Rick Wilson - The Terrorist-In-Chief

Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, the United States watched a mob storm the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power. They attacked the sacred seat of the Republic on orders of man who lost an election, but maintained control of his Forever Cult.

Call it whatever euphemism helps you sleep: a “riot,” a “protest that got out of hand,” a “tour group with bad vibes.” But in plain English, it was a terrorist attack. It was political violence aimed at overturning a constitutional process through fear, force, and intimidation. It degraded the values, history, and sacrifices that made this country what it was for 250 years. It was an assault designed to make Congress, Trump’s own Vice President, and anyone else standing between Donald Trump and power, choose between duty and survival.

Terrorism isn’t a mystical category that requires a foreign accent or a secret lair in Pakistan. Terrorism is violence deployed for political ends. That day, the end was simple: break the counting of electoral votes, break the system, break the law, and keep Trump in office.

And if you want the cleanest, least-deniable definition of what that mob was trying to do, you don’t have to take it from a Democrat, a liberal, or some “woke” historian. Mitch McConnell said it out loud: “What we saw here on January 6th was an effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another.”

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