The question to me is; When did a peaceful protest become an insurrection? I heard the Secretary of the Military who was the secretary on January 6th 2021 interviewed when he gave his thoughts about that day. I don’t think he was telling an untruth, however I believe his thinking was off.
According to the secretary he had the National Guard ready to protect the demonstrators at the direction of President Trump. He said the DC police and the National Park Officers said they could handle one hundred thousand demonstrators. This was probably correct. Handling demonstrators has been done before.
However, I don’t believe the DC police or the National Park Officers ever said or even indicated they could handle an insurrection of somewhere between 30,000 and 100,000. The true numbers are difficult to pin down.
Lets look at the definition of the two words demonstrator and insurrectionist.
Demonstrator – a person who takes part in a public demonstration, as by marching or picketing.
Insurrection – an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
The National Park Officers and the DC Police were in fact ready for a demonstration of many people. They have done this time and time again. However, they have never had to put down an insurrection. We have not had to do that since the civil ware of the war between the states which was a war fought over state’s rights.
We supposedly won that war which gives the federal government rights over the state’s laws. With thousands of lives lost in that war, I hope that is settled law.
The question is when did the demonstration become an insurrection? Was it when the demonstrators turned over the first barricade’ or was it when t he President said we have to take our government back; or when the President told the security forces to take down the metal detectors: or was he when the planners planned the demonstration to turn into an insurrection.
I don’t want to see a former President go to jail. I don’t think it would be good for other countries to see that. However, I want the country to formerly recognize that the president broke the law and caused an insurrection to occur on Jan 6, 2021 and safeguards are put into place to so that it is clear that the President is never above the law. Our country cannot heal until that happens.
What is important is the healing of our country. Nothing else is as important. Most of the electorate understand what happened and are ashamed that January 6th became a loosely organized mob assaulting our precious capitol. Pride is the only thing holding the balance of the Trump electorate together.
The liberal Democrats and the Tea Party Republicans are miles apart and will never get together. If you are concerned in getting governing the nation back on track you should vote for representatives closer to the middle of both parties or even Independences. People that just think in the extremes will never pass any meaningful legislation.
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