“This is merely an attempt to stop a man that is leading in every poll, against both Republicans and Democrats by wide margins, from running again for the Presidency.”
–– Former President Donald Trump regarding the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | Mr. Trump and I do not agree on much. But we do totally agree that the House Select Committee is intent on seeing him not run again. For good reason, I might add.
With testimony and research based on documents provided by knowledgeable people like Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and his assistant, former President Trump clearly conspired to overthrow a fair and equitable election. It is an election that he embarrassingly lost by a wide margin in the election votes, 306 to 232.
President Biden received more votes than any other Presidential candidate, 81 million votes. Former President Trump got seven million less, another embarrassment for a narcissist who continues to insist to this day that he won the election “in a landslide.”
Trump has been accused of many things by the Committee members. In short, assisted by disgraceful attorney advisors like Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman who should have known better, Trump is alleged to have attempted to block the U.S. Congress from carrying out its constitutional duty to simply count electoral votes as submitted by each state. If even a few of these accusations are true and based on the facts there is no reason to believe that they are not, Trump attempted a coup to overthrow our government.
If he is guilty of election fraud and tampering (“a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States”), as shown by testimony from prominent conservative Republicans like Georgia Sec. of State Rappensberger, who were long-time Trump supporters, he should be charged by U.S. Attorney General Garland. And Trump should end up in jail, not running for President again.
In a brief space like this one, there is no way that I can go through all of the testimony presented. If you have any questions about the details, pull up the testimony from Rappensperger and others.
I have spoken to many Trump supporters, some long-time friends, about this House Select committee. Because most only watch right-wing media (FOX, OAN, etc.), they are unaware of the select Committee’s exact findings, only the excuses given by FOX and friends.
Instead, when discussing the matter with me, they have simply stated what they have in the past- the election was stolen. They add that there is overwhelming proof of election fraud in key states; the Select Committee is partisan and lied to the public; and the investigation is just a witch-hunt by radical Democrats.
None of these assertions have any basis in fact. But these Trump supporters are so brainwashed that reality doesn’t matter to them. And that failure to acknowledge the reality of a conspiracy to undermine our way of government is the long-term threat to our democracy.
That failure of these followers to believe the truth indicates to me that these same immoral and unethical forces will try to do the same thing in the 2024 election if not stopped now via prosecutions of the guilty parties by the Department of Justice. That decision by Merrick Garland has not yet been made, which may show cowardness on his part. He needs to act soon, and with dispatch!
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