Good evening, 150 days since the worst single act of political violence since the Civil War

and the man who incited it is crying about being kept off social media.

Now, before we get to that, there was a reminder today of why Facebook just told him he's

not welcome on the platform until at least January of 2023.

The Justice Department came out with updated figures on cases connected to the insurrection.

Approximately 465 defendants now from all 50 states, or than 130 defendants charged with

assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers or employees.

More than 40 charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily

injury to an officer.

Again, 40 people charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon.

Now, keep that in mind as you listen to Senator Ron Johnson say this.

This didn't seem as like an armed insurrection to me.

Now, he may say he was talking about firearms, but if he was, he also knows he was being

too cute by half.

Because he's always known this about a video of an officer being beaten to within inches

of his life by a flagpole that was used as a weapon.

Or the images of people carrying baseball bats.

He also might have heard a Capitol police sergeant last night on CNN tell the story of how

his hand was sliced open, who was soaked with chemical spray and who endured hand-to-hand

combat.

So intense, he says there were moments he thought he might die.

That sergeant also drew a straight line between the former president's social media

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