Dear Editor,
Americans hold different opinions of what happened in our nation’s capital three years ago on the day of January 6, 2021. But whether Donald Trump summoned protesters to Washington or not, whether he told them to protest peacefully or fight like hell, is irrelevant to the main point which is this:
Did Trump know what was going on at the Capitol building throughout the afternoon of January 6, 2021? Yes
Did he know the rioters were his supporters? Yes
Did he know some of them were armed? Yes
Did he know that the lives of Vice President Mike Pence, other lawmakers and police officers, were threatened by the mob? Yes
Did he know the one person best able to bring a stop to the chaos was himself? Yes
Did our President watch the violence unfold on TV and wait more than three hours before doing anything to stop it? Yes
Were he to once more become President and Commander in Chief of the USA, would I trust Donald J. Trump with my country’s democracy?
Nope.
Steve Metzler