On Wednesday, January 6, as the U.S. House and Senate held a joint session to confirm the president, millions of voters from every state participated in a peaceful rally in Washington, D.C., calling for “Stop the Steal” and “Save the Republic,” many of them of Chinese descent. Upon their return from Washington, D.C., they shared their experiences of participating in the rally.
On January 6, Huang Yan (first from left) posed for a group photo in front of the Capitol Hill guardian of America. (Courtesy of Huang Yan)
Jin Xiuhong, a former reporter for Beijing Weekly, lost her job due to her involvement in the June 4 Movement in 1989, and has been involved in overseas pro-democracy activities since her stay in the U.S. She worked as a poll watcher during George W. Bush’s presidential campaign in 2000. She said the voting system is notoriously insecure, and there have been election lawsuits in Washington state because the voting machine process is highly classified and unchecked, but it is not owned by the government, making it vulnerable to security breaches.
Jin Xiuhong, who left Seattle on Monday the 4th and arrived in Washington in the early morning of Tuesday the 5th, said, “Our main purpose is to oppose the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of the United States and to defend against its unprovoked provocations. For more than 40 years, the Chinese Communist Party has been doing everything from economic, cultural and even religious aspects to propagate infiltration overseas,” she said.
On January 6, Kim Soo Hong and friends participated in a rally in front of the Capitol Hill holding a banner that reads “The Chinese Communist Party is the root of all evil. (Courtesy of Jin Xiuhong)
On January 6, Jin Xiuhong and her friends held a banner saying “Support Sichuan and destroy the Communist Party” at a rally in front of the Capitol Hill. (Courtesy of Kim Soo Hong)
At 8:00 a.m. on January 6, Kim and her friends arrived at the Capitol Hill. She found the lawn across from the White House was already crowded with people who supported Trump and opposed election fraud, gathering from all directions, everyone’s emotions were high and the scene was peaceful, with no violence at all. There were also friends who had champagne ready to celebrate, but no one expected the situation to take a sharp turn in the afternoon, when demonstrators broke into the parliament and police clashed with people, and things went out of control.
Kim Soo Hong believes that the Americans participating in this rally are not only to support Trump, but more importantly to defend the U.S. Constitution, she said, “We want to guard America, to protect the right to vote for citizens, and we all came with full of enthusiasm. The mainstream media and public opinion ignored the election fraud, ignored witness statements and related evidence, which surprised Jin Xiuhong, and even recalled the feeling of being at the mercy and control of the Chinese Communist Party in China.
Jin said she was waiting in line for a bathroom far away when the clash occurred, because many public restrooms were not open in Washington, D.C., because restaurants were forced to close due to the epidemic these days. It took an hour or two to find a mobile restroom.
I heard people in line say that the news reports (in the mainstream media) called us rioters with weapons, but we were all unarmed and at most carrying pro-Trump and American flags. She sees it as a way for the Chinese Communist Party to use public opinion to smear and suppress its targets, and then send some mongrel organizations to create unrest among the rally-goers, causing things to turn sour.
It really made me feel like I was back in Tiananmen Square on June 4, when all the people defending the country became thugs,” Jin said. She was shocked to see that this was almost a replica of the Chinese Communist Party’s tactic of using public opinion to lead the way and then tampering with people’s memories, just as the Chinese Communist Party slandered the youths in Hong Kong who supported the anti-SLAPP movement.
The night of Jan. 6 was the darkest night in American history,” she said. But when the darkness comes, the dawn is not far away, and this must be a temporary predicament. Kim was not discouraged by the congressional announcement of Biden’s election. She believes that a great, democratic country like the United States will be able to set things right.
The rally was attended by Chinese from all over the United States, and mainland rights activist Huang Yan took an overnight flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. on the 5th. Almost all of the passengers on the entire flight were going to support Trump, and we sang carols together and gave thanks for a safe arrival,” she said.
Huang Yan, who had been defined as a “thug” by the Chinese Communist Party, said, “I’m really especially sad. She mocked herself for being accused of being a thug for supporting human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng on the mainland, but never thought that she would be described as a “thug” by the mainstream media in the United States for defending democracy and the rule of law.
According to Huang Yan’s recollection, around 2:00 p.m. on the 6th, there was a clash between protesters and police in front of Congress, followed by a large number of police officers, firefighters and ambulances, followed by police tear gas and pepper spray. Huang Yan choked up and said, “I really can’t believe it, never thought Trump came out to speak, is to ask the people to go home safely, he is still so for the people’s sake. She is very worried about the US being used by the Chinese Communist Party after stealing the election. The surging public opinion in front of the Capitol Hill did not even make the politicians sober up, which is really a pity.
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