I see some on the right criticizing @VP for "comparing" 1/6 to 9/11. First, she wasn't comparing them, she was saying they were notable dates in history. Second, even if she were comparing them, it's a useful comparison. While 9/11 was horrific and should not be minimized...
...the threat posed to the U.S. by Trump, Trumpists and the far right is much greater than that ever posed by Al Qaeda. I've said it before and say it again. thedailybeast.com/the-maga-movem…
Fox didn't much like it when I said it then. So, let me try a different tactic. George W. Bush compared the two when he said, "There Is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdain for pluralism...
In their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children pf the same foul spirit." He's not alone in making the comparison the Trump-y right can't stand.
George Will said last spring that the 1/6 insurrection should be ‘burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11, because it was that scale of a shock to the system.’”
You know why people on the right and left say this? Because it's true. And that's exactly why what @VP said in her powerful remarks (preceding @POTUS's important address this morning) was the right thing to say...and why it was so galling to Trump apologists.
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