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Elizabeth M. (Massachusetts)'s avatar

Thanks for the information about the forged documents. Let's contemplate for a minute how this would have played out, if the party roles were reversed and a defeated Democratic president had lied that he won, riled up militias nationwide, gotten thousands to storm the Capitol to try to prevent the certification of the Electoral College votes, after attempting in five swing states to fraudulently overturn the legitimate election results. If it had been Democrats doing all that, and if all the evidence that has come out in the past year about Trump and his co-conspirators had been committed by Democrats, the Republicans would have reacted with instant, towering outrage about the monumental lies, the many attempts to overturn the most secure election in our history, the plot by an outgoing defeated president and cronies to overturn the will of the people and remain in power, and the violent attempt to stage a coup. If the things that have Trump and his co-conspirators and supporters have done in the past 15 months had been done by Democrats, the Republicans would long ago have indicted, tried, and convicted all of them.

But it was Republicans who did these things, and except for the bit players in the drama, they all still walk free.

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MaryB of Pasadena's avatar

The only way I could stand hearing about the Arizona rally was through your words. Still difficult, but thank you. We can’t close our eyes and pretend this isn’t dangerous

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