Digging

WE NOW KNOW that on the day of the Capitol insurrection, January 6, 2021, Republican leaders in congress and Trump supporters and allies in general were shocked and horrified, panic stricken to the point of trying to get through to Trump to urge him to stop the violence at the Capitol, or to even resign, as evidently Kevin McCarthy suggested at the time. Many denouned trump's role in the nightmare, and stated their insistance that Trump be held accountable. Then, they went silent. Silent they remain to this day, or evasive. What happned is probablyl nothing so dramatic as Trump's thugs and goons getting to the G.O.P. leaders, "persuading" them to stay loyal to Trump. More likely, they began over time to see that the huge majority of Trump supporters were remaining post-insurrection Trump supporters, a surprising development, although it was probably predictable. Considering Biden's increasing unpopularity and the fact that there are as yet no Republican presidential candidates declared, you have to conclude that Trump has as much chance as anybody to get elected president in twenty twenty four. Even now, the Trump juggernaut is lurching towards a twenty twenty four presidential campaign, full steam ahead, and speaking of the insurection is taboo, as taboo as failing to accept and embrace the claim that the election was stolen from Trump, by somebody or other. We also now know that the events of that fateful day - the big Trump rally near the white House, the violence, the immediate aftermath, were all carefully planned and orchestrated well in advance by many people, many at the very top levels of government. So far more than eight hundred insurrectionists have been indicted and charged with federal crimes, and every single one of them says the same thing: that they did it beause President Trump told them to. If Trump is indicted, tried, convicted of incitement to insurrection, and sent to prison, he could still, under the constitution, run for president, get elected president, and serve as president; from prison. The constitution says nothing about abortion, and nothing about convicted felons bieng prohibited from running for president, getting elected, nor serving. As people like to say: "Let that sink in". Donald J. Trump, president again, from prison. Or even if not from prison, the very notion of Trump and his insurrrectionist-violence prone evangelical Christian far right lily white supporters having any real political power in America is horrifying to the point of being unthinkable.