By The Editors
After 2 pm the American Capitol was invaded. Their objective was to subvert a Constitutionally defined act of the United States of America.
Sounds like treason. Not like doing their Constitutionally protected “peaceful protest.”
Let’s be clear.
These are supporters of Donald J. Trump, the duly elected 45th president of the United States.
Trump had made a speech to his supporters. He said, in part, "And after this, we're going to walk down there, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down ... to the Capitol and we are going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. And we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong."
Let’s call it what it is: An incitement to riot.
And riot they did. And at this moment, riot they continue.
“This is our House! This is our House!”
“U.S.A!”
“U.S.A!”
This is America?
Many Republicans, who had ginned up the protest, are now crying crocodile tears about how this is “unacceptable.”
Many of his top supporters have been asking Trump to speak out, to tell the people to stop. To leave the Capitol. He can’t be reached.
How many of these can be surprised?
He is the President of the United States. Does he look at the screens of his TV sets in the Oval Office with a smug, self-satisfied smile and see how some of the physical jewels of the Republic being stormed, and think he’s not leaving?
“I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
On Sunday we heard Trump trying to have the Secretary of State of Georgia “find” a sufficient number of votes so that he could win the state. By one.
Is that lawful? Sounds like election tampering, which is illegal Federally and in the state of Georgia.
That is grounds for impeachment. And presumably an incitement to riot is, as well.
But for too long there have been people saying that things must be done carefully, ever so carefully, lest the Base be upset.
There’s the Base invading the Capitol.
How’s that working out?