Lest we Forget

   Last Tuesday was January 6th, 2026. The fifth anniversary of Insurrection Day. The day Trumplicans marched on the United States Capitol building and broke into it as Congress, and Vice President Mike Pence, were in the process of certifying the election results. They came from a rally held by Trump on the Ellipse, or President’s Park South, just south of the White House, where soon-to-be former president Trump had told them “if you don’t fight like hell, you won’t have a country anymore”. He had made unsubstantiated claims of election fraud and irregularities, even while calling Georgia secretary of state to “find 11, 780 votes” in order to overturn the election. The leaders of The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers Militias, factions of the Three Percenters and QAnon movement, white supremacists, neo-fascists, neo-Nazi and neo-Confederates were involved in the invasion of the Capitol. Some were armed. It was the first time the confederate flag had entered into the United States Capitol building. To date, it was the only coup d’etat directed towards the Federal Government in the history of the United States of America.  

    The claims of election fraud and vote tampering were proven to be false. Over fifteen hundred rioters were hunted down, charged, and had their day in court. Over half of those got jail time. For his instigation, and perpetuation of lies about a “rigged election” Trump was impeached by Congress for a second time. Investigations into both the former president and his mob were on-going when he entered office again in 2025. Those disappeared when he took office. He also gave a blanket pardon to those “loyalists” who had been tried and imprisoned. He still maintains that the election had been “rigged” and that he had nothing to do with the January 6th Insurrection.  

   Trump believes his re-election in 2025 to be a validation of all his claims. He reiterates consistently that being elected again was a “mandate from the people” that he can do no wrong. His people began to float the probability of him running for an unconstitutional third term in 2028. He has merch already made up. Hats with “Trump 2028” sat on his desk when democrats came to the Oval Office to talk about the government shutdown last year. He bulldozed the East Wing of the White House, without consulting anyone, in order to build a ballroom. He plastered gold inlay and ornate “royalty-level” decor all through the White House. He has turned the “People’s House” into Trump House. He put his name on the Kennedy Center. Yes. The Kennedy Center. He’s putting his likeness on coins commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, contrary to federal law prohibiting living presidents on the face of money. He is ruling by presidential decree and whim, and doing it badly.  

   I agree with the president Trump of January 6th, 2020, when he said “if you don’t fight like hell, you won’t have a country anymore”. Truer words have never been spoken by him. Sic semper tyrannis, y’all.  Never give up the ship.  

God bless Y’all.