Thread by @ajcdeane

Much hypocrisy seen in attitudes about political violence. But don't avoid the obvious point- what happened in DC was appalling.

Worse, Schumer is right: the President “egged on” the mob- that “this president bears a great deal of the blame.”

A terrible end to the Presidency.

Why do I say this- a Brit, not an American- do I think my view makes a difference? Of course not. But
- this is a site for opinions;
- we all care about what happens in the USA;
- sometimes I've been as close to a Trump supporter / apologist as UK / intl media allows on air.

So I look aghast at the attitude on show in the twilight of the Presidency. It destroys so much of any legacy, and affirms some of the worst criticisms against which some have defended the President over years.

To that extent, I'd think that my view might weigh a little more than those now calling on the Republicans to repudiate the President, who have excoriated the GOP for years *anyway* & boasted support for the Democrats as if a moral virtue, for plaudits from media & the left.

Would I have voted for him?

In November, yes.

If, somehow, one might know then that this is how he would behave now, in January, then no.

I would, with that knowledge, have voted for Joe Biden.

Unlike many conservatives who've sought centrist plaudits by preening their disdain for the GOP over the years - inviting the crocodile to eat them last, for the media & the left will never prefer the ersatz to the real - this is the first time I've ever expressed such a thought.