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| Insurrectionists at the Capitol Building beating a police officer to death |
Last Wednesday I was sitting at this computer updating my online Scrabble games with Pat. As usual, I had my TV on to my right as background noise. I rarely sit in front of my TV and just watch TV except for my Netflix movies.
On my TV was live coverage of the Senate's ceremonial verification of the Electoral College votes for the presidency. I was aware that Trump wanted his vice president Pence to do something he wasn't authorized to do, not accept the Electoral College results naming Joe Biden President and Kamala Harris Vice President. Of course Pence, whatever you think of him and I don't much think of him with respect, even Pence wasn't going to do something which he wasn't authorized to do by law, overturn the results of the free and fair election in which more voters voted for Biden than Trump.
As I was concentrating on my seven tile board to perhaps score another BINGO, I heard a lot of shuffling and words of concern on my TV. I turned around to look and I saw members of the House running for safety while the Capitol building was under assault from Trump inspired seditionists and traitors, seeking to overthrow the election results by force. For the next eight hours I was riveted to the TV, at times in disbelief and other times angered. And then I was saddened to realize that so many of my fellow Americans were so easily conned by such an obvious con man as Trump.
Like 9/11, I will always remember where I was when these traitors assaulted our seat of democracy. I will remember where I was when Trump and his enablers tried to keep him in power by a violet coup.
I have no doubt that these traitors intended to harm and even kill lawmakers like Nancy Pelosi and even Mike Pence, who they shouted they wanted to hang.
We are witnessing history folks. There is so much going on in our lives today and in my life. This morning I woke up to find my Bill on the floor in the kitchen, unable to get up. I will go into more detail later but Bill is 92 years old and failing physically. I was able to get him up off the floor (he doesn't remember how he fell) and I will closely monitor him a I have been doing for some months now.
Stay safe folks. We'll get through this.
