EDITORIAL
PROSECUTE THE TRUMP MOB TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW
Jan. 6, 2021, will forever be remembered
alongside Dec. 7,
1941, and Sept. 11, 2001, as a
“day of infamy” which saw our
nation attacked by those who seek to
destroy the American way of life.
The most hurtful aspect is that our
attackers this time were not from a
foreign power. It was a band of crazed
supporters of outgoing President Donald
Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol
— the heart of our 244-year-old
democracy — and interrupted Congress’
duty of recording the electoral
vote tally.
These marauders overcame the U.S.
Capitol Police and breached the building.
They sent the House and Senate
members into hiding. They attacked
police officers and intimidated Capitol
employees. They occupied the Senate
chamber briefly. The National Guard
had to be called in to get them out. Shots
were fired. One of the thugs even planted
an improvised explosive device.
There is no second side to this
story; it is all squarely on one side.
“Whataboutism” also doesn’t apply
here; the supporters of Hillary Clinton
or Al Gore never resorted to such
depths.
Trump instigated this mob for
weeks with false claims of voter fraud
because he cannot handle the fact that
he lost the election, fair and square,
to President-elect Joe Biden. Rightwing
media parroted and inflamed
Trump’s rhetoric and ginned up the
base even further. Ambitious “Republican”
politicians egged them on
further by seeking to legitimize the
rhetoric as they picked their pockets
for more campaign cash.
Thousands of Trump disciples,
looking upon him with a warped messianic
view, converged upon Washington
on Wednesday ready for a fight.
After a rally in which Trump acolytes
fed them more lies, more disinformation,
more hate and more rhetoric,
the outgoing president of the United
States himself stepped up to the
microphone.
“You don’t concede when there’s
theft involved,” Trump said, continuing
his delusional lie about the election.
“Our country has had enough
and we will not take it anymore.”
Trump lit the match and the fire
caught. The scene that followed
brought fear, shame and horror to all
real Americans who truly respect the
rule of law, and the will of people in
elections.
Despite their goals of interrupting
our democracy and thwarting the
transfer of power, Trump and his fascist
mob ultimately failed in the end.
Congress was not stopped from fulfilling
its constitutional obligations and
Biden’s victory was certified, clearing
the way for him and Vice Presidentelect
Kamala Harris to take office on
Jan. 20.
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Those responsible for this outrageous
attack on our country must
be brought to justice — to the fullest
extent of the law.
We’re not just talking about the
thugs who attacked our Capitol; they
can and should be tried and convicted
for their crimes, and thrown in
prison. They should be given no safe
harbor.
Trump himself must be impeached
and removed from office; don’t wait
until Jan. 20. He alone is responsible
for bringing about this American
carnage with his words, his tweets,
his narcissism, his fascism, his anti-
Americanism, his inability to do anything
of decency.
Trump must go, and be disqualified
from ever serving public office
again — and Democrats and pro-democracy
Republicans must unite to
get this done.
Congress must also root out the
Trump disciples from within. Missouri
Senator Josh Hawley and Texas
Senator Ted Cruz, who sought to legitimize
Trump’s election fraud claims
by organizing objections to the electoral
vote certification, must resign
from office or be expelled from the
Senate.
Their collaborators in the House
and Senate should face censure or
expulsion as well.
Those responsible for this attack
must be brought to justice and held
to account. It is no longer about the
election; it is about the survival of
democracy itself.
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on
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