Rioting, Redux

 ITS HAPPENED BEFORE, in general terms. Americans, storming the capitol, an insurrection. Google "The Bonus marchers, 1932". That was worse. It lasted much longer, involved many more people, but was, arguably, justified. This time, Donald Trump is responsible. the agreement about this is nearly unanimous, with only the staunchest Trump supporters holding out. The silver lining is that the Trump mob can not claim that this was fake news, that it didn't happen, like they do with every Trump scandal or criminal act. he should be removed from office, and will be, in less than two weeks.Appropriate that the calls for application of the twenty fifth amendment are, or impeachment, they are, for all practical purposes, unnecessary. We suggest here that Trump be vigorously prosecuted for many crimes after he leaves office, to preserve accountability. he should be be indicted, prosecuted, an convicted for various crimes, among them coercion, suborning fraud, incitement to riot, sedition, obstruction of of justice, abuse of power, and various financial crimes, and violations of the emoluments clause.Joe Biden, trying to be conciliatory, tried to characterize the riot as an aberration, which it was most certainly not. It was as American, as they say, as apple pie. I used to claim that all protests are good protests; those advocating for Trump are not, even before they become riots. Donald Trump belongs in prison, and has belonged there for a very long time, since before hi sexually molested his first woman, probably in junior high. his claim that the election was stolen from him is so absurd that anyone who believes it, or pretends do, as millions do, is partly responsible for the capital building insurrection. Without Trump's encouragement, without being emboldened by the millions of Trump supporters who believe the great lie about election fraud, the rioters would never have attempted to violently overthrow the government of incoming president Joe Biden. Truly serving justice would require indicting, prosecuting, and convicting every Trump supporter for enabling and supporting Trump's traitorous, criminal behavior, including Republicans, conservatives, evangelical Christians, any of whom voted for Trump or embraces his false allegations of voter fraud. Given a choice between incarceration and deportation, millions of them would leave the country, creating an opportunity for the United States to receive millions of immigrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia, which would greatly improve the country, because the immigrants would be far better people than the dearly deported.