People wondering if yesterday will be a moment of conscience for diehard Trumpists. A few might hide their MAGA hats, but the cult already has its alternate reality replete with antifa infiltrators and psy-op campaigns. The lie is water. It finds the path of least resistance.

Here’s the thing. All of this is about malleability. Trumpists will deny the worst parts of yesterday and project them on boogeymen, but will use the victory of having shown force and overtaken the Capitol for recruitment and mobilization.

Honestly, an apt comparison is the OKC Bombing, a massive tragedy that was birthed by a domestic terrorism movement. Rhetoric softened for a media cycle and meanwhile the movement continued on, unabated, while it grew and grew and grew.

We have an ongoing fascistic movement in this country. Yesterday can either be the moment we realize it and neutralize it or it’s just one more step on a much, much longer and more tragic march. Those are the stakes.