 35, Pape said.

He does note that there were no arrests of members of antifa and says nothing about BLM. While the general narrative is that those arrested January 6 came from the reddest states, that's not true, according to Pape.

In the Foreign Policy article published, of course, on the first anniversary of the January 6 incursion, Pape reiterates that the old way of thinking about right-wing extremists no longer applies.

"Besides his paper on January 6, Pape cited research from the University of Chicago's Project on Security and Threats, conducted last summer and fall, that estimated millions of Americans believed Joe Biden was not a legitimate president and that"the use of force to restore Donald Trump to the presidency is justified.

Professor Pape is paving the way, preparing us for the insurrectionists at the local precinct.

https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/professor-drops-nuke-jan-6-insurrection-narrative-dont-look-like-trump-supporters