Evil, Still Lurking

THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS are laying out Trump's insurrectionist plot to reverse his election defeat and overthrow the U.S. government in striking detail. The committee just completed explaining and documenting the incredible amount of pressure applied to Vice President Pence by Trump and others wanting Pence to somehow accomplish it all by himself, as if that were somehow possible. The Vice President's ceremonial role in formalizing the electoral college vote count in the Capitol in Congress got twisted into imaginary conspiracies and secret powers of the V.P. to reverse, rather than merely formally affirm the final count. Pence's refusal to succumb to Trump's pressure to reverse the election results is beginning to make Pence an unlikely hero in progressive circles, which arguably he more than deserves. That Trump planned it all out, including the attack on the Capitol and Pence's election stealing, Trump proved once again just the other day, when he told a live, adoring audience, effectively, that Mike Pence is a good guy, a real good guy, and I, Trump like him a lot but, he really failed to take action, he really let us donw on the big day. Everyone in the crowd knew exactly what Trump meant, and, alarmingly, they seemed to agree with him one hundred percent. It seems likely that Trump will run for president in 2024, and will announce his candidacy, with the usual bluster, sometime within the next few months. It will be interesting to see how far he pushes his insane idea that the 2020 election was stolen from him, that the Capitoal insurrrection was a noble attempt at justice, and that the Democrats will try to steal another election from him in 2024. Even more intersting will be observing how many people support his next campaign, and his big lie message.'Cause one thing fo sho: Trump aint droppin' his big lie.... Just yesterday a man said to me that he voted for Trump, and would vote for him again. The man who said this is a friend of mine, and the remark did not surprise me, but it still astounds me. I responded to him by saying that he, like most people who support Donald Trump, is much to good a person to support an obvious liar and criminal like the Don. Not only did President Tump invent and violently defend his big election lie by trying to overthrow the government, he is now basically saying yes I did it and I would do it again.And yet, evidently millions of Americans still support him, would vote for him today. I am beginning to see exactly how a democracy can crumble and die in a supposed democracy loving country such as the U.S. of A.