Description: A blog about politics, anger, hope and figuring out how to do the right thing. Also other stuff.
A blog about politics, anger, hope and figuring out how to do the right thing. Also other stuff.
*Note- I wrote the majority of this piece immediately following the capitol insurrection, and but was unsure whether I needed to add to the conversation. Now though, after Senate’s cowardice and failure to convict former president Trump during his impeachment trial, it seems sadly appropriate. Many of the same lawmakers engaging in bad faith equivocation here, ended up failing in their duty to the county this week. There has been some debate in the media over the correct terminology to be used in describing
This insurrectionist action was finally a fascist demonstration so clear that even the GOP has had to take notice. Indeed, some of the very congresspeople and senators who helped perpetuate this ridiculous fantasy of a “stolen election” were forced to decry the actions of the mob, but only when the full weight of public judgement lay upon their shoulders.