The several weeks that have passed since November’s election day have stressed the American Rule of Law. January 6 was a culminating day when a mob stormed the halls of Congress itself in an attempt to intimidate the representatives and senators into overriding the electoral college vote that has confirmed Mr. Biden as our next President. The Rule of Law won; chaos and mob rule lost. Congress did its duty and returned after its building was secured and voted to uphold the peoples’ vote. This was one of two overriding themes on the 6th.

The second critical note of January 6 were the actions of a sitting President to incite the attack on Congress as, hopefully, the final act in his post-election adolescent temper tantrum. For several preceding weeks, Mr. Trump had confined himself to filing baseless lawsuits and repeating unsupported claims of election fraud and tampering. No credible proof was ever offered of any impropriety that had any impact on the vote. Not one court found merit to any of his legal efforts. His public rants, however, present another, much more dangerous, story. Utilizing the propagandist’s repeat the “big lie” technique to persuade the public, Mr. Trump and some of his supporters shouted over and over again their baseless claims of a stolen election.

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