I hate that this article is headlined with "GOP". That should be "The Trumplican's Other Big Lie". The GOP faces a choice- base their politics on Trump's ever diminishing base or accept that he and his policies were resoundingly defeated by Joe Biden. Joe fricken-Biden beat an incumbent president, Donald Trump.

Ordinary laws apply to ordinary people and Trump does not consider himself 'ordinary'. He is above the law because he is politically powerful and wealthy.

He's also a vindictive narcissist who uses and discards people.

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Supporters of Look Ahead America attend the 'Justice for J6' rally with supporters of those charged in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol September 18, 2021 in Washington, DC.Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Seditious conspiracy.

Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, and four other members of the far-right group were indicted on Monday for seditious conspiracy for their roles in the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 of last year, some of the most serious criminal charges to be brought in the Justice Department’s sprawling investigation of the assault.

Happy Tuesday.

This seems a good time for a flashback in case your memory, like most Americans, has gotten hazy. Remember Auqilino Gonell, the U.S. Capitol sergeant who testified about the January 6th attack?

"My fellow officers and I were punched, pushed, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us law enforcement officers, dedicated to ironically protecting them as U.S. citizens, as an impediment in their attempted insurrection.”

And this:

“All of them — all of them were telling us, ‘Trump sent us,’” Aquilino A. Gonell, a U.S. Capitol Police sergeant, said on Tuesday as he tearfully recounted the horrors of defending Congress on Jan. 6, testifying at the first hearing of a House select committee to investigate the attack.

One by one, in excruciating detail, Sergeant Gonell and three other officers who faced off with the hordes that broke into the Capitol told Congress of the brutal violence, racism and hostility they suffered as a throng of angry rioters, acting in the name of President Donald J. Trump, beat, crushed and shocked them.

Officer Michael Fanone told Congress:

As my police body-worn camera shows, thousands upon thousands of people seemingly determined to get past us by any means necessary. At some point during the fighting, I was dragged from the line of officers and into the crowd. I heard someone scream, “I got one.” As I was swarmed by a violent mob, they ripped off my badge, they grabbed and stripped me of my radio, they seized ammunition that was secured to my body. They began to beat me with their fists and with what felt like hard metal objects.

At one point, I came face-to-face with an attacker who repeatedly launched for me and attempted to remove my firearm. I heard chanting from some in the crowd, “Get his gun and kill him with his own gun.” I was aware enough to recognize I was at risk of being stripped of and killed with my own firearm. I was electrocuted again, and again, and again, with a taser. I’m sure I was screaming, but I don’t think I could even hear my own voice.

My body camera captured the violence of the crowd directed toward me during those very frightening moments. It’s an important part of the record for this committee’s investigation, for the country’s understanding of how I was assaulted and nearly killed as the mob attacked the Capitol that day. And I hope that everyone will be able to watch it.

Officer Harry Dunn testified:

"You hear that, guys, this n***** voted for Joe Biden!" a woman in a pink MAGA shirt yelled toward Capitol Police Pfc. Harry Dunn, he recounted, after Dunn said he voted for President Biden.

"Boo! F****** n*****!" the crowd of about 20 yelled back, Dunn recalled.

Dunn said his story wasn't unique. He heard from another Black officer that insurrectionists yelled at that officer: "Put your gun down, and we'll show you what kind of n***** you really are!"

The good news: Americans will undoubtedly get to hear their stories again, accompanied by dramatic images and hitherto unseen video footage of the violent attack on the seat of our constitutional republic.

The bad news: The police officers have already told their story, and it didn’t move the needle for the GOP. At all.

But they have helped expose the GOP’s other Big Lie: the one where they claim that they are the party of Law and Order. And that they “Back the Blue.”

Bullshit.

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Do you mean when the bid bad man struck a police officer with a fire extinguisher? Is that what you're talking about?

Oh yeah, that was another liberal lie.

But I do remember a black police officer that shot an unarmed white woman in the back. And you condone that. You're a sick little turd.

And why don't you provide proof that someone has been charged with attacking a police officer.

But there is proof that people have been held in solitary confinement without being charged that were not part of any violence. Do you call that justice?

Your radical party is based on fabricated lies. You people have made a mockery out of our court systems and our country. And then cry when people fight back. Bunch of cowards

You're all talk and no proof. Karma will be the end of your hatred

I'm not going to run through the hundreds of arrests to prove that the violent mob attacked law enforcement.

Here's a sampling: 

NC man who attacked police Jan. 6 hoped to storm Capitol again at inauguration, FBI says

BY MICHAEL GORDON UPDATED JUNE 07, 2022 11:05 PM

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Texas Men Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement Officer During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

Jan 6 rioter who assaulted police officer gets 41 months in jail

US judge hands down prison sentence in US Capitol riot to ex-MMA fighter who attacked police, incited and emboldened other rioters.  ------------------------

A Capitol rioter accused of attacking police on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty to threatening a 911 dispatcher on his way to the riot

Katie Balevic

Sun, June 5, 2022, 10:48 AM·2 min read

 

But there is proof that people have been held in solitary confinement without being charged that were not part of any violence. Do you call that justice?

Cite that because, it's 100% false. 

There are rioters being held without bail.

Your radical party is based on fabricated lies. You people have made a mockery out of our court systems and our country. And then cry when people fight back. Bunch of cowards

Speaking of making a mockery of our court system- what do you call your false allegations? 

But I do remember a black police officer that shot an unarmed white woman in the back. And you condone that. You're a sick little turd.

You're talking about Ashli Babbitt? Who was shot by an officer as she broke through a locked entrance? It's significant that you specify "black police officer" and "unarmed white woman". You reveal your racism in those phrases. 

What would you have done with a violent mob attacking you, breaking through an obstacle to get at you?

Yeah, you support law enforcement. Yeah, that was a peaceful protest. You are a propagandist attempting to change history. The 'big lie'.

Your radical party is based on fabricated lies. You people have made a mockery out of our court systems and our country. And then cry when people fight back. Bunch of cowards

What party are you alleging is my "radical party"? I am not associated with any party. I am an independent, who doesn't vote any pary line, as are most Americans.

"And then cry when people fight back. Bunch of cowards" Seems to me that you're the one crying...

But, you did make an interesting statement. You reveal a lot in your posts that I'm not sure you're aware of. 

You believe that the violent mob attacking the capital on January 6 was an expression of the "people fighting back". You believe that there will be a violent insurrection to overcome 'liberal' policies and politicians, as demonstrated on January 6.

You, like Donald Trump, don't believe in elections, you believe in a strong man seizing power and instituting your favored policies. You want America to be a third world autocracy with King Donald, not answerable to the people except by another violent revolution.