Insurrection Inauguration? The Democrats Created Them.

Hundreds of violent communists, known as Antifa, terrorize residents and business owners in Washington D.C. during the 2017 presidential inauguration.

Hundreds of violent communists, known as Antifa, terrorize residents and business owners in Washington D.C. during the 2017 presidential inauguration.

During the Inaugurations of 2005 and 2017 the Leftist Democrat paramilitary turned DC into a war zone making a mockery of our Republic’s most hallowed event - the peaceful transition of power.

The Democratic Party’s Inauguration Insurrections of 2005 and 2017 were a disgrace. I know I was there. The Leftist Democrats paramilitary turned DC into a war zone making a mockery of our Republic’s most sacred event - the peaceful transition of power from one presidential administration to the other.

This angst about the Biden Inauguration (tomorrow as I write this) is nothing but hyperbole. Nothing could be worse than the Leftist Democratic Party insurrections staged then. 

The Trump 2017 Inauguration was by far the worst ever. Leftist Democrat Insurrectionists, led by the Democratic Party paramilitary Antifa, laid siege to Capitol Hill that day. Washington DC was left in ruins.

The Democrats began in the morning by trying to prevent people from attending the Inauguration ceremonies. I had to pass through phalanxes of police in riot gear and follow a specific path just to stand outside the Capitol Building to listen to President Trump and try to get a glimpse of him. 

The Democrat Insurrectionists banged drums and cymbals, honked air horns, rang cowbells, and chanted throughout the entire ceremony. (One occurrence that was rather amusing that day was when President Trump was officially sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. It had been cloudy all day. But at the precise moment Donald Trump was sworn in, the sun emerged from behind the clouds and cast its light on the ceremonies.) 

After the ceremonies, I was part of a swarm of people walking from the Capitol to find my ticketed section in the stands for the parade. I was supposed to merely walk through a metal detector and find my seat. But that did not happen. The Democrat Insurrectionists had other plans.

Going through a metal detector to sit in parade stands was bad enough. But the Democrat Insurrectionist thugs blocked some of the entrances to the parade stands. Police stood by, not doing anything to arrest the insurrectionists or facilitate parade attendees’ entrance. 

Once inside the parade stands insurrectionists who managed to get through ‘security’ yelled obscenities, held obscene signs, and provoked Trump supporters. Law enforcement did nothing.

Meanwhile, the black-clad and masked paramilitary arm of the Democratic Party, Antifa, wearing backpacks and riding on bicycles, wandered through DC wreaking havoc. The Democratic Party militia insurrectionists burned, destroyed buildings, assaulted police, and looted. They turned Washington DC into a War Zone during our Republic’s most important rite. 

Finally, at night, as I caught a cab to attend the Presidential Inaugural Gala at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, I was told I needed to walk about five blocks to the entrance. This was, once again, because of the Democratic Party Insurrectionists who were doing everything they could to disrupt this celebration of the American tradition of a peaceful transition of power after an election.

Walking about half a mile on a cold January night, in a light drizzle, wearing only a tuxedo was not a lot of fun. But the fun did not end there. Once arriving at the Convention Center, I was made to wait in a one-hour rope line. Once again, thanks to the Democratic Party Insurrectionists.

But these were paltry inconveniences. The real disgrace was the havoc and destruction caused by the insurrectionists who were incited by the Democratic Party’s invective about the election of Donald Trump. This invective was the culmination of Democratic Party hate-speech that began after the 1994 elections when Republicans became the majority party in the Congress for the first time in 40 years. The Democrats’ bitterness has never waned.

The 2005 Inauguration of President George W. Bush was better by comparison. Because this was the first presidential inauguration since 9-11 security was of primary importance. Even then there were only about 6,000 troops, not the mega-amount ordered now by the Democratic Party Triumvirate of Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer. Theirs is more a show of power than of security.

But the 2005 Inauguration was still an outrage as Democrat Insurrectionists disrupted the events. As they would do 12 years later at President Trump’s Inauguration, they stood outside the Capitol ceremonies banging drums and cymbals, honking air horns, ringing cowbells, and chanting during the proceedings. They wanted to prevent the peaceful transition of power.

After leaving those ceremonies it was necessary to follow a circuitous route to gain entrance to the parade stands along Pennsylvania Avenue. The government had cordoned off a zone around the route. So there were only certain entrances available and then one needed to go through two searches, not just one.

Once inside I was herded into a fenced-off area containing bleachers. Just as would happen in 2017 Democrat Insurrectionists infiltrated the crowd and I recall one throwing an egg at the limousine carrying President Bush.

Once again, the police did nothing.

Entrance to the gala at the Washington Hilton was fairly smooth. I was lodged across the street at the Churchill Hotel. But a line of police wearing riot gear was the partygoers and the Democrat Insurrectionist mob that formed about a quarter-mile away was necessary. 

After experiencing the Democratic Party’s Inauguration Insurrections of both the 2005 Inauguration of GW Bush and the 2017 Inauguration of Donald Trump, I have little concern about any disruption of the Biden Inauguration. 

Democratic Party Insurrectionist mobs disrupted the 2005 and 2017 Republican Presidential Inaugurations. Simply put, Democrats tried to prevent the hallmark of America’s republic that is as old as the republic itself - the peaceful transfer of power during a Presidential Inauguration. The idea that security for the Biden Inauguration is unprecedented is laughable. 

Democrats are just getting a taste of their own medicine - and they do not like it very much.

Michael P. Tremoglie

Michael P. Tremoglie is a former Philadelphia police officer, journalist, writer, and author. He has written for newspapers in the United States and Italy - and a contributor to the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Insight magazine, Giornale di Sicilia, and the Washington Times.

He was an investigative journalist for the Philadelphia Bulletin whose pieces gained national and international recognition.

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