https://nationalfile.com/no-riot-what-national-file-reporter-a-j-cooke-experienced-first-hand-while-covering-the-capitol-protest/READ MORE: Ashli Babbit, Peaceful Protester Executed by DC Police
For those who have never been to a Trump rally, they are nearly all the same: they’re parties for patriotic baby-boomers. It was a wholesome MAGA-themed version of Woodstock with less drugs (though the unmistakable scent of marijuana hung in the air at a few points).
The “siege” of the Capitol Building was about as “dangerous” as the occupation of Hamilton Hall by SDS activists during the 1968 Columbia University protests.
Trump rallies are uniformly safe, inoffensive and tame. The only point where they ever become dangerous is when leftists show up to assault peaceful demonstrators.
Wednesday’s rally was no different, though it was relatively disorganized. Legions of Trump supporters were scattered around Downtown D.C.
I spent hours recording cheesy man-on-the-street interviews with Gianna Guenther, National File’s newest cub reporter. It was the standard workaday grind of journalistic work and, honestly, even a little boring.
