The analysis in the article about Western roots of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was excellent (“A siege with Western roots and consequences,” February 2021). Resistance to public-land takeovers is now going on in Washington County, Idaho, where three county ordinances that place restrictions on federal lands may be repealed because a new county commissioner was elected.

Wayne P. Fuller
Weiser, Idaho

This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Insurgence analysis.

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