In Chapter 44, on pages 237-239, Washington Put up reporters Bob Woodward and Bob Costa supplied proof of their ebook “Peril”, that Donald Trump pressured Vice President Mike Pence to not certify the electoral school vote that elected Joe Biden as the following U.S. president. The times main as much as the riot included intensive stress positioned on Pence by Trump to ” steal the election” that he was accusing the Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans of stealing. The gaslighting was in full power by Trump on Jan. sixth when he incited his supporters to violently storm the Capitol and cease the certification of the electoral vote to save lots of America, by reinstating as president.
The brand new norm created by Trump and GOP elected officers is to dismiss details and label reality as politicized lies. Like gullible younger kids whose brains are neurologically but ready to make use of motive and logic, tens of millions of Trump supporters dangerously assist Trump’s use of Russian propaganda techniques. The details are, this unpatriotic, incompetent idol:
Dodged the draft with a phony medical declare, evaded paying federal and state taxes, has advised 30,000 provable lies, was convicted of racist discrimination of minorities within the condominium buildings he owned together with his father within the 1970’s, ran a fraudulent college scamming college students out of enormous sums of cash, ran a fraudulent charity, paid off a porn star through the 2020 to silence her about their affair, constitutionally misused the army throughout his presidency for political achieve, profitted financially throughout his presidency by violating the Emoluments clause of the Structure, lied below oath in a written assertion to Robert Mueller through the Russia investigation, used a secret, non-public server whereas president, favored and aligned with our overseas enemies and alienated our allies, LIED ABOUT COVID NEEDLESSLY CAUSING THE INFECTION AND DEATHS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, INCITED AN INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL ON JAN. 6TH AND DID NOTHING TO STOP IT , AND IS THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT EVER TO BE IMPEACHED TWICE BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Republicans may have gotten rid of Trump within the impeachment trials. Nonetheless, their ethical weak spot and opportunism precipitated them to assist a person they KNOW assaults the inspiration of democracy in pursuit of corrupt energy. The States are watching the ethical decline of their representatives. Though the MAGA mouths are loud, they’re a fringe minority. They’re inspired by lies that deal with their white id fears, their underlying bigotry, and a misunderstanding about what being an American means.
Passing voting rights laws and prosecuting any official who knew concerning the plan for rioters to interrupt into the Capitol, threaten to kill members of Congress, and bodily block the official strategy of certifying the certification of the presidential electoral vote must be the precedence of all Democrat and Republican members of Congress. Nonetheless, it isn’t. Zero Republican Senators will assist the significance of saving democracy. As an alternative of defending their oath of workplace, they govern to maintain their jobs and preserve financial institution accounts. Keep in mind what the definitions of democracy and traitor are once we vote in 2022.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger say the Jan. sixth Committee is devoted to discovering out about is WHAT TRUMP KNEW AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE CAPITOL ON JAN. 6TH AND DID HE DO NOTHING TO STOP THE ATTACK OUT OF INCOMPETENCE OR LACK OF PREPAREDNESS OR WAS IT A CORRUPT COMPLICITY WITH THE MOB’S ATTEMPT TO STOP THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER?