The defendants charged in the Capitol insurrection have something in common: a history of financial

[safeinOhio]

https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-riot-defendants-shared-history-of-financial-probelms-wapo-2021-2


"A new Washington Post analysis of court records and financial documents found that out of 125 defendants who had publicly available financial information, nearly 60% had filed for bankruptcy, had unpaid tax bills and other debts, been sued for unpaid debts, or faced losing their homes through eviction or foreclosure.

The Post also found that among that group, the bankruptcy rate was 18%, almost double the national average."

Victims just like tRump, must be the reason that are so mad.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. This is a weird angle. Most Americans are struggling financially in some way.

[LearnedHand]

4. There's a blistering article over on The Root about this very thing

The sheer white privilege-ness of the WaPo article makes my blood boil. Where were these sympathetic evaluations of the BLM protesters over the deaths of Black people at the hands of racist white cops???



https://www.theroot.com/thats-a-reach-washington-post-claims-financial-problem-1846242278

[RockRaven]

2. "Economic grievance" storyline strikes again!

Win or lose, that is the spin to justify white nationalists voting for Republican politicians.

[brewens]

3. Yet they are happy to pay higher taxes than they otherwise would to keep the wealthy happy.

Makes no sense.

[moondust]

5. How could they keep a job?

Very selective with facts.
Does not follow orders.
Disruptive; ignores workplace rules.
Self-centered, does not work well with others.
Undisciplined.

Military service can help correct some of these but some insurrectionists were active and former military--beyond help.

[tblue37]

6. That might not mean what it seems to mean, as these tweets explain:

Link to tweet

Michael Weiss
@michaeldweiss
The data also covers the last... twenty years. A recent college graduate in 2000 who got evicted from his shitty walkup apartment might be a hardware store owner or tech CEO in 2021. Also, tax defaulting is vice indulged by many well-off Americans.

Tom Nichols
@RadioFreeTom
It's not about poverty. It's about the blunted expectations of a middle-class that thinks the bills never come due and that bad choices are always the fault of some shadowy cabal somewhere. These are not poor people.