Capitol Building Re-Visited

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Capitol Building, before Trump's supporters invaded it on 6 January, 2021, to stop transfer of power to Joe Biden.  Photo Credit: online pic.

There are Americans who have never been to the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. the same as French citizens who have never been up the Tour Eiffel in Paris. Why not? Money. The Tour Eiffel is on every tourist’s things-to-do when they are in Paris. How about ordinary Parisienne, can they afford it? There are millions of poor people in France.

The Capitol Building is a bigger challenge for Americans because they live in 50 states. You are very far from it, if you live in Iowa, Colorado or Mississippi. However, the Capitol is a government building so, I assume you don’t pay to get in. I’ve never been there before, but it looks like it has expansive grounds, where kids can run around and families can sit down and have a light lunch.

“Which Capitol Building are you talking about, before or after?”

Before, obviously. I would imagine security quadrupled after 6 January 2021, when Donald Trump sent hordes to desecrate it and force congressmen and congresswomen to hide under desks. I don’t know what kind of security protocol has been instituted since that horrific day, but it’s time to go back and visit the building. It’s easy for schools, because they have a budget for educational trips.

Kids must have another image of the Capitol building, not just one of huge Trump flags, his supporters wrestling Capitol police to go inside and men scaling walls, like thieves in old Hollywood movies. Obviously, the visit is not possible for states very far from Washington D.C., but a plan must be made to send to the new Capitol as many American schoolkids as possible. Why? Because of the narrative, America the invincible.

“That is the end of the film class. The violence we saw in that country, will never happen here, in America.”

 It happened on 6 January, 2021, thanks to Donald Trump.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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