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§2383. Rebellion or insurrection
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
§2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
lincolnproject.us:
January 6, 2021 - “Today’s violence and insurrection in Washington and in state capitols is the direct responsibility of Donald Trump. This shameful culmination of four years of lies, propaganda, dog whistles, gaslighting, and conspiracy theories at the hands of a dangerous, unstable president has now put our Constitutional system of government at risk. While our democracy has been under attack since Donald Trump was elected in 2016, today’s domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol highlights just how much Trump and his enablers have entirely abandoned the principles of the Constitution and the Republic.
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I could not let the events of yesterday, Wednesday, January 6, 2021, go unmarked in my blog. On this date a mob of terrorists attacked the U.S. Capitol as the House and Senate convened to count the Electoral College ballots for the 2020 election.
At the urging of President Donald Trump, this preplanned coup involved a lack of police protection for the lawmakers, an inordinately long wait for approval for the National Guard to move in, and tweets from the president urging the violence to continue, with minimal "oh, gee, be nice to the guys in blue" tweets in between his continual falsehoods of "I won by a lot. Bigly." (That's all paraphrased because I'm so pissed and upset. His bullshit is on twitter and if anyone wants the exact wording, they can go look it up. (Twitter has blocked his account for 12 hours. I guess it is still up there.)
One person died (update 5:50 a.m. - NPR is reporting 4 deaths); I don't know how or who. More blood on this president's hands, along with the deaths of 350,000+ who have died from his mishandling of the Covid virus, and God only knows what else.
I am shaking I am so angry. I have known from the moment this man was elected that he was nothing but an autocrat who would be king if he could. He doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone but himself and his cult of simpletons cannot see how he has deluded them and led them astray and right into the gaping maw of fascism. He surely doesn't give a damn about the United States Constitution.
Hopefully by the time this post hits my blog, he will be in a strait jacket or handcuffs.
So many of us knew this could happen. I want the idiot gone.
ReplyDeleteMy head is still spinning. I really don't like the way humanity is going.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this Virginia. It is helpful when there is a clear and logical argument being made, which all to often we don't see. I appreciate the work you put into posting this.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely remove Trump before his term is up. Also, prosecute all the insurrectionists and censure, if not expel, the House and Senate members who objected to the legitimate votes.
ReplyDeleteMore and more I don’t think our government cares about it’s people or the country in general. It seems ,in my opinion, that it has become a “ body of give me, for me, reward me” on both sides of the party lines. I’m sadly disillusioned with all of it.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on being so angry it actually made me sick to my stomach. There are so far five people who died, the woman who was shot, three who died of other medical reasons (stroke?) and a police officer who died this morning. apparently Pence won't go for Article 25 but I'm sure the dems will start impeachment. Just keep him from using his predidential powers for the next 12 says.
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