On January 6th, 2021, donald trump betrayed his oath of office and incited a mass riot to break into Congress and disrupt the vote count certification so he could steal the presidential election results.
In a sane and just universe, trump would never have been allowed anywhere NEAR the White House again. he should have been put on trial within weeks of the assault on our political institutions and the sanctity of the Constitution. Hundreds of the MAGA rioters - around 1,600 of them - had gone through exactly that, either pleading out or getting convicted with serious jail time. trump should be rotting in prison alongside them.
And yet, no. Biden's Justice Department led by Merrick Garland dragged their feet, resisting the necessity of holding trump accountable because of whatever "good faith" political decorum - the refusal to hold presidents accountable for ANY acts at all - still informed their world-view. It took a hotly contested congressional inquiry to force Garland's hand and appoint a special prosecutor to pursue the matter. And while Jack Smith did bring charges eventually, the electoral calendar swung back around to where trump ran for the presidency again - in spite of his insurrectionist misdeeds - and won the damn thing even with a majority of Americans knowing he was a crook, rendering any further federal criminal charges moot (because the courts determined Presidents are immune from criminal charges while sitting in office).
And now, trump is trying to rewrite history. he lies about the level of violence that happened that January 6th, declaring it was all "a day of love". he calls each of the imprisoned rioters "patriots" and "heroes" and will likely pardon every one of them as soon as he's in the Oval Office (arguably after he issues executive orders confirming mass deportations, declaring war on Mexico, and insane tariffs on Canada).
There were 140 police officers assaulted that day. Property damage in the millions. Seven people dead, including one Capitol Police officer who was driven to suicide from the trauma of that day. There was no love that January 6th. Just violence, rage, fear, and the closest collapse of our nation's existence since the Civil War.
trump reveled in that violence, enjoyed spinning the narrative to twist it into his great day of dominance over the American spirit, and will do everything in his power to relive that moment through further acts of violence and illegality upon our nation and the world.
To the 77 million Americans who voted for this insurrectionist: what the actual hell. You saw this. January 6th was on the front page of every paper, on the news broadcasts of every channel. And you STILL VOTED for the son of a bitch.
There will come a future when we are free of this trumpian madness, and there will be a reckoning for you and this nation for the sins trump will inflict upon us.
Until that day, fuck you. You're going to earn the nightmare we're all about to endure.
1 comment:
I think they should have dna tested the shit in the capitol to determine whose shit it was, found them, then rubbed their faces in it. They obviously can't be communicated with by normal means, and it's looking a lot like jail isn't an option any more.
-Doug in Sugar Pine
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