Instead there was clothing that transgressed the conventions of the social style contract just as the president’s accusations transgressed political convention. Yet these choices also helped feed the frenzy of the event, as the pageantry of aggression turned actual.įorget the white trouser suits and pink pussy hats of dissents past they were positively quotidian in comparison. It may seem entirely irrelevant to the unprecedented nature of the moment. What rioters wore when they stormed the United States Capitol, pushing past the Capitol police and rampaging into the building, may seem the least of the matter.
They came Wednesday morning first for the pro-Trump rally outside the White House, to show their fanatic belief in the spurious “Stop the Steal” movement on the day Congress had convened to certify the Electoral College results and recognize Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election, and they turned into a mob. They came in all sorts of camouflage, in animal pelts and flak jackets, in tactical gear and even a sphagnum-covered ghillie suit. One man came as a patriotic duck another as a bald eagle another as a cross between a knight-errant and Captain America another as Abraham Lincoln. They came in red, white and blue face paint and star-spangled superhero outfits, in flag capes (American, yes, but also Confederate and Trumpian) and flag jackets and Trump bobble hats.
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