It is June 14, and the January 6, 2021 Public Hearings are under way. I am under the impression that the committee carrying out these hearings is attempting to defend our democracy against a persistent, clumsy, and outraged Republican cabal whose only interest is in retaining power over the widespread objections of the majority of US citizens.

The Republican/Fox News cry at the moment is that nothing happened on January 6, 2021. I haven’t heard lately that the admitted “attack” was perpetrated by Antifa and BLM disguised as T**** supporters. Those who have been arrested attested to their allegiance to the former president, and were outraged that anyone would accuse their sworn enemy of carrying out the attack.

But these people and their supporters are like the rapist who argues that the woman “consented” to the attack, or they “asked” for it. “Of course, how could one be accused of rape if the parties are consenting?” I have to repeat with Bill Barr, the toady who presided over the Justice Department while T**** was in office, that the Republican complaint is just “bulls***.”

Now, as much as the evangelical fantasies about the Law and Order party, Back the Blue, Pro Life, and all the other rubbish pushed off on the public to bolster the failed Republican ideology, are only partially their fault, they have fallen into the swindle with a fervor that pales into insignificance their zeal for Christ. Many of us watching this travesty can’t help but think their Republican fervor has been hiding in plain sight for so long that we failed to notice its culpability in the modern race wars and political stupidity.