Mike Sigman and Dennis Pierce have weighed in from the wings on Jan. 6, so, a reality weight to counter Styrofoam dumbbells. One sandwiches white-bread tropes between weak condemnations of witnessed events: angry, lied to, middle-aged dudes costumed for battle, beating police with flagpoles, marching through our Capitol with Confederate flags searching for officials to “hang.” He hopes red meat of “Antifa, BLM” and “Hillary” will make us buy what-about-ism and false equivalencies. Facts of gracious concessions and peaceful transfers of power do not equal blatant lies whipping a mob into frenzy, delivered by a president (“I’ll walk there with you”). Dennis’ pasture sweepings stink.
Mike appears deep down the inter-webs rabbit hole, careening from dossier conspiracies to fogs of “blocking a national audit.” Audits have been conducted. Most initiated by Republicans. None (zero) has found anything approximating systemic fraud. The last election was exceedingly accurate, despite the “panting, emotional” screams from anti-American radicals. This rotting red fish smells worse than Dennis’ dung.
Gents, your side appears to be winning. Demonizing “otherism” and repeating lies via the GOP’s wholly owned right-wing entertainment (media?) is proving better than the reckoning identified when Republicans began losing the popular vote. Rather than appealing to folks with policy and legislation, the cynicism of scapegoating, lies and voter suppression was the path taken. Democracy depends on human goodwill, following norms, rules and truth. When me-first narcissism, rule bending and law-changing power grabs are embraced, one side wins and the rest lose. So, Mike and Dennis, congratulations! (I guess).
Andy Corra
Durango
