by Mark Snider, Hamilton
According to “Accountable.US”, a non-partisan organization focused on the “big lie”, ‘The deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 was the result of months of election fraud lies spread far and wide by twice-impeached former President Trump and his allies. Even after all the violence that day, 147 Members of Congress and 8 U.S. Senators kept the “Big Lie” alive by voting against certifying the presidential election results in some states.”
Why would 147 members of Congress and 8 U.S. Senators attempt to overturn a fair and honest election? The answer is simple and easy to prove and provide solid physical evidence.
The proof is found in the tax returns and other published public information on corporate donations. For example, Open Secrets, a nonpartisan, independent nonprofit reporting organization published that the Blackstone Group gave $35,506,659.00 to Republican politicians who supported Trump and his lying cult members.
Unfortunately, there are many other virtue-less and wicked corporations who support election deniers. Here is a short list: Uline Corp gave $80,048,383.00 and Citadel LLC gave insurrection supporters $68,620,901.00. Susquehanna International Group gave $44,108,905.00 and Thiel Capital gave $32,970,272.00 to enrich those who repeated the “big lie.” Koch Industries contributed $24,528,354.00 and ABC Supply $25,910,272.00 to help elect traitors and corrupt politicians. Charles Swchab & Co. invested $15,721,415.00 and Oracle Corp. financed right-wing Republican fascist supporters.
Those 147 Members of Congress and 8 U.S. Senators voted to deny the honest and fair election which certified, after very careful analysis, President Biden as president after the Trump supporting Republicans violently tore apart the Capital and caused the death of others.
Even to this day, neither Trump nor his Republican cronies have submitted one shred of evidence of election fraud to the American public or any court or federal law enforcement organization. Trump made false claims (lies) about the election being rigged yet not one of the 156 lawmakers sought out or demonstrated any proof or evidence of electoral malfeasance.
All the evidence proves Trump was lying and the Democrats won a fair election. So what is the American public supposed to do? First of all we must reject the lies and check the truth from organizations such as FactCheck.org, TruthOrFiction.com and PolitiFact.com. Secondly we must not let corporations buy public offices and elected officials. Thirdly we must boycott corporations that support insurrectionists, rioters and corrupt politicians such as AT&T, Delta Airlines, Comcast and Home Depot etc.
George Orwell gave us this advice, “A people that elect corrupt politicians, impostors, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.” Don’t be an accomplice to corrupt right-wing extremists, repent and support honest politicians and those who support the Constitution, Biblical teaching and democracy.
Can any Trump supporter or right-wing Republican vow to tell the truth, to protect our democracy, our Constitution and our moral obligations? Can any of them say the following oath and mean it? “I solemnly swear and affirm that I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God and under pains and penalties of perjury?
I call on every American to obey the law, to tell the truth, and to respect our Constitution. I ask you to boycott corrupt corporations and stop voting for those who promote extreme rightwing propaganda that is tearing the Republican Party in two.
Gomez says
Thank you for a well thought and sourced letter. 100 years from now this will be seen as a time in history when a good 30% of the American population fell under the spell of a mentally unstable cult leader.
“All cult leaders are very good at supplying people with what they want and are missing in their lives, so they feel loved and that they belong.”
It is without question, a cult. This is why they fly the flags from their trucks, wear the red hats and attend the rallies. Father Donald makes them feel special and tells them that they are loved. These are people who needed to get more hugs from their mothers (and fathers, as is the case with Trump) when they were children, and have now grown up to be bitter, insecure and angry adults.