I was watching Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers receive a standing ovation, thinking, you could not create a more fitting conservative hero — silver-haired sergeant, in traditional costume, doing his duty — when I heard the announcer mention that Vickers “found his weapon in his office” before gunning down the Muslim-extremist attacking Parliament. Might I suggest having the Sergeant-at-Arms armed — with more than a mace?
He looks like he regrets the whole thing.
He might be old enough to realize his accolades aren’t about him. It’s all signalling, so they can’t cheer the thing they’re really cheering directly. They’re cheering big government and media pwnage, of which he happens to be a good stand-in.