6 January 2021, four years later
6 January 2025
Donald Trump’s statement that the 6 January 2021 insurrection, which he led, was a day of love, is clear and convincing evidence that Trump is evil, deranged and unfit for any position of public responsibility. Being pragmatic, we should support his actions as President that are good for the American people. But we must never forget his evil. In addition, since evil is seductive, we should stay as far away from him and his supporters as possible.
Robert Reich commented on this day, “A day that shall live in infamy, as should Donald J. Trump.”
The man who instigated a riot at the U.S. Capitol four years ago tomorrow to stop the certification of Joe Biden as president will be certified president.
The peaceful transfer of power lies at the heart of American democracy, but Trump sought to overturn the result of the 2020 election and has not been held accountable.
We must never forget his treachery.
When Vice President Mike Pence walked into the Capitol four years ago tomorrow, on January 6, 2021, he faced a withering pressure campaign by Trump, who had already twisted the arms of governors and election officials around the country to change the result of the election in his favor.
Pence was about to throw out the slates of false electors that Trump and his henchmen had hyped for weeks — coaxing loyalists in five swing states to submit signed certificates falsely claiming they were “duly elected and qualified” members of the Electoral College.
But as Pence began the electoral vote count, thousands of Trump supporters, many of them armed, stormed the Capitol. Some chanted they wanted to “hang Mike Pence” for refusing to block the certification.
They came directly from a rally Trump held on the Ellipse, in which Trump repeated his false claim that the election had been stolen and told the crowd, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
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