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We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
James Baldwin suggested, "Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
Jan. 6 is yet just another example of American extremism. While the world is watching how the events of the successionist siege unfold and calling us hypocrites, one-half of our national leadership remains silent on this seminal issue that has impacted and imperiled our fragile democracy.
Over the last 150 years, our country has experienced similar nationwide terroristic acts. The country struggled to unite during reconstruction, Jim Crow, the 1960s Civil Rights movement, and the Obama and Trump presidencies.
Where are the profiles in courage? Here we are six months after the events of Jan. 6, and there are sitting U.S. congressional leaders who continue to remain silent. The evidence of that day is apparent, yet they continue to foster the BIG lie and run when confronted with questions. The election was not rigged, and they know it. Yet, many Republican congressional leaders continued to gaslight the American public by suggesting it was just a typical day on Capitol Hill.
The facts are that an angry mob of extremists, upset about our presidential election results, attempted to circumvent the will of the American people by storming the U.S. Capitol. These facts are not in dispute.
It is equally disturbing that a political party that backs law enforcement would refuse to meet with the very officers who protected their lives on that day. Six members voted against legislation to give the very officers whose heroic acts save their lives a Congressional Medal of Honor. Still, nothing to say about the Confederate flag that was paraded through the rotunda. The mendacity.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opi...h-diversity-really-valued-america/7971239002/
Jan. 6 is yet just another example of American extremism. While the world is watching how the events of the successionist siege unfold and calling us hypocrites, one-half of our national leadership remains silent on this seminal issue that has impacted and imperiled our fragile democracy.
Over the last 150 years, our country has experienced similar nationwide terroristic acts. The country struggled to unite during reconstruction, Jim Crow, the 1960s Civil Rights movement, and the Obama and Trump presidencies.
Where are the profiles in courage? Here we are six months after the events of Jan. 6, and there are sitting U.S. congressional leaders who continue to remain silent. The evidence of that day is apparent, yet they continue to foster the BIG lie and run when confronted with questions. The election was not rigged, and they know it. Yet, many Republican congressional leaders continued to gaslight the American public by suggesting it was just a typical day on Capitol Hill.
The facts are that an angry mob of extremists, upset about our presidential election results, attempted to circumvent the will of the American people by storming the U.S. Capitol. These facts are not in dispute.
It is equally disturbing that a political party that backs law enforcement would refuse to meet with the very officers who protected their lives on that day. Six members voted against legislation to give the very officers whose heroic acts save their lives a Congressional Medal of Honor. Still, nothing to say about the Confederate flag that was paraded through the rotunda. The mendacity.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opi...h-diversity-really-valued-america/7971239002/
