The Predator in Chief lost the election by a substantial margin in the popular vote www.cnn.com/... ( 51.3% 81,283,074 for Biden to 46.8% 74,222,959 for DJT) and electoral college vote (Biden 306 to DJT to 232). The voters said “No” to DT. The voters wanted a change, a new administration, a new president. This choice was clear. It was decisive. The voters overwhelmingly voted for Biden/Harris.
In over 90% of the Predator in Chief’s legal challenges to the results of the election, judges tossed out or voted against his challenges, saying “No”. The SCOTUS said “No” to taking up his cases.
And yet, the Predator in Chief continued to fight the results, harass state election officials and lie to his followers. He enlisted co-abusers of the Constitution from Senators like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley to many Republican representatives. He riled up his “supporters”, his white supremacist mob and asked them to meet him in Washington DC on 1/6/21. He spoke to this crowd and asked that they go to the Capitol, to that exact location, at the exact time that Congress had begun the work of the people’s business, processing the electoral college votes. He encouraged his mob not to be weak. (Please read the NYT analysis of DT speech to the mob www.nytimes.com/....)
The Predator in Chief’s mob did not respect the “No” that came from the voters, the courts, even the SCOTUS. They did not respect our Constitution or even the flag of the United States of America as they tried to remove it from the Capitol and replace it with a “Trump” flag. They chose to break into the Capitol, wounding and killing officers. They chose to terrorize our senators, representatives, press and Capitol staff. They defiled the halls and offices of Congress, breaking furniture, stealing items, ransacking offices and actually urinating in hallways. They attacked and crushed Capitol police officers and reportedly yelled the n word at officers of color.
Can we please stand up for the elected officials, officers, staff and press who fought for our Constitution and our Capitol itself? DJT does not want to accept the people’s “No”. He directed his mob to the Capitol to stop Congress. This was a crime.
Survivors of sexual violence understand the predator who will not hear “No”. We know this type of person well. The id-driven obsession with power, the dehumanizing of others, the lack of empathy or compassion, cruelty. The psychotic unbreakable will. Verbal, physical and psychological violence. Victims of these predators know what it is to hide, but be caught and then be restrained and held down, to try to run and be blocked and threatened. We know what it is to have your body endangered and violated. Pressed, squished, pounded, broken. The most advanced predators will have a highly charismatic side making it difficult for non-targets to recognize their criminal behavior. Many survivors never see their attacker arrested and tried in a court of law and/or be convicted and sentenced. This does profound damage. There is the crime itself and there is the response. Failure of authorities to respond, failure to act, failure to seek justice damages victims for life and impacts families, communities and future generations.
We have seen DJT for what he is since 2015. It isn’t difficult to spot a predator when you’ve been the target of one. So many predators are white men of means. We still do not have a concession or a strongly worded condemnation of the violence. Nor do we have an acceptance of the the elections results in clear and certain terms. This silence could be signaling the mob. The criminal behavior has been escalating and could get worse if not stopped.
If you can’t be criminally charged for inciting a mob to storm the Capitol to stop Congress from tallying the electoral college votes, what could you be charged for in the USA? Please don’t tell me we need healing and unity before we have justice.
We said “No.” We said “No” to hatred. “No, we don’t want DT to serve a second term!” “No, the election was not stolen!” “No, it is no ok to endanger the lives of the Vice-President and his family and our representatives and senators who were upholding the law and counting the electoral college votes!” “NO!” No more appeasing this Predator in Chief!
He must be held accountable. The 25th and impeachment. And he must face criminal charges.
No means no. Hold him accountable.
