Weeks after the coronavirus lockdowns started last year, right-wing protesters carrying massive assault rifles began showing up to statehouses demanding that the government reopen. As much larger rallies against racial injustice broke out, right-wingers again showed up, ready to guard Confederate statues, Buffalo Wild Wings, gaudy McMansions, and wildfires, again with assault rifles. And then again on January 6, the MAGA faithful staged an insurrection inside the Capitol and state houses around the country.