A responsible Senator would advocate against political violence

[lees1975]

or resign.

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-responsible-senator-would-advocate.html

The responsible, patriotic thing for United States Senators to do, instead of warning of "violence in the streets" resulting from indictments of former President 45, would be to point out that in this country, violence committed with the intention of overturning the rule of law is illegal, unpatriotic, seditious and makes those who advocate it the enemy of the people. It is unfortunate that some states seem to have elected a few who have no sense of their responsibility as a Senator, and are more loyal to a former President than they are to the Constitution or to the democracy that it establishes and sustains.

It's become pretty clear, through all of the whole saga of Trump's failure to follow constitutional law, and attempts to overturn a legitimate election, that all of this was planned in advance. It's also pretty clear that if the labels were different, and this was a Democrat who was doing this, the same Republicans now warning of potential violence would be up front and center demanding that the rule of law be followed and that the perpetrators of this gigantic fraud and sedition be prosecuted immediately to the full extent of the law. Their silence is actually sending a loud and clear message about where their loyalty really lies, their selfish ambition and their lack of respect for the American people, representative democracy, and the whole foundation of values and principles on which this country was founded.

I remember from the Vietnam War era, a bumper sticker that was a slap in the face to draft dodgers and those opposed to the war, which read, "America: Love It or Leave It." Any United States Senator, representative or elected official who is not willing to take a stand against political violence should not be in office and should resign immediately. Otherwise, they are betraying their oath of office and the American people.

[Moostache]

1. The bottom line is this...

We are either a nation of laws or we are a confederacy of opportunists all looking for the next score.
We cannot be a united nation if the rule of law is compromised, and Donald Trump allowed impunity behind a threat of violence.

I say damn them all.

Arrest him, frog-walk him to court, try him, convict him and throw him in a deep hole somewhere for the rest of his hopefully short life span.

And if any of his fans (or his asshole spawn) start shit or shooting (or worse), eliminate them all with no quarter given and no mercy. Insurrection against the government of the United States is an attack on the people of the United States and as such must be met with Powell Doctrine levels of military might.

[Harker]

2. I've had the "love it or leave it" line reverberating in my mind

quite a bit during the past several years.

[2naSalit]

3. "America: Love It or Leave It."