Patterico's Pontifications

1/6/2025

Jan. 6: Four Years Later

Filed under: General — Dana @ 10:11 am



[guest post by Dana]

It’s hard to believe we’re already at the four-year mark of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It’s even harder to believe that Donald Trump will be returning to the Oval Office in two short weeks because a majority of voters felt that the then-President, who encouraged the mob of supporters to riot in protest of the election results while he long-delayed stopping the violence, was a safer bet than the candidate (or any write-in name) who had never been involved in an insurrection at the Capitol, or lied incessantly about presidential election results, or defied the important and historical peaceful transfer of power to the highest office in our land.

But here we are.

I love the speech by Mitt Romney below. It encapsulates everything I have felt about that day, and the days leading up to January 6, 2021. I’ve seen the video linked at several sites and have taken the time to read many of the comments below it. It’s laughable how many sneer, “Yeah, so where’s Mitt now?,” referring to his impending retirement. Of course the insinuation is that he blew his political career by standing up against Trump. What a chump. In Trumpland, there is a distinct failure to understand that losing one’s political career by standing up for truth, accountability, and Constitutional loyalty is a badge of honor, not a walk of shame. Instead, quite the opposite is true: It is a walk of shame that election deniers take, including presidents and politicians, by rationalizing or denying the truth about Donald Trump‘s incessant lies concerning his election loss and his part in the insurrection of January 6.

Vice-President Harris today reaffirmed her intention to carry out her lawful duties:

This video was released today. It’s an apt warning about those who would try to rewrite the history of Jan 6:

—Dana


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