Ramblings from an old scibbler
Joe Gelarden
Dear grandkids and great grandkids, too,
Last week, as we endured the 49th week of a pandemic, our nation watched the Senate acquit the former president of siccing a mob on the Capitol to prevent Congress from exercising its constitutional duty.
It was a strange, gut-wrenching spectacle filled with graphic video images of rioters smashing the hallowed halls of our democracy, overwhelming police, and sending our elected officials fleeing for their lives. We saw it on television. We saw the former president call the mob to Washington, D.C. He and his loyal henchmen claimed he won the 2020 election. He said the governors of all 50 states certified fraudulent election results.