![]() ![]() Maybe they’ll find that instead of a riot, what happened on Januwas essentially a “coup” led by forces loyal to an ex-president who lost the election in November 2020.īut it wasn’t the likes of Lazo who were in charge. If all those subpoenaed by the bipartisan committee in Congress investigating the matter comply, we might yet uncover the truth behind that day. ![]() 6th insurrectionists couldn’t carry a Filipino insurrectionist’s jock strap. It was so significant the revolt became the Philippine American War.īy that standard, the Jan. Leave the word to describe the Filipinos, who after the Spanish American war stood up to the American imperialists and established a new Philippine republic, said to be the first democracy in Asia. 6 rioters were, at the very least, part of an anti-democracy movement.īut I prefer to leave the term “Insurrectionist” for the history most people don’t even know. “Insurrectionists” may be the legal term for people intent on revolt against the established government, in this case our democracy. Insurrectionists are ready to lead, not steal souvenirs off Pelosi’s desk. Insurrectionists are serious people, not armed lunatics motivated by selfies and lured by mayhem and the sound of broken glass. In my book, insurrectionists take down authoritarians like Trump in the name of democracy. The media want to call the perps “insurrectionists,” but I prefer to call them what they are: Lawless, unprincipled rioters. 6 burst like democracy’s pimple, I’m not worried about the folks like Lazo, though I think to call him an “insurrectionist” is a waste of syllables. ![]() The ones too smart to be there.Ī year after Jan. There are still others yet to be caught in the balance of an estimated 2,500 people who were at the Capitol.Īnd then there are the big fish. Another 225 have been charged with attacking or interfering with police. Only about 275 have been charged with the heavy political charge of obstructing Congress’ attempt to certify the election. Like many of the more than 700 arrests that day, he’s been tagged for relatively minor crimes. Lazo has pleaded not guilty and is free while he awaits his day in court. Hunted down by the FBI and arrested last May, Lazo was charged with four federal crimes connected to disorderly and disruptive conduct, trespass, and demonstrating in a Capitol building. America-like shield that bore the words, “Extremist groups=coup,” “mail-in fraud=coup,” and “pandemic hoax=coup.” He was masked and virus conscious. 6 at the Capitol was his social media moment, as he selfied his image for all the world to see. Uh, except no one voted for Lazo to represent us.īut for Lazo, Jan. 6.Īsian Americans were not exactly wallflowers at this party.įor Kene Brian Lazo of Norfolk, Virginia, holding up the broom was a source of pride as he wrote on Facebook about how he would “be the only 1 (sic) with a boi boi representing Asians.” Known as a “boi-boi” or a “Walis Tambo,” the handmade tool made for sweeping was a tell-tale sign on Jan. The world is still absorbing the shocking scenes from a country fiercely proud of its democratic traditions, as Trump supporters rampaged through the halls and clashed with police, sending lawmakers running for cover in barricaded rooms and leading to five deaths, including an officer.īut repeated examples of symbols linked to countries around Southeast Asia used by some members of the pro-Trump riot were a source of shame and anger, and not a little confusion, among observers.The masked man in the Capitol Rotunda wore an American flag cape and waved a Filipino broom. Facebook has suspended his account and Twitter briefly did the same. The mob was trying to prevent lawmakers from certifying the election results that declared Democratic challenger and President-elect Joe Biden the winner following President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud and inflammatory rhetoric on social media. ![]() They also poked fun at the man, whose identity is unknown, even as some social media sleuths claimed to have located his hometown in a northern Philippine province. Netizens from the Southeast Asian country picked up on the unexpected pairing of a typical household broom sold across the country with one of the darkest days in modern American politics. “Walis tambo” is an iconic Filipino item that sometimes displays the place where it was made on the handle. ![]()
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