The television coverage brought tears to eyes and a strange emptiness to my core. My five year old granddaughter wondered into the room, sensed I was upset, looked at the television and asked "Are those real people Poppy?"
Joe Biden demonstrated Presidential leadership and character. He vented and shared the horror most US citizens feel. He affirmed the scenes on TV is not the real America. That is a moral victory of the day.
Our collective history struck a new low. There is this to take away from the insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol-thousands of faces were captured on security cameras, by the media and on phones. Prosecutions will follow. Members of the House and Senate are resolved to finish the process of the republic to assure the dark night of the last four years will end.
World leaders have stated their shock. I use this space to tell my friends abroad, we are sickened, but we are resolved as well.
Five years ago I warned that Donald Trump was evil. I have said he is at least a Russian stooge. We are damaged because of him, but he is not alone in the attempt to undermine our republic.
Senators Hawley and Cruz are seditionists. They should be tossed out of the senate and face charges. They were instigators of the violence we witnessed. Both of them, deplorable men to begin with, undertook their roles in the insurrection simply for their own political gain, trying to lay claim to some of the Trump loyal. There were others who gave shelter to the enemy with their support; Johnson, Loeffler, Lankford, Perdue Daines, Kennedy, Blackburn, Braun, Lummis, Marshall, Hagerty, and Tuberville. They should at the least be censured and stripped of rank. I would prefer to seem them tossed from the Senate.
The fools in the House should be simply tossed out prosecuted.
What they all did was unAmerican, and encouraged the domestic terrorism we witnessed.
The Republican Party that condoned and encouraged the Trump outrages of the last 4 years will stand in shame. History will note they encouraged the lunacy that has grown under Trump.
Trump is a traitor. He is unfit to continue in office, even in these late hours. Congressional leadership, the Chief Justice and Vice President Pence should move to preempt any more Trump madness. There are ways to move him out power and they should be executed.
That we can say those MAGA hatted, Trump flag waving rioters and insurrectionists acted in an illegal, and crazy manner does not undo the fact they BELIEVE the lies. They think, no, they know in their heart, that Donald Trump won the election.
This is the greatest poison that Trump pumped into the republic. The lies, the attack on media credibility, the dog whistles, the nod and wink to racists, the endorsement of the absolute lunacy of the Q conspiracies and his attempt to overturn the eletion were part of this evil man's game plan.
The brain washed need action. First law enforcement and security need to find, arrest and prosecute those involved in the Capitol breech and it's planning and/or any further insurrectionist activity. They should be pursued with the full force of the law. They are domestic terrorists, even if they are brainwashed. Their actions are a threat.
Harder to handle will be how to deal with friends, family members and those among us who believe the lies. That will take lots of attention, careful execution, prayers, love, and finding a civil way to simply no longer suffer fools easily.
It will take a massive public education effort.
When my granddaughter looked at the TV, I explained quickly the people were behaving badly because they had been lied to, did not use their brains, had no respect for other people and were violating the law. Hard concepts for a 5 year old. I told her that the very bad man Trump was responsible for it, but there were more good people in America than there are like those on TV. It was then time for a walk with Nana who was also shaken by the horror of this day.
Stay strong. There is a democratic republic to support and rebuild. There is lunacy to expunge. There is honor, dignity and civility to lift up. We have to walk the talk.
See you down the trail.
Tom and Lana,
ReplyDeleteWe are horrified that the United States should be brought so low. The fault line in US politics and culture is as old as the constitution. However, starting with Gingrich a cancer has taken hold in the American polity. It is virulently anti democratic. It will be very difficult to excise it. Our thoughts go out to you both and your family and friends and so many decent, principled, good Americans. Kay and I promise that if Trump attempts to flee to Doonbeg we will personally run him out of the country.
Jack,
DeleteThanks for the support and I especially appreciate you and Kay's promise to swing into action.
There is much to be about over here. Competence is about to rise. As for the mid future, the new generation of Democrats and Progressives bring a commitment to equality and human need. There is also the cadre of new political organizers, Stacey Abrahms being most notable. Look what is happening in Georgia, and places like Arizona. There will be tough days ahead, a lot of healing to happen, but the fight is on. Stay well and Slainte'
Tom and Lana,
ReplyDeleteWe are horrified that the United States should be brought so low. The fault line in US politics and culture is as old as the constitution. However, starting with Gingrich a cancer has taken hold in the American polity. It is virulently anti democratic. It will be very difficult to excise it. Our thoughts go out to you both and your family and friends and so many decent, principled, good Americans. Kay and I promise that if Trump attempts to flee to Doonbeg we will personally run him out of the country.
Disgusting day fomented by a disgusting man. Also disgusting to me are the actions of Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, I'm ashamed to say he's a graduate of Stanford. The bozo was even campaigning for money today. He gives the word "opportunist" a bad/worse name.
ReplyDeleteSleeze comes to mind. Karma can be a bitch!
DeleteThank you Tom. Words are hard for me to find right now but I am completely in cadence with your words.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda. The good fight is on.
DeleteBecause of the results in Georgia I felt better this morning than I have in a long time...then later in the day. It seems there is something going on with VP Pence and a few others, they are isolating trump, they need to pull the trigger on the 25th Amendment, now.
ReplyDeleteWe should still celebrate Georgia. It is indicative of the power of the new political organizers like Stacey Abrams. As I responded to my Irish friend Jack above, look at whats happening in places like Georgia and Arizona. The new generation of activist can kick butt.
DeleteI knew weeks ago this was going to happen. In fact, I didn't watch the news at all till 7pm last night and murmured..."there you go". It's ALL on Trump and his invitation to the monster truck rally. It's what they love -- some tidbit of a sense of purpose that their feeble minds can attach to -- together with all their good buddy birds of a feather, a few guns, a lot of flags that look exactly like American ones but aren't, camouflage galore -- sounds like a party to me. Most of these people don't know the difference between the electoral college and a community college and that isn't intended to be funny, it's the TRUTH. We're forced to pay attention to them for now but maybe in time they will slide into "Idle" and once again become the most irrelevant and inferior members of our/any society.
ReplyDeleteTrump needs to be removed TODAY.
Mike-
DeleteTheir minds would be less feeble, if they got out of their echo chamber and listened to or read reality. There are some who may never shift from the old boy Confederate mind set, but in the end, truth comes out. There is a new generation of progressive and Democrat and they are tough and resolved. And yes indeed to removal of Trump.
Tom:
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!!
Unfortunately, too many in my region are of the MAGA I’ll, so I expected something like this would happen. It is beyond sad.
PipeTobacco
The body politic will undergo a purge. Truth is an emetic. What we saw yesterday demonstrates the need for feeding people facts, honesty and the succor of humane admonition.
DeleteWhat you speak of is indeed sad.