Gee, you mean all this was just theater?

Off to write fund-raising emails

Capitol policeman Brian Sicknick died of natural causes, medical examiner discloses

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, whose death was initially believed to be caused by rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection, succumbed to natural causes stemming from a stroke the day after the violence, according to the top medical examiner in the nation's capital.

Francisco Diaz, the chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., told the Washington Post that Sicknick died on Jan. 7 after suffering two strokes and that he did not suffer an allergic reaction to any chemical irritants.

Not to diminish his death in any way, or the sorrow suffered by his loved ones, but the casket in the Rotunda, the mock-serious mien on the faces of Pelosi et al as they paid homage to this poor victim of Orange Man, was all bullshit. They knew it, the media knew it, now we know it.

Circling Back: Instapundit’s now on the story. Discussion there, but Glenn Greenwald sums it up nicely: