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Michele Kearney's avatar
daria (MID)'s avatar

It is 4:14 am and we're heading to our hotel in Savannah, GA several days early after a disastrous and heated argument with my In-laws after dinner. The gist of the argument, among other things, was January 6, Trump's hand in it and how it was a lawful expression of true patriots. The straw that broke the camel's back was the repeated use of the phrase, "Why should/do you care?" whether or not those who attacked Capitol are held accountable? Or that voting rights are being throttled or that people are struggling. "You're doing fine, why do you care about anyone else?" And they mean precisely that.

I think if each of us on this page listen closely to family and friends who have been sucked into the void of Trumpism you'll find that they, too, simply don't care about anyone other than themselves. Their words and actions tell us that they don't care. My husband and I have gritted our teeth since Obama was elected listening to the bigoted, racist, hateful bullshit and have argued against the right wing crap they've dished out. Last night was the last straw. No more.

People who ask, "Why do you care?" that our democracy is in jeopardy have no interest in building a better society. Listen to them. They are telling you the truth. They. Do. Not. Care.

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Ralph Averill's avatar

It seems to me that Meadows' sudden refusal to cooperate with the Jan. 6th Committee only lends credibility to the material he has submitted, such as that quoted by HCR above. It also seems his actions point to the probability that the material he now chooses to withhold is even more powerful evidence of an overt conspiracy to overthrow the US government, a coup d'etat, at the very least abetted by the president.

Liz Cheney's courage and fortitude highlights the groveling cowardice, the supreme hypocricy, of her fellow Republicans.

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