What acquittal means for our nation
It means that the Senate Republicans who voted not guilty are hopelessly corrupt. There is zero hope that they’ll see how of-course they are in time to prevent further damage to our institutions that hold us together and protect us as a nation.
It means the batshit crazy that Republicans embraced out of fear of Donald Trump is both emboldened and will be with us for far longer than we ever had to deal with it. It could have been stopped in its tracks, but for cowards trying to profit from lying to people.
It means that any steps Democrats take to further protect our national institutions from abuse by any party will immediately be held up as fuel for the Grand Republican Victimhood Conspiracy, where Republicans are, gee, just never the ones instigating the “aggression”, gee, just always the ones being targeted unfairly. Oh, it’s just never the Republicans doing anything wrong. Pearl-clutching ensues.
It means that we have work to do to make ourselves as a nation immune to propaganda. We citizens are going to have to find a way to see through the bullshit they spew in a way that doesn’t impede at least normal function of government and at most doesn’t impede the very real and very important work of designing a nation where our government improves our lives appreciably and serves the needs of the masses instead of the needs of those with access.
It means we are still in very, very real danger of losing our democracy. Every vote for acquittal was a vote to install a dictator instead of a president. Every vote for acquittal was a vote to ignore the needs of the people without whom this nation would cease to function, because accountability in government, even though a largely unrecognized need, is vital to every life in this nation and to the stability of the nation itself. And every vote for acquittal was a complete and utter abdication of the duty to uphold and protect the United States Constitution.
Those senators chose party over country, and the problem with that is that their party wants to deny votes, tank our economy, steal from the poor to give to the rich, and establish a dictator so that they don’t have to do all that pesky talking to voters crap. You know, just establish a dictator because their job is just too hard and maybe they’d do it better if they didn’t have to care what you and I think every so many years.
It means that the evil that is fascism won a small victory yesterday. Our nation won a much larger victory when Biden was elected, and that’s one that cannot be undone. Nonetheless, any and every small victory they eke out is another setback for the patriots doing their constitutional duty to protect and preserve the rights of all Americans, whether born or naturalized, and the freedoms that we hold dear as the heart of our nation.
It means we have work to do. Let’s go to it.
