“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."
Attributed to George Orwell
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
From George Orwell's "1984"
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| The image of Nancy Pelosi used in whitehouse.gov |
The White House posted its version of events on the official government website: www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
-- The real January 6 insurrection was by Democrats. "The Democrats masterfully reversed reality after January 6, branding peaceful patriotic protesters as 'insurrectionists' and framing the event as a violent coup attempt orchestrated by Trump—despite no evidence of armed rebellion or intent to overthrow the government. In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election. . . ."-- It was a peaceful protest by patriotic Americans. "Following the President's speech, the massive crowd peacefully marches down Constitution Avenue to the Capitol to protest the certification of the fraudulent election. The march is orderly and spirited, with flags, signs, and chants supporting President Trump."-- President Trump tried to stop the riot."As events unfold, President Trump repeatedly calls for peace, tweeting support for law enforcement and releasing a video telling supporters "go home in peace" while reiterating love for them and election concerns. He consistently promotes non-violence despite the attack on attendees and emotions running high."
-- Mike Pence is the bad guy here. "Betrayal of the president. Mike Pence Refuses to Act. Vice President Mike Pence, who had the opportunity to return disputed electoral slates to state legislatures for review and decertification under the United States Constitution, chooses not to exercise that power in an act of cowardice and sabotage. Instead, Pence presides over the certification of contested electors, undermining President Trump's efforts to address documented fraud and ending any chance to correct the election steal."-- The 2020 election was stolen from Trump. "Fraudulent certification. Stolen Election Certified. After law enforcement clears the Capitol, Congress reconvenes late that night and certifies Joe Biden’s electoral votes—votes from battleground states marred by massive mail-in ballot fraud, hidden suitcases of ballots, exploding water pipes, voting machine irregularities, and unprecedented pandemic-era rule changes that bypassed state legislatures. 2020 is considered the greatest election theft in U.S. history, with widespread fraud deliberately ignored by courts, officials and the media.-- Anything bad that happened is Nancy Pelosi's fault. "Pelosi’s own security lapses invited the chaos they later exploited to seize and consolidate power. This gaslighting narrative allowed them to persecute innocent Americans, silence opposition, and distract from their own role in undermining democracy."
Trump continues to lie about the outcome of the 2020 election, saying it was rigged against him even after dozens of his court challenges failed, reviews, recounts and audits in battleground states all affirmed President Joe Biden’s win, and Trump’s own attorney general said there was no evidence of widespread fraud. Despite no evidence of any widespread fraud, a 2023 poll found that most Republicans believe Biden was not legitimately elected president.
The AP quoted a 38-year-old Republican from Gulfport, Mississippi: “I trust Donald Trump, not the government. That’s it.”
Trump is the government now. People inclined to trust the official reports of a president, the head of the FBI, an attorney general, a secretary of defense, and government statistics on consumer prices and unemployment have new sources of authority.
If the American republic gets through this, and I expect it will because Trump is mortal and no one else has Trump's shameless audacity and hold on GOP voters, I expect historians of this era to be able to sort it out. But for now, this country is going through a rough patch.
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5 comments:
Rough patch is an understatement. For me, it became apparent when Ronald Regan republicans pretended they weren’t racist. How dare I accuse republicans of being racist? Oh the outrage expressed. Then the Supreme Court Gore/Bush decision was not purely political. As time has passed, what is true has been less and less meaningful , and now we have Trump where facts have no meaning apparently for 40% of Americans. We live in an Animal House world now.
Why is the January 6th event at the Capitol any more eventful than Antifa burning Portland and the Federal building for 100 days? The January 6th protesters didn't kill anybody. Antifa can't say that. Pelosi could have had National Guardsmen at the January 6th event, and she passed. She has culpability.
I call bullshit. As Trump has gone out of his way to demonstrate, he's in charge of the National Guard, not Pelosi. And coup attempts are treason; that's why Jan. 6 is worse than antifa.
The January 6 event was a multiphased effort to overturn an election, with "aternate delegates" with the planned effort to replae ones that were elected. The Jan 6 event was organized and inspired by the president, who would be the beneficiary of the election reversal. And the J 6 event was at the Capitol with the intention of overturning an election. The rioting in Portland should have been shut down, but what it did was grafitti and disgturbances of one regional courthous, plus some broken windows of, including other places, the Oregon Democratic party. The Portland event was shameful but it did not threaten the democracy, and the Capitol event was intended to and if Pence had been taken from the Capitol, it might have succeeded. I posted the comment so readers could see what kind of "whatabout comparison" and justification Trumkp suporters use. Portland, Oreogn protesters spraypinted the Hatfield courthouse, therefore we can use violence to overturn an election.
Permit me the presumption of adding to Orwell’s famous list:
Diversity is conformity.
Accumulation is injustice.
Identity is destiny.
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