The American People
Listening to the Democrats stating the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, were far worse than the burning of the Capitol by the British Army in 1812, the Civil War and 9/11, is not only insulting, but disrespectful to the memory of those Americans who fought the War of 1812, the Civil War and those who perished on 9/11 at the hands of Muslim extremists.
The events on January 6th, 2021, were a dark moment in our history. Not only were we deprived of an orderly transfer of power but will never know what really happen to the 2020 election.
Our congressional representatives were not allowed to do their jobs, and we will never know the truth. Once the proceedings were disrupted, any chance of challenging the election were dead on arrival.
I did not have a problem with President Trump questioning the results, Hillary Clinton and the Democrats did it in 2016, including lodging objections to the Electoral College results on the House floor.
The significant difference is the Capitol was not stormed and the members of Congress were allowed to certify the election.
My problem was once things got out hand, by Capitol Police allowing rioters to enter the Capitol or rioters making their way into the Capitol, President Trump cleaned his hands and did not go on national television to tell these rioters to stand down.
That was his job, after all, these people were acting, by all intent and purposes, on his behalf. I believe these Americans believed they were wronged and had a legitimate grievance, but it was President Trump’s job to ensure these individuals did not take matters into their own hands.
It was his job to protect them, to protect the Constitution, and he failed to do so.
Even as public personalities like Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and his own son, Donald Trump Jr., were asking for the president to intervene, President Trump let the riots to go on without saying a word.
Having said that, January 6th was far from an insurrection. The Department of Justice has been sitting on this for over a year and have not been able to produce a piece of evidence that would indicate an ‘insurrection’ took place.
Meanwhile, American citizens sit in jail waiting to be charged or brought to trial. These individuals have been treated as they have zero constitutional rights or rights under our laws.
Of over 200 charged or arrested, 83 of them have been languishing in solitary confinement while Attorney General Garland sits on his hands.
Regardless of your political affiliations, this should frighten you to the core. We still live under a constitutional form of government in which people are innocent until proven guilty. If you believe these individuals should stay in jail indefinitely, you are not an American.
The hypocrisy of Joe Biden and the Democrats, who in 2020 supported the hundreds of riots, burnings, and looting, across the United States, perpetrated by Black Lives Matter and Antifa, is a joke on its own merit.
Most of these criminals were never arrested, and those who were arrested, were either let go without charges, or bailed out of jail by George Soros and Democrat Party operatives.
If we are going to throw comparisons between what happened on January 6, 2021, and what happened in the whole of 2020, what happened on January 6th is nothing.
Sure, a few police officers got hurt, but no police officers were killed by the rioters. The only actual victim of gun fire at the Capitol was unarmed Air Force veteran Ashley Babbitt who was fatally shot by Capitol Police officer Michael Boyd. As of today, nobody has been held accountable for her death.
Finally, January 6, 2021, was a mixture of law enforcement and intelligence failures, combined with a sector of the population who felt completely disfranchise, and lack of leadership from the White House and congressional leaders.
The only losers on January 6th were the American people. As much as the Democrats want to use this issue to divide the country, what happened at the Capitol was a reminder how fragile our Constitutional Republic can be.