Rewriting the history of Jan. 6 is our own creepy version of George Orwell’s “1984.”
Some of the most famous lines from “1984″ are playing out as President Trump and his Republican sycophants are doing their darndest to erase what really happened at the Capitol.
Orwell wrote “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” He also penned, “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
President Trump has called the bloody attack on the Capitol a “day of love.” Really? The rioters were calling for the execution of Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. At least 20 rioters were armed with firearms. More than 140 police officers were assaulted with two by fours and pepper-sprayed and one officer died.
President Trump has rewarded these criminals, some violent offenders, with pardons or commutations of their sentences. Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys militia received a 22-year-prison sentence for his part in inflaming the rioters with rage against law enforcement.
The judge who sentenced him, Judge Lamberth, appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the D.C. District Court in 1987, has written, “I have been dismayed to see distortions and outright falsehoods seep into the public consciousness … I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved ‘in an orderly fashion’ like ordinary tourists or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as ‘political prisoners’ or even, incredibly, ‘hostages.’ That is all preposterous.”
It is truly shocking and terrifying to see this happening in America. President Trump has given the proverbial “get out of jail” pass to 1,500 people who participated in a violent attack on the Capitol. This was not a “day of love.” Don’t be fooled by this massive assault on the truth.
Jan. 6 was a day of terrifying infamy orchestrated by President Trump.
Walter Bugden, Holladay
