Republican officials won't admit that they know who orchestrated the attack on our democracy. And the timid media seems to be going along with that -- talking about there being no proof of who did it. Hogwash! They all know who did it, and so does every American.
The criminal who organized the attack on our Capitol (and the many attacks on our democracy in the courts) is Donald Trump.
Trump was the person who came up with the "Big Lie" on which all the attacks on democracy are predicated. He was the one to continually spread that lie (that he actually won the election but had it stolen from him by massive fraud). He was the one to ask his supporters to come to the Capitol on January 6th, and he was the one that sent the crowd to attack the Capitol Building. He was the one that directed attorneys to file dozens of lawsuits to overturn the result of a valid election. And the memos to create fake electors came from his office.
Could any of this have happened without Trump's knowledge and consent? No. All you have to do is look at Trump's past history to determine that. Trump has always been a micro-manager. In Trump's business history, nothing happened that Trump did not know about and approve. Anyone who has ever worked for him can tell you that.
And he did not change his stripes when he entered the White House. Nothing happened during his administration that he did not know about and approved. Anyone who disagreed with him quickly found they were out of a job (and vilified by him).
Why would the attack on our democracy be any different from his past history in business and political office? It's not. Trump micro-managed the attack on democracy just like he micro-managed his business and his presidency.
Donald Trump organized and set into motion the most serious attack on American democracy since the Civil War. He is a criminal and a traitor. He needs to be punished (and that should include a prison sentence)!
