FOUR HOURS AT THE CAPITOL.

• Author: Sullum, Jacob
• Position: DOCUMENTARY

Eduardo Nicolas Alvear Gonzalez, the dude in flag pants who was famously recorded smoking pot in the Capitol Rotunda on January 6,2021, ended up pleading guilty to one nonviolent misdemeanor. In an HBO documentary about the Capitol riot, he explains that he became a Donald Trump supporter after learning that the president was battling a sinister cabal responsible for sexually enslaving 800,000 children a year.

Despite his wacky beliefs, Gonzalez counts as a voice of - reason compared to many of the other Trump followers we see and hear in Four Hours at the Capitol. He comes across as a joyful, wonderstruck tourist rather than an angry rioter. He even takes credit for helping to calm things down by sharing his stash with other demonstrators.

This "insurrection" included lots of peaceful trespassers like Gonzalez as well as vandals and thugs who destroyed property...