Fascism is as fascism does

The third presentation by the January 6 committee was yesterday.  It showed that Trump put enormous pressure on Pence to refuse to accept the legal ballots from some states and thus overthrow the election to stay in office.  And it showed that lawyer John Eastman tried to put a phony legal justification for this pressure.  This, of course, is pure fascism.  

Fortunately, Pence conferred with many people who told him what he already knew, which was that all the Vice President and Congress were authorized to do on January 6 was accept the count of the votes and certify the winner, Joe Biden.  One of the men that Pence turned to was one of the most highly esteemed conservative lawyers, Michael Luttig, who told him what his constitutional duty was.  Luttig's said that the Trump coup attempt was a clear and present danger to democracy in America, and that that danger continues today from Trump and his MAGA cult. He responded to the deranged "legal theory" pushed by MAGA cult fanatic lawyer, John Eastman, that supposedly justified the VP rejecting electors from the states.  Eastman had reluctantly acknowledged that his theory was unconstitutional in a discussion with Pence's lawyer, Greg Jacob, according to sworn testimony by Jacob, shown at the presentation. Luttig said he would have laid his body across the road before he would have let Pence overturn the election.  Eastman later tacitly acknowledged that he was guilty of criminal activity when he begged Trump for a pardon for his actions where he was trying to force a coup and end democracy in America.

After Pence refused to bow to the demented will of Trump, Trump sent his mob to the Capitol to hang him.  Trump's texts attacking Pence during the riot were read aloud at the riot over a bullhorn. The crowd chanted "Hang Mike Pence".  A gallows was constructed on the grounds to do just that.  The rioters also mockingly chanted "Nancy" as they flooded the halls of the Capitol, a clear intention of capturing her to do her harm - Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House.

The coup failed on January 6, 2021.  The coup attempts continue.  America remains in danger.  But the Spirit and Soul of America will prevail, I firmly believe.

I am sure that most of my conservative friends have little or no idea of any of this since they either ignore the news or stick to Fox News and other MAGA propaganda "news" outlets, which does all it can to ignore or distort these investigations.  I hope that some of these horrors are penetrating their info bubbles.