On January 6th, 2021, we watched as an angry mob stormed the United States Capitol to stop the counting of electoral votes, kill the House Speaker and hang the Vice President. Afterwards, before the DOJ began investigating this failed coup attempt, the January 6th House Select Committee laid out the comprehensive plot led by President Trump to remain in office despite losing a free and fair election.
Forget the MAGA hysterics about bodies in the streets and American blood being tainted by vermin. And MAGA attacks on special counsels and prosecutors. The only reason Donald Trump is being prosecuted is because he has committed crimes, from sexual assault to business fraud to influence the 2016 election (guilty on both) to trying to overturn our government by refusing to relinquish power when he had no right to wield it. In the olden days, the day of or after such a coup, the perpetrator would have his head removed from his body and placed on a pike as a deterrent to future overthrowers.
What happened this week at the Supreme Court is heinous and cannot be tolerated. The entity trusted for 250 years to protect our Constitution and our democracy chose to do the polar opposite. They kneecapped current indictments against “King” Trump and may overturn convictions of their new king and his future brownshirts (Proud Boys et al), currently in prison for sedition and other crimes during the unsuccessful coup attempt.
The court made up this unnecessary and supremely unwise decision on a political 6-3 vote, adding proscriptions to evidence in hand in the January 6 federal investigation. In addition to that ridiculous (Amy Coney Barrett concurred) opinion, fellow justices threw out other MAGA bones (special counsels may be illegal, come back and ask us to rule on that one) as red meat to Trump’s base.
As we prepare for America’s 250th birthday as a democracy, there is little to cheer for, with women and minorities on the chopping block. Not to mention voters. Say what you will while you enjoy the jobs, economy, democracy and personal health (getting us out of the COVID pandemic) that Joe Biden has brought us. Turning our backs on our very democracy just to please one orange man is absolute lunacy.
Too bad Joe Biden’s not going to avail himself of the kingly powers he’s just been granted. If I had my wish, Donald Trump would be arrested and sent to GITMO with no phone or social media access, for treason for having tried to overturn our Constitution. To keep him company, I’d send along Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Jim Jordan, Leonard Leo and would remove Steve Bannon from Danbury Country Club prison and send him, too. Roger Stone as well, Mr. Dirty Tricks himself.
Add Ron Johnson just because he’s the weasel who tried to hand-deliver Wisconsin’s and Michigan’s fake elector forms to Vice President Pence on January 6th, plus he did (and does) nothing for the people of Wisconsin. Also Scott Perry, Matt Gaetz and every Senator and Representative who voted against certifying the 2020 election results. Have a big crane deliver a few cows over the fence every few days so they can fight each other for scraps while they await, and await, and await, trial.
Oh, as MTG and Lauren Boebert are frenemies now, put them in a cell together in the toughest women’s prison ward in the country and see how long they last. Add cameras for live streaming, but don’t allow Gitmo to have any TV’s. That’s the start of of my revenge fantasy. What’s yours? Dee
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