Thursday, January 7, 2021

All Republicans are to Blame for Wednesday's Domestic Terror Attack

 So, we're now seeing lots of conservatives and Republicans in Washington D.C. resigning over what happened at the capital Wednesday. That's good! They should resign. But the simple fact of the matter is, every law maker in Washington D.C. with an R behind their name is partially responsible for what happened Wednesday. Republican lawmakers in Washington who have parroted Donald Trump's lies, who have made excuses for his daily assaults on the Constitution, Republican lawmakers who cowered in fear of a mean tweet from Dear Leader Trump, all of you are complicit in what happened on Wednesday. And now, after the nation and the world watched what happens when people are lied to by their leaders, fed a steady diet of conspiracy theories, told that an election was being stolen from them, and had it all validated by a small, petty, demagogue wanna-be and his sycophant toadies, eight Senators and over one hundred House members stood and perpetuated the lies and conspiracy theories of voter fraud. Remember their names  because these are the people who are laying claim to to the racists and ultra-nationalists that make up Trump's hardcore base. 

Never mind the fact this election was deemed the most secure, possibly in history, by handpicked Trump people, most notably former Attorney General Bill Barr and former head of CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) Chris Krebs. Krebs was fired by Trump - by tweet - when he thoroughly debunked Trump's lies about there being widespread voter fraud. Barr was given a few days to resign after he too said there was no voter fraud or wrongdoing by the individual states. 

Donald Trump is clearly a danger to our Democracy. He has stoked and magnified the fears of unhinged conspiracy theorists. The terror attacks of Wednesday were advertised for weeks by Trump. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office immediately, either by the Twenty-Fifth Amendment or by Impeachment.

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Trump Administration and Republican Leadership Complicit in Sedition

 Where is ANYONE in the Trump administration condemning today's events? Where is the head of Homeland Security? Where is the head of the F.B.I.? Where is the head of the National Security Agency condemning this coup attempt. Where, the Fuck, is anyone in federal leadership. The fact is Trump and all his lackeys and sycophants are complicit in what's happening at the Capitol Building. Where is Susan Collins, Republican Senator of Maine who said after Trump was Impeached by the House, "I think the President has learned a lesson." Why is Susan Collins not on all the cable news networks apologizing for her own stupidity and begging the terrorists to stand down? Along with Donald Trump, and Mike Pence, anyone in Congress with an R behind their name, Lindsey Graham, Mitch McConnel, Susan Collins, the whole lot of them, is complicit in acts of terrorism.

Domestic Terrorist Attack on the U.S. Capital

 What's happening today at the National Capital is a domestic terrorist attack instigated by armed White supremacists and ultra-nationalist thugs who have been deceived into thinking that an election was stolen. These people are Brownshirts, and this is, truly, an armed coup attempt that Donald Trump is party to, as well as the majority of Republican leadership. What we are seeing now in the capital has been stoked by Trump and his sycophants in the Republican party. Right now on MSNBC a reporter is talking about a man who identified himself as a member of a militia group who told that reporter that "the next time we come, we'll have more guns."

This is an armed coup attempt. This is not something to be handled with kid-gloves. This is a rebellion that needs to be utterly crushed.