Yesterday’s invasion of the Capitol by a roving mob of Trump supporters blindsided Capitol Police, letting protesters enter the Capitol building unabated. Former President Barack Obama,59, blamed 74-year-old President Donald Trump for inciting a riot, calling it a grave “dishonor and shame for our nation.” Obama said nothing about the angry mobs that burned down U.S. cities under his presidency, biting his tongue when it came to any social commentary. After Trayvon Martin was killed by neighborhood watch guy George Zimmerman Feb. 26, 2012, riots broke out in several American cities involving looting and arson. Obama said nothing back then but takes every opportunity to speak out now. Most people recognize the difference between street riots and breaching the U.S. Capitol, the seat of American Democracy for nearly 150 years.
Unlike street violence, the Capitol or People’s House, carries special significance for U.S. citizens, finding yesterday’s breach even more intolerable. While there was no arson or severe property damage, just the idea of hoodlums marauding through the hallowed halls of Congress was especially distasteful. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), 80, called for Trump’s removal from office today, joined by over 100 house members. With 14 days left in office, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mnn.) has started writing new articles of impeachment, despite the lengthy process only 14 days before 78-year-old President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Former Washington Post journalist-turned Democrat pundit 77-year-old Carl Bernstein called on Trump’s Cabinet to remove him under the 25th Amendment, something originated after the 1963 death of President John F. Kennedy but active in 1967.
Obama blamed Trump for inciting the mayhem the horrified the nation on the day a joint session of Congress was due to certify Biden’s Electoral College victory. “History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation,” Obama said. While it’s true that Trump spoke with a crowed Jan. 6 before Congress totaled the Electoral College votes, it’s also true that he never told anyone in the crowd to trespass, vandalize or engage in malicious mischief. Bernstein says Trump is so “unhinged,” ‘so “unstable,” he must be removed from office under the 25th Amendment. Yet Trump’s rhetoric hasn’t changed much from the days of his 2016 campaign, all through his four years in office. What’s different now is that some crazy followers decided to crash the Capitol
One day after the incident, Democrats and the media want blood, looking to remove Trump from office. But if you really look at what happened, Trump spoke no differently than he has during the last four years. Trump leaves office without any satisfaction over the four-year witch hunt accusing him of colluding with Russian to win the 2016 election and coddling dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putn and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un. When Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared Trump of wrongdoing Mach 19, 2019, Democrats and the media continued to push the Russian hoax. Then came Trump’s impeachment for trying in a July 25, 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to get information on corruption with President-elect Joe Biden and his 50-year-old sone Hunter, who’s currently under a Department of Justice Investigation.
When you really look at the facts, Trump did\ nothing more that vent his frustrations over the Nov. 3 presidential election. Trump claims the election was rigged, accusing Democrat election officials in battleground states of fraud. Trump’s legal team was not able to prove fraud in any court, including the Supreme Court. But some 40% of the populations thinks something irregular went on in the 2020 presidential election. When it comes holding Trump legally responsible for yesterday’s unruly mob at the Capitol, it’s not possible. While he told the crowd not show “weakness,” he never told anyone to break the law. How Bernstein thinks Trump is more “unhinged” and “unstable” today than he was anytime over the last five years is anyone’s guess. Taking a shot at Trump is an easy thing to do now that Biden has been confirmed as winner of the Electoral College.
Calling for Trump’s head in the aftermath of yesterday’s mayhem at is really no different than the group dynamics involved in crowd psychology. Once crowds get going, it’s difficult to stop them for erratic behavior observed yesterday with members of the unruly mob found taking pictures in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. Obama knows a lot about angry mobs when anti-police protesters burnt parts of Ferguson, Missouri for Michael Brown’s Ag. 9, 2014 death. Democrats and media promoted Brown’s death as a unjustified racial king by White cop Daren Wilson. Headlines, read “Don’t shoot,” claiming Brown’s hands were raised. When those reports were disputed by the police and eyewitnesses, Democrats and the media never changed the narrative. Trying to toss Trump out of office citing the 25th Amendment serves on one other than another angry mob.
