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Mark Theissen writes in the Washington Post about the heroic efforts of the Capitol Police during the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol and calls on President Biden to apologize for maligning them.

Left-wing protests and riots created chaos in the lead-up to Election Day 2020. Below are 74 incidents of violent protests, riots, intimidation, and acts of anarchy carried out by leftists.

Protesters invaded the lobby of a Seattle television news station to object to the reporting of people arrested in riots. Police intervened and made arrests on the scene.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) finally, and explicitly, condemned violent rioters after months of violent protests in Democrat-controlled cities across the nation, stating that Democrats “support” and “participate” in “peaceful demonstrations.”

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) reprimanded the Portland Police Bureau for publicly defending the use of tear gas, calling it a “serious breach of protocol and an inappropriate use of City communications resources.”

The president of Lancaster’s Franklin & Marshall College, Barbara Altmann, promoted a GoFundMe raising money for a student and sorority girl who was one of 13 arrested as a result of the riots in Lancaster Sunday night into Monday morning.

A Pennsylvania judge set the bail at $1 million each for several protesters who were allegedly rioting in the wake of the police shooting of a knife-wielding man from Lancaster.

Eight people were arrested on Friday when a group of 150 rioters smashed windows and vandalized the storefronts of lower Manhattan banks and chain stores in New York City, police said.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced legislation on Friday that would make people who were arrested for rioting ineligible for federal benefits.

Violent riots continued overnight in Portland, Oregon, where rioters targeted the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building.

A protester in Provo, Utah, allegedly shot the driver of a Ford SUV Monday night, then hid his gun and continued protesting. 

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (D) on Friday declared racism a “public health crisis” in the city and, as a result, announced the reallocation of millions of dollars from the police department’s overtime budget to various community programs.

A recent report from Politico states that local law enforcement and federal agencies have begun using Facebook and other social media sites to track alleged looters and rioters.

More than 400 looters arrested in New York City, New York, riots this week will be immediately freed from jail thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D-NY) “bail reform” policy that eliminated bail for many nonviolent and violent crimes. 

A woman identified as Dianne Binns, past president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), blasted rioters who looted a Target store Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota.