Credit.Oliver Contreras for The New York Times
When all the facts come out about the treasonous attack on the U.S. Capitol inspired by President Trump, impeaching him
three times won’t feel sufficient. Consider this Washington Post headline from Monday: “Video Shows Capitol Mob Dragging Police Officer Down Stairs. One Rioter Beat the Officer With a Pole Flying the U.S. Flag.”
That said, while I want Trump out and I don’t mind his being silenced at such a tense time I’m not sure I want him permanently off Twitter and Facebook. There’s important work that I need Trump to perform in his post-presidency, and I need him to have proper megaphones to do it. It’s to blow apart
I’m confused. Do Republicans support the police or not? One officer killed, another committing suicide, some in the hospital, and many more injured after being attacked by Trump supporters. It seems that they support the police only against Black protesters, but not against White Trump supporters invading our Capitol.
Thomas L. Friedman: Trump is blowing apart the GOP. God bless him.
We can dial down the madness by splitting the principled conservatives from the Trump loyalists.
(Oliver Contreras | The New York Times)
President Donald Trump talks to reporters at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, before boarding Marine One for a trip to Alamo, Texas, his first public appearance in nearly a week after his supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn election results. President Trump on Tuesday showed no contrition or regret for instigating the mob that stormed the Capitol and threatened the lives of members of Congress and his vice president, saying that his remarks to a rally beforehand were totally appropriate and that the effort by Congress to impeach and convict him was causing tremendous anger.
Protesters outside Lee Zeldin’s Patchogue office on Monday called on the congressman to resign. (Credit: Joe Werkmeister)
One week after a violent mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, forcing lawmakers to flee for safety, Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) maintained his support for the outgoing president after witnessing firsthand a moment he said he would “never forget.”
Mr. Zeldin, an ardent supporter of President Trump since his presidential campaign first began in 2015, had been scheduled to speak on the House floor as an Arizona objector as Congress formally certified President-elect Joe Biden’s victory last Wednesday when a scene of chaos unfolded unlike anything in modern American history.