Look at it this way, the impeachment not only showed us who needed firing but who is on our side. There are a lot of patriots that we never would have heard of otherwise.
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"Darkness to light" may be understood in future history as one of the main themes of the Trump presidency.
He has ripped the mask off the socialists masquerading as Democrats.
He has ripped the mask off Wall Street's traitorous destruction via globalization of American jobs and American industry.
He has ripped the mask of honesty, albeit slanted, off the media. We never fully understood how they flat-out make up lies for their FAKE NEWS.
He ripped the mask off Rinos like Ryan, Flake, NoName, the Bush clan and so many others. The political futures of these frauds is NILL. We will NEVER nominate another one for President, as long as 62 million+ MAGA people are alive to remember their perfidy.
MY RECENT SOAPBOX: He has ripped the mask off those progressives who duplicitously pretend to be "Conservatives", i.e., the neocons.
And of course, as you say, the grave challenges have provided an opportunity for many true patriots to step forward who might never have been noticed in a more tranquil era. Yay!