Posted on 06/13/2022 5:58:30 PM PDT by Ennis85
As important as it is for the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol to make the nation understand what really happened on that horrific day, the panel has a more crucial mission: making sure that such an effort to overturn the result of a legitimate election does not happen again.
The potential is there, because the sedition continues. That should not be lost as the bipartisan House panel lays its case before the American people. Jan. 6 was not just a day; it was the opening salvo of a movement to undermine democracy.
Congress has yet to act on changing the vague language in the archaic Electoral Count Act, which sets the rules for how Congress tallies the electoral votes in presidential elections. The rioters chanting “Hang Mike Pence” on Jan. 6 believed that the then-vice president had the power to throw out electoral votes at will and were infuriated that Pence was too principled to do so.
Their rage channeled that of then-President Donald Trump. One of the more jolting claims Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) made during the Jan. 6 committee’s opening hearing on Thursday night was that when Trump learned how the insurrectionists were threatening his vice president, he expressed sympathy … for the murderous mob. “The president responded with this sentiment: ‘Maybe our supporters have the right idea,’ ” Cheney said. “Mike Pence ‘deserves’ it.”
Trump has denied saying that, but has suffused his party, top to bottom, with fealty to the lies and conspiracy theories that ignited his supporters who breached the Capitol that day. All around the country, Republicans have not only embraced Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, but are also running on promises to further undermine the electoral process.
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Proof of the steal is so very abundant but proof is ignored by those intent on maintaining the real coup on our government. Fix 2020 by whatever means necessary and necessary it is for the minor numbered enemy of our country won’t let it go having embedded themselves to hide and lie and just as foty foe said punish their enemies.
WaPo the left wing democrat RAG.
Everything they post is propaganda.
DONT BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ IN THE LEFT WING RAG.
VOTE DEMOCRATS OUT .
Red diaper baby.
Yup, no doubt..
The Witch Hunt must continue! If you are concerned about feeding your family, inflation, crime, or drugs, then you are just a rube!
Ping
Ugly Karen is STILL AROUND??
Tell you what Kar, go somewhere where you are welcomed.
Like Venezuela, Cuba, The Bronx...wherever ...just GO.
I thought she was....oh, nevermind.
Well obviously… Joe Biden is still President . He hasn’t stepped down despite the scheme to install him being spotlighted on film. Corn Pops sedition continues.
It started on Trump’campaign through inauguration and presidency....headed now for supreme court...
Actually....started when Eve was duped while stupid guy stood there watching instead of slamming the snake to death.
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