Steve Schmidt: 2021 will be a hard year in the life of the American nation.

[Nevilledog]

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Steve Schmidt
@SteveSchmidtSES
2021 will be a hard year in the life of the American nation. There is a great struggle that lies before us and our disbelief at its arrival must not blind us to the lethal danger it poses to the American experiment. 1/
5:09 PM · Jan 2, 2021

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2021 will be a hard year in the life of the American nation. There is a great struggle that lies before us and our disbelief at its arrival must not blind us to the lethal danger it poses to the American experiment. 1/

The poisonous bounty of Trump’s catastrophic Presidency is ready for harvest and the whole world will get to watch his seditious antics play out during a joint session of Congress on January 6th. It will play out as a farce and it will fail. Nearly 100 years on America will 2/

have it’s version of the Beer Hall Putsch. The danger lies in the act, not the outcome. We are in a dangerous moment and I’d like to try my best to explain how I see it. Before I start, there is an important matter of fact which unfortunately needs restating. @JoeBiden won 3/
the Presidential election decisively. The election was free, fair and legitimate. There is no evidence of any wide spread fraud. Allegations of fraud are premeditated lies being made by a rancid assortment of Trump’s stooges and propagandists. With the exception of a few 4/

of the more addled House GOP members like Louis Gohmert, every single House Member and every US Senator that participates in denying this reality and thus the legitimacy of our election does so as a cynical act which they know for certain has no legitimate basis. 5/

Such actions are a grievous sin against America democracy and a brutal betrayal of their oaths of office and duty. They will be desecrating the blood sacrifices of 13 generations of American Patriots of all creeds and origins who died so that our children could be free. 6/

They are fighting to maintain the power of a defeated President against the sovereign will of the American people as lawfully exercised under the Constitution of the United States. They are fighting to establish a tyranny. They are deliberately poisoning 7/

Faith and Belief in American democracy. Democratic Republic’s cannot survive such a collapse. The system is rooted in the willingness of one side to cede power to another at the will of the people. There are no other systems of government except for this type that are free. 8/

The legitimacy of that system is being strangled by Trumps lies and the lies of his movement. That movement is an autocratic one with fascistic markers. It is hostile to the American Constitution, the rule of law and the highest ideas and ideals of American liberty. 9/

January 6, will be a historic day in America. The battle lines will be drawn. The Autocrats will step forward into the light. They will include a majority of the House GOP Conference. After the 6th @GOPLeader will be the leader of House Autocrats and @Liz_Cheney will be the 10/
Leader of House Conservatives. They will include a substantial number of GOP Senators and almost all of the known GOP Presidential aspirants. 11/

The Rubicon will be crossed on the 6th. The ruthless and amoral cynicism of @SenTedCruz and @marcorubio and @SenatorLankford and @HawleyMO will be on appalling display. It must be opposed fiercely. It must be recognized for what it is. Another storm is gathering in the constant
Struggle between liberty and her enemies. Trump has unleashed the furies and has found his following. It will be a long fight. At the hour of his defeat and defenestration Trump has done his greatest damage. This is a movement that is fueled by lies, conspiracies, corruption, 13

Greed, extremism, racism, grievance, resentment, cynicism and a profound absence of love for America. It is right to feel anger and contempt towards its leaders and enablers. There is only one proposition that America’s pro-democracy 14

Coalition can offer to these people. “We win- you lose.” It’s that simple. Sedition is the precise word and the right word to describe what we have been witnessing. Never before have so many American leaders betrayed their country. We will watch their eternal disgrace on live 15

TV. The evidence of their ignominy will exist forever as will the memory of their monumental betrayal. Shame on them all. 16 #

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. This is a powerful message. It brings hope to me and all of us.

Steve Schmidt has done a great service to us by laying out very clearly what is going on, and what is at stake.

We are fortunate to have his clear voice on our side.

[scarletwoman]

2. Thank you so much for posting the unrolled thread!

There's an earlier DU thread about Steve's Twitter posts, but no one had an unrolled version: https://democraticunderground.com/100214794175

[Hekate]

3. Steve Schmidt sure has a way with words. Thanks much, Neville, for the unrolled thread!

[Maven]

4. "The danger lies in the act, not the outcome."

Schmidt gets it.

We would be wise to heed those words. We cannot afford to stay above the fray or hide behind condescension and mockery.

This coup attempt is real, it is happening, and whether it succeeds or not (this time) is not the point.

[bdamomma]

5. Thank you

Steve Schmidt.



We are in for a bumpy ride, one thing though they are too busy protecting this cult murderer, and they will all go down for SEDITION.

[Blue_true]

6. Excellent OP. I have nothing to debate you on this time.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. this is a remarkable piece of writing by Steve.

[BigmanPigman]

8. An accurate assessment of our ongoing fight

to keep our democracy despite the un-American GOP supporters in city, state and federal positions of power.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. You're a Democrat now, Steve. Tell our leaders what to do about it. /nt

[bluescribbler]

10. I take issue with one of his statements.

"Never before have so many American leaders betrayed their country."

When then Senator Jefferson Davis and his followers voted to secede from the Union and start a civil war, they betrayed their country in a way not seen before or since.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Well stated Steve Schmidt.

[dlk]

12. Schmidt is right about the upcoming ugly struggle

Democrats cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. Our democracy is in a very fragile position. Republicans have shown us who they really are and we must believe them.

[c-rational]

13. Well written indeed. The truth of it and the fact that so may seem to accept these upcoming acts

as just political theater make my blood boil.

[BobTheSubgenius]

14. As usual, I love SS's powerful writing.

This phrase, I am particularly fond of:

"an autocratic one with fascistic markers"

I think it's a very apt and accurate description.