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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Own This Insurrection
Responsibility for the storming of the Capitol extends well beyond Trump.
7:03 AM ET
Peter Wehner
Contributing writer at The Atlantic and senior fellow at EPPC
The scene that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol yesterdayan insurrection in all of its ugliness, all of its violence, and all of its kaleidoscopic horroris the responsibility of Donald Trump. But it doesnt stop there.
It is also the responsibility of countless of his aides and supporters, those in right-wing media and Trumps evangelical backers, intellectuals and pseudo-historians, Republicans in Congress and outside it, all of those who have stood with Trump at every moment in his corrupt and corrupting presidency. It is the responsibility of Trump allies who attacked those who warned that Trump was malicious and malignant; who said that he was an institutional arsonist who would do grave damage to the nation; who warned about his race-baiting, his constant provocations, the psychic delight he took in dividing Americans and stoking grievances; and who raised concerns because Trumps sociopathic tendencies might lead him, and those who followed him, to very dark places.
President Trump is the architect of this insurrection, but so are his acolytes.
Donald Trump has been deformed and deranged for much of his life. It has been the pattern of his life to lie and to cheat, to intimidate and hurt others, to act without conscience, to show no remorse, and to make everything about himself. None of this was a secret when he ran for president, and certainly none of it was a secret once he became president. His viciousness, volatility, and nihilism were on display almost from the moment he took office. As president, he has acted just as one would have expected. He has never deviated from who he is.
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Republicans Own This Insurrection (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2021
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Stuart G
(38,439 posts)1. Kick for visability...Thank You for Posting This Article.. K and R
BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)2. K&R
maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)3. And that's why they're pointing the finger at Antifa.
Because they know they own it.
alwaysinasnit
(5,070 posts)4. K&R Thanks for posting.