I read about the letter that House Republicans sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi this weekend asking her to drop – “in the spirit of healing and fidelity to our Constitution” – her efforts to impeach President Trump for a second time.
I nearly choked on my coffee.
Fidelity to our Constitution? Call me crazy but inciting and supporting thousands of armed people wearing tactical gear who storm the Capitol while both chambers of Congress are in session seems like a pretty good reason to impeach a president. Certainly better than impeaching one because he lied about receiving a … you know what. (I still can’t say it.)
And spirit of healing? Are you kidding me? Where was this spirit of healing thing after the BLM protests? Or after Barack Obama was elected? Or after Benghazi? Or after this year’s election results?
Members of the Grand Old Party (quaint nickname, right? Like it’s a party full of benign old guys who hand out candy to children at parades) can always find a reason to act fast when it suits them. But try to impeach a guy after thousands of domestic terrorists break into the Capitol?
“Whoa, slow down, let’s not be rash! What’s your hurry! Where’s your spirit of healing?”
Some Republicans – and even some Democrats – said Trump, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley shouldn’t be held accountable for their actions during what CNN is calling “The Trump Insurrection” because that might “inflame” domestic terrorists even more.
That’s a great precedent. “Your honor, I recommend we drop all charges against my client, the triple ax-murderer, because prosecuting him might inflame other would-be ax murderers. And we don’t want that, right?”
It’s absurd. Five people died. And it could have been many more. This was not just a random mob that just wanted to be heard. This was at best an incompetent coup. They wanted blood.
They, charmingly, hung a noose outside the Capitol.
They chanted “Hang Mike Pence.”
They beat a policeman to death with a fire extinguisher.
They nearly crushed another to death.
They had mace, clubs, guns, bombs and, most tellingly of all, zip-ties. What do you suppose the zip-ties were for? To gently restrain lawmakers while Weird Viking Helmet Bear Pelt Guy quietly presented a list of grievances in iambic pentameter? I don’t think so, bub.
I suspect that were it not for the Capitol police and other law enforcement personnel, we could have seen a true horror show broadcast over internet.
So, spirit of healing? It’s a little bit late for that. Trump did what he did because he is who he is.
Maya Angelou once said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That’s why it’s important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are.”
We should have heeded those words four years ago.
I agree completely. Trump, Cruz, Hawley and all the actors and enablers from the events of 1/6/2021 need to have serious consequences for their seditious actions. Now they want peaceful and passive response to this treachery? All I can say is fuck them! Sorry to be so crude and direct, but fuck them all! I also want to see cops fired who looked away or apparently let them in. They are a disgrace to their badges.
Absolutely agree with Tommy B. They can’t just keep sweeping this stuff under the rug. Impeach him. What else can happen? Can’t get any lower in this country than we are now. Somebody needs to pay.
There were warning shots; and yet many chose to ignore them. We are now paying the price. GOP needs to go back and study the oath of office they swore to uphold. Meaningless words to them.
More American citizens died as a result of the invasion on Jan. 6 than in “The Benghazi Incident”. Yet, while a Democrat was pinpointed and harassed about it for years, this latest – because Trumpists are leading that violence – the GOP suddenly decides that we need to just ignore it “and let us heal”.
Absolutely could not agree more! How do you spell hypocrisy??? GOP! These completely incompetent, dishonest, violent, un-tethered from reality “traitors”…should be arrested & tried for treason immediately!! (Hawley, Cruz, Gaetz ) How in the world can anyone see fit, to destroy the greatest government, democracy etc. is beyond my comprehension. I trust wiser heads will prevail. It is very well indeed that we start to “push back” and stop the misinformation that is on-going. I’m sorry but, the likes of Rush Windbag, Snot-nose Hannity, Michael Gallagher etc. etc. etc. must be curtailed….whatever it may take. These people do very much to divide this country with their unmitigated BULL—-!!!
I have never been a fan of trump.
Way back when he first hit the scene parading as a big shot business man in New York and then on to TV with his Apprentice shows, he has always come across as a crass buffoon.
I thought his run for President was all a show, unfortunately the far right fringe latched on to his attempt and then the Tea Party got a grip and then easily misguided Americans drank his kool-aid….. it was over, the GOP elected him and the rest was, yes the last four years of sheer disgrace.
We can not change the past, we can only do what is best today and look towards the future.
The future looks good, best of luck to Biden and Harris, they have a tough road to tredge ahead.
The SDNY is waiting for trump to exit office, trump, don, eric, ivanka, jarred, rudy, and the rest of the cabal will all have multiple days in courts for years to come.
trump and his minions fate was sealed last week when trump sicked his followers on the Capitol.
The party of trump is no more, trump himself dealt it a death blow with his dastardly actions, he is done the trump movement is finished.
Total agreement with this article Andrew Heller. The only good thing I can say about Donald J. Trump is he never changes. He acted like an idiot when he ran, when he was elected, and as he exits.
I think it’s funny that tRUMP called Republicans who happen to disagree with him even once a RINO, when in reality it was the Trumplicans who were the RINO’s. The true Republicans were the election officials and judges that held up the truth about the election. What was the final count on lawsuits, 1 out of 50, and that one got erase in a force out at second. Personally, I think he should be tried for treason. His only goal was to overthrow the election with his lies and take over the government for a minimum of four years and become Dictator.
Thank you Andy.
A different angle on this:
Please, all of you, sign up to work on the next elections. You will learn about our election systems, and see how honest and earnest our election people are, and you will learn that our systems are extremely good.
The biggest problem we have now is that many people believe the last election was fraudulent. That definitely is NOT true. I know. I know the system. It could not have happened. I have worked on elections for the past several years.
When people bring up these fantasy lies, you will be able to counter their baloney. And, you will get paid about $300 for each election.
Poor Donald Trump is mentally ill. In this country, we tend to stigmatize mental illness. Instead, we should embrace poor Donald, and give him the treatment he needs.
Let’s lock him up and throw away the key!!!
I vote “YES!”
Yes…lock him up however, after seeing, listening, and learning exactly what happened on Jan.6, 2021, we have very much work to do in America. We must figure out how to stop the unbelievable misinformation, hate & propaganda coming from various media sources. It is a very much bigger problem than most everyone thinks. If it is allowed to go on…I’m afraid we are in for some very dour results! Yes, getting the imbecile out the WH will be a good start but, a lot of work is in front of those of us, who cherish our Democracy!
Andrew, What does 2622-2 mean? Is it a Q-Anon cypher? Or?
Yesterday he said his speech on 1/6 was appropriate. If that doesn’t change any bodies mind nothing will. He still has supporters is what is amazing to me. For all my neighbors that still have their Trump flags and signs and banners still up, this says a lot about who you really are. I won’t forget you and have absolutely no use for you and will remember.