To be frank, I can't take seriously the idea that Trump needs to be punished for "inciting" the Capitol riots. The entire spring of 2020, Democratic politicians everywhere were encouraging the race riots taking place in major cities across the country. Here in Wisconsin, the two major cities, Madison and Milwaukee, were both hit hard, and when Jacob Blake made the news, before the public had any more information than that the cops had shot a black man and that he was hospitalized, our governor released a public statement condemning the officers and touting how he stood with BLM. He made it clear that it was the position of the governor's office that the cops were in the wrong without anyone even knowing the circumstances. They were cops and Blake was black and that was all the information anyone should need. And partly fueled by that approval from on high, Kenosha burned, Kyle Rittenhouse was attacked and he killed 2 men and those rumbles are still being felt today, in racial tension, in elevated crime rates, in our discourse at all levels. The fact that our elected leaders would not say "no" to violence has hurt us all, and to single out Trump is absurd. I'll accept the argument that Trump is responsible for the damage in DC... but I will only accept it if the person leveling that charge accepts that Democratic politicians are responsible for the much more serious damage nationwide. And forgive me if I'm skeptical of any left-leaning folk taking that position.
To be frank, I can't take seriously the idea that Trump needs to be punished for "inciting" the Capitol riots. The entire spring of 2020, Democratic politicians everywhere were encouraging the race riots taking place in major cities across the country. Here in Wisconsin, the two major cities, Madison and Milwaukee, were both hit hard, and when Jacob Blake made the news, before the public had any more information than that the cops had shot a black man and that he was hospitalized, our governor released a public statement condemning the officers and touting how he stood with BLM. He made it clear that it was the position of the governor's office that the cops were in the wrong without anyone even knowing the circumstances. They were cops and Blake was black and that was all the information anyone should need. And partly fueled by that approval from on high, Kenosha burned, Kyle Rittenhouse was attacked and he killed 2 men and those rumbles are still being felt today, in racial tension, in elevated crime rates, in our discourse at all levels. The fact that our elected leaders would not say "no" to violence has hurt us all, and to single out Trump is absurd. I'll accept the argument that Trump is responsible for the damage in DC... but I will only accept it if the person leveling that charge accepts that Democratic politicians are responsible for the much more serious damage nationwide. And forgive me if I'm skeptical of any left-leaning folk taking that position.