The Trump camp finally gets out of line at it is a doozy.
On January 6th hundreds of thousands of President Trump supporters gathered in Washington DC. They stretched all the way from the White House to the Washington Memorial. They listened to Trump outline his case for rejecting the vote total certifications of the Electors. He ticked off allegation after allegation and called on Vice President Pence to reject the results of the six swing states.
Shortly after he concluded his speech the crowd moved to the US Capitol building to pressure the joint session of Congress to not certify the election results.
And that is when it went haywire.
The front cadre of the mob stormed the barriers and police lines that were not nearly adequate for a crowd of such size. Individuals scuffled with the officers, allegedly sprayed irritants and muscled their way passed them with ease. Who is responsible for such meager security is a question for another day.
Cable stations and all of the online platforms were flooded with images reminiscent to third world countries. In an instant a magnificent display of solidarity and support turned into embarrassing and dangerous mayhem. At once they achieved, and rightly so, an identity equal to the BLM and Antifa riots that the country endured the last several months. Some claim that the anarchy was staged by Antifa posing as Trump supporters. That has yet to be proved. There is some credence to the claim based upon leaked Antifa information. Again, that is a question for another day.
A revolt in our Capitol is unacceptable. The building and what it stands for is a visible, concrete and is historically the bedrock of our democracy. It is a black eye in our history. Democracy relies on the civil discourse of ideas. Violence has no place.
President Trump has lost the battle for his legacy to stand as a shining example of how to stand up to the socialist ideology that unfettered would change the country. The revolt at the Capitol has advanced that movement. The shame of the siege was twofold. First, the United States of America has been damaged to the soul and second, the level of blame against Trump has gained a legitimate tone.
The talking heads are abundant in the aftermath. They, to a person, regret and bemoan the insurrection. The underlying sentiment is like that moment in a football game when the momentum changes. It is palatable and visceral. You can feel it. A large number of previous supporters, some of whom were the staunchest, have already renounced the President and have moved away from him. Resignations of high titled office holders are being reported.
The future is uncertain. With the sea change in the legislative and executive branches the landscape will lean left. Minimum opposition will be mounted and when it does it will not have the fervor or spine to make those arguments strenuously.
What you have witnessed with such fool hearty behavior is the relinquishing of the moral high ground.
There are those who insist that the action of yesterday was necessary even if unpleasant. History condones a populace standing up to power. To a certain degree I agree with that. However, it is not something that I ever thought we would witness in the United States. I do know we were formed in revolt and rightly so. Disheartened is a good description of my emotional reaction.
This is not 1773 and the country is not united behind one ideology and tensions were already high. This fight is internal. The United States remaining a democratic republic is at stake. This battle is not one that can be won by violence. It will take people smarter than me to create a strategy that will combat the mounting socialist drive that will ultimately end the greatest country on the face of the earth.
God Bless America, please.
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