CNN commentators remarked how there were "shockingly" parallels between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law Tuesday and President-elect Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
Yoon declared martial law after accusing the opposition party of taking part in "anti-state" activity and supporting pro-North Korean forces. Images of soldiers attempting to enter the National Assembly quickly went viral as the body voted overwhelmingly to condemn the order.
The "Inside Politics with Dana Bash" panel discussed the news and footage from the scene while openly linking them to Trump.
"We’re seeing soldiers entering the National Assembly. I mean, you talked about, shockingly, the parallels of January 6, just the image of a democracy facing this kind of crisis. I think this is something that people are scared about, or Democrats are scared about when they think about Trump’s return, because he has encouraged the use of force to achieve political goals, and you know, or try to achieve a political goal on January 6, and or at least played with it," Punchbowl News co-founder John Bresnahan said.
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