was it american soldiers seizing voting machines? was it the person who lost declaring himself the winner? was the plan to get to these boxes on january six to scatter the electors, to substitute the fake elector ballots? as absurd as it is, the motive here matters a great deal. how well-planned was the ballots? you can go back to the debate where donald trump said to the proud boys and these groups, stand back, stand ready, lock and load. that's exactly what they did. they waited for the command, trump gave the command on the sixth, and a mob attacked the capitol in one of the most disgraceful acts in american history. these people, these criminals, who are being sentenced by the droves, who are pleading guilty, the seditionists, the idea that a former president of the