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Larry Middleton

16 Feb, 10 tweets, 2 min read

@11thHour

Okay, maybe I am being a little hard on Matt K. Lewis after seeing his appearance on @11thHour. But I believe with everything within me that he deserves it. After all, the people who invaded the Capitol would be just as happy to see me dead as they'd be content to not know...

...I ever existed. A violent, racist, seditious mob invaded the Capitol. Yet some conservatives think it's "looking down" on those people to talk about spiritual problems in America or say anything along the lines of them needing to be reprogramed, or make them feel insulted.

Let's be clear, the people who invaded the Capitol aren't interested in negotiation, compromise, or conciliation. They don't want blacks to vote. They don't want women in positions of leadership. They do want babies in cages. They claimed blue lives matter, then attacked police.

They don't believe anyone other than white conservatives are Americans. They are overt racists, anti-Semites, and anti-Islamists. They want one of the leaders of their own party dead for following the law and the constitution.

They killed people and tried to end democracy. Those same insurrectionists are willing to kill the people who are saying don't insult them. So why should anyone listen to The "enlightened conservatives?" That's just another way is saying forget about everything and just move on.

So, what are we supposed to do with that? Really?

Ironically, while enlightened conservatives warn liberals against being patronizing and condescending, they've apparently failed to hold the mirror to themselves to learn that lesson. It's the identical thing that got them into trouble over a decade ago with the tea party.

The bottom line is the racist, Christo-fascist, violent insurrectionist faction of the GOP doesn't want to coexist, share, or get better. They don't see many of us as humans. They want to rule, not govern, and eliminate everyone and everything unlike them. That's not hyperbole.

Anybody who believes that time will heal all wounds, or that the insurrectionists will just get better and learn to behave are thoroughly delusional. They are themselves a threat to America because they are deliberately ignoring reality.

And that's why the GOP must die.

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I am extremely pleased that @SpeakerPelosi is moving forward with a 9/11-type commission to look into the January 6th insurrection. I hope it's headed by someone with integrity like @russfeingold.

That commission must look at all individuals involved including criminally complicit members of congress. It must also look at all laws, rules, policies, procedures, and practices that enabled and propelled the sedition and insurrection to reality.

Like turning a ship in the harbor, nothing about government happens fast. While sometimes I hate that notion and it drives me crazy. And, everyone in the nation may be in need of quick answers. Nonetheless, government is built that way for a reason.

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It's kind of bizarre, and silly, to watch government officials freak out in Texas over the approaching "unprecedented" cold weather. I was in Dallas, in mid February, about 10 years ago, when another unprecedented storm hit and left a little snow and ice behind.

They were terrified about it then, too, especially since it was NBA All-Star weekend, and they were worried about losing business. But because it is winter, that kind of thing might be expected even in normal times.

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RECALIBRATION AND PERSECTIVE:

I needed a few hours away from it all to regain some perspective and readjust my thinking. I have been so close to the proceedings this week that I felt the need to completely disconnect once it ended.

Nonetheless, I still have to be honest.

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That does not change the reality of our situation. America and American democracy is in a far more precarious position tonight than it has ever been because of the fear and cowardice of republicans. Republican failure places us in jeopardy from now on.

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It's been said that republicans fear democracy because they fear mob rule. So it's ironic that the only mobs apparent and the only ones for them to fear are racist, violent mobs of their own republicans acting under the fake guise of smaller government, populism and antistatism.

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