RESPONSIBILITY for the riot is a pyramid, at the top of which slouches Donald Trump, alone Trump invited his supporters to come to the capitol city, then instructed them to go to the capitol building. This is not fake news. Beneath Trump immediately are the rioters themselves, hard core Trump supporters, right wing extremists, mostly Christians. Many of the, like the "law and order" president himself, spewed indictments and accusations at the Black Lives Matter protesters last summer, sanctimoniously proclaiming themselves champions of law and order. Towards the bottom of the pyramid of evil are the mass of Trump supporters themselves, everyone who ever voted for ?Trump or kept supporting him throughout his vile and chaotic presidency. On the very bottom at the very base, is conservative Republican evangelical Christian America itself, Trump's staunch base of support.These are the people who made him president, the people who uphold and support the entire vile, immoral, violent Trump movement, all accessories to crime, all members of a criminal gang, all traitors. The most telling moment came when Trump appeared on camera in front of the White House, while his supporters ransacked the capitol, and he encouraged them further, telling them that their cause and their behavior was totally justified, that he loves them, that they are wonderful people, but that they should go home now peacefully in order to avoid getting hurt. At the crucial moment when his violent MAGA mob was destroying democracy and our county's claim to greatness, Trump congratulates them, expresses his love for them, and further encourages them, in front of the entire country. One can scarcely imagine the reaction by Christian conservatives had the mob consisted of African-American Obama supporters. America;s conservative community has shamed covered itself in shame for years, with its hatred of gay people, its hatred of government help for the poor, its hatred of all that is good and its embrace of evil, most particularly Trump himself, but this is a new low. This is the legacy of Trump, of looters roaming the inside of the nations' capitol building, looting, revealing their true nature.This is the true nature of evangelical Christian conservatism, the true nature of the Republican party. A vast majority of these people actually deluded themselves into believing that the election was stolen from Trump, another Trump lie, a big lie. Most Republicans, most evangelical Christians, most conservatives believe this lie.That is why today is their responsibility, their party, their true nature, and their legacy. Now, they will own it forever.
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