Watching the attack on the US Capitol by traitorous insurrectionists was the worst thing I have ever seen in my life. I was in the United States Air Force for six years, I have seen some horrible stuff in my life, truly horrible stuff. I remember watching the World Trade Center being attacked in 2001 with my mom. I remember when the World Trade Center buildings collapse and thought to myself my God tens of thousands of people have probably died.
Watching enemies of the United States of America waving our Star-Spangled Banner, Confederate flags, and other white supremacist symbols while they attacked our government with the goal of destroying our government, yes destroying our government not just changing the results of the election, was the absolute worst.
Thoughts of Civil War and wanting to get revenge went through my head when I looked at these people. I thought of all the men and women who have died serving United States for freedom so that these traitors and insurrectionists could just take it away in a single afternoon?
Donald Trump was their cheerleader. Incitement is not protected speech. Incitement in a nutshell is trying to get people to do something by speech, that is illegal, with the intent that they do the illegal act.
Donald Trump telling his supporters to go to the capital and use force was textbook incitement. His incitement to insurrection was a total violation of his oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, which is no doubt a high crime and misdemeanor, which should subject him to at the minimum impeachment, and I believe criminal prosecution.
If Vice President Pence does not act to remove Trump through the 25th amendment of the Constitution, then the House must at the minimum impeach Donald Trump. Most likely there will not be a trial on the impeachment before Trump has to go on January 20, 2021 when Joe Biden takes office, but the trial must be done after that to ensure that Trump can never hold office again, loses his Secret Service protection, and loses the person benefits of the office that he shames.
We can never allow sedition and insurrection to happen like this in our nation again.
By Norman Gregory
