The political shams back in Washington and here at home It was a huge political sham. I pored over Trump’s rambling speech on Jan. 6 that the Democrats are making hay over. These are direct quotes from Trump that day: “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” “But our fight against the big donors, big media, big tech, and others is just getting started. This is the greatest in history. There’s never been a movement like that.” “We must stop the steal and then we must ensure that such outrageous election fraud never happens again, can never be allowed to happen again.”