Let's call it what it is

 On Wednesday, failed Presidential candidate  (AND IMHO  FAILED PRESIDENT ) Donald John Trump attempted a coup.  He has been sowing the seeds of mistrust and anger, even when he and his party WERE the ruling body, for YEARS.  Look back at his 2016 campaign.  He kept talking about  "illegals voting" or "Dead people voting"  He was planting the seeds, even as he won that election.

When he "won" in 2016,(and the Mueller report does say he had outside interference to help him achieve that lofty goal) did the Democrats Storm the Capitol, take him to court, go on Social media to encourage violence.  No. They got to work.  They started reaching out to groups who never voted before and groups that stopped voting.  They got the message out.  Personally, I became much more politically active and active in my community .  I  donated more to local food banks and Planned Parenthood.  I sent money to politicians whose message I felt was important.  I talked to people about voting.  Many times, I simply encouraged people to be part of the process.  You cannot complain if you don't make your choices known.

The riots and unrest that came over the summer, due to the problems with police brutality and the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd are related to the general governance of this country and are beginning a dialog between rational people on both sides of the aisle, but some people see change as an assault on their way of life and are unwilling to talk about ANY sort of change in the way we approach issues of race in this country.  This is a topic that needs more than a paragraph or a page and I will be talking about that at some future date.

On Wednesday, I was dismayed. There has to be a stronger word;  pissed off maybe, but even that fails to adequately convey my emotions.  I could not believe and simultaneously COULD believe that people were trying to stop the counting, a largely ceremonial act, to be honest, as the actual VOTES had been  shown live on national television, but no matter.  Team Trump's motto seems to be "Who ya gonna believe?  ME or your LYING eyes?"  Trump whipped these people into a final frenzy, promised them HE would march with them, then went home to this cushy quarters in the Nation's House and ( reportedly) gleefully watched the scene unfold.

He sent them to capture or kill the people in Congress and The Vice President for not doing his bidding.

Let that sink in.  There were people armed with zip-tie cuffs.  Did you think they ere there to make sure the statues and the precious artwork in the Halls went undisturbed?  They were screaming "Hang Mike Pence"  Trump has placed in their tiny brains that anyone who does not follow him is a traitor and needs to be killed.

There were more people killed in this insurrection attempt than at Benghazi.  So we can ask the same questions.  Why was the Capitol left undefended?  When they called for  help , why was none sent for several hours?  Who is responsible for the deaths?   Who will answer for the murder of  Capitol policeman Brian Sicknick?  

Ironic, no?

Those who perpetrated this attack on democracy are taking to social media to deny that they did anything wrong.  I think they believed they were right in trying to overthrow the government and to kill whoever got in their way. Please don't try to say it was anything less than that.  Trump's lawyers have never presented the "Massive voter Fraud"  he crows about.  There isn't any.  Even his own people, his OWN Departments who oversee such things says there wasn't anything.  Q-Anon people will claim that that is because all of those people were seduced by Deep State( whatever THAT is) and cannot be trusted.  Q-anon and Q-anon alone knows the truth.

I am trying to remain hopeful. Trump and his henchmen must NOT be let off easily.  History reminds us that they let Hitler off easily and twelve years later he was trying to destroy the planet.  Trump MUST face the consequences of this action.  He is going to say "Oh, I had nothing to do with it. I tried to stop them"  He is insane and must be removed.

For those who are posting that "Conservative voices are being silenced" I say this.  THIS is not conservative doctrine.  This is NOT less government and fiscal responsibility.  This is the fascism they warned you about wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.