The first year anniversary of the attack on the Capital last January 6 promises political fireworks and nonsensical polemics. Democrats, many independents and others will see the date as a failure of our democracy and be critical of those who perpetrated the awful actions of that day. Others, led by Republicans, will downplay the attack and offer all sorts of crazy interpretations. All of us, as Americans, will look silly, small and out of control. It is embarrassing.
We won’t be surprised by the rhetoric of Republican leaders and the likes of Marjorie Taylor Green, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan or Ted Cruz. And we won’t be surprised by the silence of Senators Susan Collins, Mitt Romney and other respected Republicans either. The Republican Party is now “Animal Farm.”
What should surprise us, but probably no longer does, is the continued silence of our neighbors and friends who represent the “good” Republicans, or used to anyway, many who voted for Trump twice. Though I have reached out to such friends and acquaintances, not one has acknowledged remorse over voting for Trump or been critical of the January attack on the Capital. Not one who reads these pages has spoken to these issues. They remain silent to a person. It is shameful.
Almost anyone who is not blinded by partisan dribble, knows what happened a year ago on January 6. They know it for what it was, a planned attack to stop the counting of ballots to keep Trump in the White House. It was an unprecedented attack carried out by American citizens loyal to a sociopath and his lies. It was and remains the greatest challenge to our union since the Civil War.
The shame of it is that many of our friends and neighbors can’t or won’t admit the truth. By their denial and lame excuses, they share the guilt and enable those who threaten our republic by their irresponsible and selfish actions. This political crisis will continue until the rank and file Republicans share the outrage over the insurrection last year. The Republican leadership has made a deal with the devil.
Even a blind pig would see the truth about the January 6 insurrection on the nation’s Capital.
Glad to see you back at it, Pancho. This “telling it like it is.” Whoever said “Truth will out” is going to have his (or her) words severely tested in the short run. Maybe not in the long run but you know what Keynes said about the long run. David
Thanks David, but remember that Keynes was talking about economics!
Pancho, those of whom you speak have been “wrong for so long I can’t take the pain” ( play on a Toni Braxton song) but you putting it to print helped greatly. Fantastic post that definitely needed saying. Harvey
Thanks Harvey, but, I’m afraid, that their contempt and hatred of the Democrats trumps their patriotism and integrity these days. It used to be that Democrats and Republicans would fight, but come together in times of national crises No longer.