Another January 6th Attack

President Connects Attack on Paul Pelosi to January 6th Insurrectionists 

The attack on the husband of the Speaker of the House was another January 6th.  Yes, it was only one attacker, and one victim, but the ideology behind the attacker's motive was the same as that behind those who were part of the Trump Insurrection on January 6th, 2021.  The President equated the two events yesterday in a speech in Pennsylvania and he is right on target.  And he is exactly right.  

Pennsylvania Congresswoman Madelyn Dean, quoted in an article in Politico, a member of the January 6th committee who now carries a bulletproof vest in her car, because of threats, said, "We know what has fueled this: It is years of vitriol and disinformation.  What we have sown is what we are reaping," regarding politically motivated lies, including those about the validity of elections. 

It's Long Past Time to Make January 6th's Perpetrators into an Example

Some prominent Republicans have spoken up to express their concern for Mr. Pelosi and to condemn the violence, though I would call their response somewhat underwhelming, as Rand Paul simply used his remarks as an opportunity to slam Pelosi's daughter and Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin simply made it part of a political theme.  But we need more than condemnation, we need action.  

First of all, there is an opportunity for the American people to make a clear statement on November the 8th, that this kind of political violence, which is an attempt to subvert constitutional law and the will of the people, is unacceptable.  Go vote, and cast a ballot against every politician who has not publicly condemned the January 6th Trump Insurrection, and spoken out against the former President who incited it.  The evidence has been laid out clearly, and while all the legal considerations of Trump's involvement and role in inciting the violence are being debated, the people need to speak loudly and clearly.  

Second, it's time for the Justice Department to move.  The longer they wait, for whatever reason, the greater the chance there will be more of this in the wake of an election that has a real chance of not turning out the way that violent, right wing Republican extremists want to see.  And members of Congress are not the only potential victims.  Armed insurrectionists and anti-American traitors are sitting outside polling places trying to prevent people from casting legitimate ballots and interfering with a process that is at the very core of our national identity.  That is a virtual guarantee that there will be more violence.  

This is not new information.  It's been clear, for almost two years, that Trump was a traitor who intended to subvert the constitution and set himself up as a dictator.  And while I understand all of the need for caution and making sure the case is legally sound, every day that goes by reduces the chance that Trump will ever be held accountable or brought to justice, and increases the danger for anyone who stands up for the constitution, democracy and "law and order" as we know it.  

It is now time to enforce the law, indict the January 6th perpetrators, hold them accountable, keep them in custody until they are tried and let the law and justice prevail. Send a message.  Attacks like January 6th, and its continuation in San Francisco against Paul Pelosi, will not be tolerated.  

Author's Note:  There are politicians, Marjorie Taylor Greene for one, who have called for the Speaker's trial and execution on grounds of being a traitor.  Sarah Palin with her "target." Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for governor of Arizona, has already used her media bias to make this a "whataboutism" and blame it on the left, even though it is the right that is perpetrating the violence.  How someone like that gets elected can only be explained by rank ignorance and stupidity, but that's where this comes from.  These extremists want to end America as we know it and that makes them traitors, not patriots.  They are complicit in this crime.  

It's time to prosecute Trump and the other perpetrators of January 6th, now!   If we don't say NO to these people, we deserve what we get.