When I was watching the attack on the Capitol in real time, my initial thought was that the rioters had inside help. Based on the information available to us now, that appears to be a bit of an overstatement, but it is clear that at least a few of the security people were sympathetic to the rioters, and provided them with some level of assistance.
As I’ve noted many times over the past year or so, the scary thing about the far right is that: (a) its members number in the tens of millions; (b) a disproportionate number of them own guns and are willing to use them; and (c) they have infiltrated government (particularly law enforcement) at all levels. I predicted that (c) would create serious issues for the vote counting process after the election, but for the most part, that did not happen; the local elections officials, of both parties, gritted their teeth and did their job in the face of great adversity.
The realization of my fears was merely deferred–we’re facing it now. Buckle up.