The rioters and insurrectionists have hurt our democracy in multiple ways. As someone who has been to the House and Senate office buildings for work, gone on tours with out-of-town visitors, and just stopped in to visit my senators and representatives (I've had a few different ones), one thing that troubles me is knowing that this accessibility to the American populace will likely change. Their attempted coup will make our leaders less accessible to all of us. I no longer have reason to visit the Capitol for work, and I wonder if I'll ever be inside again. Not because I'm afraid, but because it may be closed to 300 million of us because of what a few thousand did.

I remember when the White House didn't look like a fortress either, or at least a bit less like one, Each additional concrete and steel barricade and closing of streets has bothered me too.