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It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Treason
It’s the time of the year to celebrate in the winter holidays. However, at this time of good cheer and be merry, we are getting confirmation of what many of us suspected. January 6 was treason, and not just because I like the sound of the word. In the very technical sense, it was an attempt to overthrow the government.
I suspected it, from word go. Why? Who was present at the Trump hotel the previous night, and the tours given by representatives. The language used by many Republicans and the refusal to go along into an investigation made this transparent.
Now we got receipts.
The question is what to do with this information at this point?
In an ideal situation, Republican leadership would do more than obstruct, instead, they put their fingers in their ears, and go la, la, la. They would not continue to write fan fiction and misrepresent what happened in far-right, so-called news, spaces. Fox News is hardly alone and should change their name to Fox Fan Fiction at this point.
However, there is a strong minority of the country that is ready for the lies. This is because they want an end to American democracy. They claim otherwise, but democracy demands we allow minorities to vote freely. These are the same people who desire to stop this. This is why electoral laws are shaped…