Much Ado About Nothing, I think not.
Republicans have driven us to a crossroads and now we stand at the precipice of destruction. If America and the oldest modern democracy is to survive, we have to disown Republicanism and expose their un-American activities for what they truly are. We can have our nation or we can have the Republican Party, but we can’t have both.
It’s becoming clearer as more details emerge that the Jan. 6 Trump-inspired mob uprising against the government appeared to be a planned coup attempt as Congress was certifying Joe Biden as the legitimate president, not a spontaneously-generated riot.
Despite the failure of the plot, the coup attempts at the Capitol in which five people died was followed by Trump’s repeated claims that the election was stolen from him, a false accusation that has been accepted by many Republicans, including senior elected officials. Many have said the siege was conducted by patriots, not thugs.
Some believe Trump will run again in 2024, if this happens a Trump victory is likely to mean the end of our constitution. or at least the temporary suspension of American democracy as we have known it. Watching Trump and his Republicans in action, sometimes it feels as if our democracy already has been suspended.