Is that the video where it appears she's rubbing an onion into her eye?

Anyway, for another example of "they also didn't seem to understand it was serious," the quote from the feet-up-on-the-desk guy:

> "I'll probably be telling them this is what happened all the way to the D.C. jail," Mr. Barnett said.

He's glib about it the same way you might be about spending a night in the drunk tank after getting a little too crazy at Mardi Gras.

I have no interest in defending this woman. However, it appears that onions are a home remedy for being tear gassed or experiencing other chemical irritants.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elizabeth-knoxville-onion-...

Oh that's interesting, and presumably means that someone went to the effort of bringing them along in preparation.

It does kinda look like an onion in the first few frames there. Very odd.

They think Law Enforcement and the military are on their side and that this protects them from consequences.

And they think this because of the Q conspiracy, which describes an enforcement agency inside the regular one under secret control by agents against the "Deep State."

Reality comes at you fast.

Oh you must mean [the one holding the onion in her towel?](https://youtu.be/vcaJFGQHdnA)

Now you mention it, it does look like that!

WTF...

As someone else commented, this is apparently a known mitigation for diy tear gas/pepper spray relief.

Yup. Here's an interesting article listing a bunch of things that assorted groups have used for this [1].

It's not clear that you should bring such a mitigation with you, though, as that might help make the case that what you were doing that got you gassed was premeditated, which can up the seriousness of what you might be charged with and the potential penalties.

[1] https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/tear-gas-guide/

Who knew revolution might have consequences???

To be fair, rioters and protestors (left and right) have stormed several state legislatures, federal builds, and razed many buildings this past year, with a lot of the country saying it was justified.

People are more shocked about the *reason* they stormed the Capitol than the violence. If women in pink hats stormed the Capitol during the Kavanaugh confirmation vote (well they did, but not in enough numbers to overwhelm security), the parties would be having polar opposite reactions. GOP saying it was a coup and democrats saying it was justified outrage.

These people don't realize they were pawns in Trump's bad faith attempt to steal the election. They believe they are doing the right thing. *That doesn't justify their actions, but it explains their actions.*