Judges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear more political violence as Election Day nears

Lenient sentences send the message that political violence is a low-risk activity, at least if you're fashy enough.

I'm just gonna throw this out there, but at a ground level, the right isn't remotely as organized as they were in 2020. There had been a lead up to J6 in the form of other rightwing events and marches inDC that set the framework for J6. There had been right wing counter protests of BLM for all of 2020.

Obv we shouldn't dismiss anything but the level of motivation for people to show up is far lower. If there was a legitimate Palestine peace movement right now that gave some things for rwingers to organize against, maybe.

But there is just not the numbers of people in the streets to pull a J6 rn.

They're afraid of being violently attacked by people who voted democrat and people who voted republican equally???