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Weeks ahead of January 6 my Trumpie sister told us ( her 4 sisters) to " get ready", that something big was happening. She felt it was her duty to warn us. We dismissed it as right wing social media Kracken stuff. But, even she was surprised by the level of violence on Jan6, though she then backtracked to maintain it was just a " tour".

Lots of ordinary people like Stephen Ayres and my sister got caught up into the Trump vortex. I think Ayres' presence at the hearings represents the reality that the violent extremism has moved way out of organized groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys and has spawned individuals who now feel it is legitimate for them to take their own violent action for the sake of the trumpian cause of distorted patriotism.

Everyone keeps saying Trump is just a symptom but once he got the power of the presidency he became the prime instigator of so much destruction.

I am so tired of having to live in a world made unsafe by the out of control egos of sociopathic, dysfunctional males like tfg and his ilk. I think it was Bannon who, in one of his online rants, talked about how Trump was on his way to making himself King and then " no more elections", no more fear of losing. I thought the whole idea was to get away from crazy Kings like George III........

Trump can never, ever be allowed even to run for any public office again!

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He needs to be tried, convicted and jailed.

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First he's got to be indicted. C'mon, Merrick Garland!

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