Editorial: It was an insurrection. It is past time to stop spreading Trump's lies
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 -- Those who serve in Congress or North Carolina elective and legislative offices -- who deny, equivocate or condone the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as anything other than a violent act to disrupt and overturn a fair election -- make a mockery of their sacred oath of office. What they need to do is refute the lies spouted by former President Donald Trump and condemn the actions of the January 6 insurrectionists.
Posted — UpdatedThis date, January 6, joins September 11 and December 7 as indelible blots on the history of the United States.
This date in 2021, like those in September 2001 and December 1941, mark unprovoked and unwarranted attacks from without and within, on America, its Constitution and the liberty and people for which it stands.
Across the nation, state after state, legitimate audit after audit, there are certain undeniable facts: No votes were counted that should not have been counted; Joe Biden received 7,060,347 more votes than Donald Trump; and Joe Biden received 306 electoral votes and Trump just 232.
Insurrectionists rampaged through the halls of Congress, threatening the lives of legislators, assaulting police and others while trashing and looting. About 140 Capitol and local police officers were injured. Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick was killed.
Those who perpetuate and peddle the Trump election lies like 16 who signed the Nov. 23 letter aren’t patriots and shouldn’t claim any such thing. They are anti-American insurrectionists.
Those who subscribe to the lies and falsehoods being peddled by former President Donald Trump and his followers have no business in Congress and should resign. Their support of a violent effort to block the orderly conduct of the business of our democracy is clear evidence of their lack of fitness to hold office.
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