My God. This is the historic Episcopal church across Lafayette Park from the White House. Every US president since James Madison has worshipped there. The mob is burning it down.

How much more of this are we supposed to take? They’re now destroying our history, our heritage. And the authorities are showing themselves powerless to stop it.

UPDATE: Thank God firefighters extinguished the blaze. Meanwhile, across the street:

The guardhouse at the White House has been set on fire. The police rushes forward and gassed the crowd. pic.twitter.com/Hi9XcSbpiJ

— Eric Angelo (@MrEricAngelo) June 1, 2020

Don’t worry, I hear that the president is about to reveal some important news on the Joe Scarborough case.

UPDATE.2:

The nation’s capital is legitimately on fire in every direction. This is unreal. pic.twitter.com/hXNJ0LticL

— Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) June 1, 2020

My TAC colleague writes:

the nihilism of the “riots are good for Trump” crowd is, first — incorrect — but second, why would you want a chief executive of the most powerful empire in history who can’t quell a riot in front of his house?

— curtmills (@CurtMills) June 1, 2020

UPDATE.3:

Look at this: a credentialed Egyptologist idiot is telling people how to pull down the Washington monument.

PSA For ANYONE who might be interested in how to pull down an obelisk* safely from an Egyptologist who never ever in a million years thought this advice might come in handy

*might be masquerading as a racist monument I dunno

— Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 1, 2020

The elites in this country are such bloody idiots.

UPDATE.4: People are pointing out that the Egyptologist was not talking about tearing down the Washington monument, but a similar obelisk erected as a tribute to the Confederacy. That’s a significant difference. Still, the mob has no right to decide on its own which statues are going to remain. If you believe a society built on raw force is going to be just, you are a fool.