There was no ‘economic anxiety’ among the pro-Trump mob besieging the Capitol, from CEOs to Olympic champions. There was, though, plenty of blatant racism and antisemitism. So why has the liberal media pampered these fascists for so long?
In December of 2019, President Trump tweeted a picture of himself bracketed by an unpunctuated caption. In reality, they’re not after me it read. They’re after you I’m just in the way.
I wrote then that the tweet artfully sums up the Trump era from the perspective of the president and his supporters. Resembling the famous Uncle Sam I want you poster, the image and the 14 words captured the belief of Trump Nation that the political establishment, the media, the permanent bureaucracy and yes, the deep state are trying to crush him and them.
The tweet came on the same day that House Democrats voted to impeach Trump over the Ukraine piffle. Now that House Democrats and 10 Republicans have voted to impeach Trump for a second time over the Capitol invasion, even as Trump’s term nears the end, history is indeed repeating itself and for the same reason.
In December of 2019, President Trump tweeted a picture of himself bracketed by an unpunctuated caption.
“In reality they’re not after me” it read. “They’re after you I’m just in the way.”
I wrote then that the tweet “artfully sums up the Trump era from the perspective of the president and his supporters.” Resembling the famous Uncle Sam “I want you” poster, the image and the 14 words captured “the belief of Trump Nation that the political establishment, the media, the permanent bureaucracy and yes, the deep state are trying to crush him and them.”
The tweet came on the same day that House Democrats voted to impeach Trump over the Ukraine piffle. With the Dems now barrelling toward a second impeachment over the Capitol invasion even as Trump’s term nears the end, history is indeed repeating itself and for the same reason.
ebevins@newsandsentinel.com
People scale a wall at the U.S. Capitol during Wednesday’s riot. (Photo provided by Eric Barber)
PARKERSBURG A former Parkersburg City Councilman was close to Wednesday’s chaos at the U.S. Capitol.
Eric Barber said he was in Washington, D.C., to attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. While Barber said he believes there was interference and perhaps outright fraud in the election, he thought Wednesday’s violence went too far.
“I don’t think it should have been done, but I understand why people are angry,” he said.