Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the Republic failed , But the Danger to our Democracy still exists – Pittsburgh Current

By Charlie Deitch
Pittsburgh Current Editor
charlie@pittsburghcurrent.com

As this issue goes to press, the United States Congress just voted to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time.

Trump is the first President in history to be impeached twice. At this point, everyone is well aware of how we got to this place.

On Jan. 6, as Congress gathered to certify Joe Biden’s win for President of the United States, Donald Trump was down the street at the Washington Mall. Trump gave a speech that continued to feed his followers several false narratives that led to the Capitol insurrection:

The Election was stolen
“All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by bold and radical left Democrats, which is what they are doing, and stolen by the fake news media. That is what they have done and what they are doing. We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn’t happen. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved,” Trump said.

Vice President Mike Pence had the power to reverse the results of a fair election.
“I hope Mike is going to do the right thing. I hope so. I hope so because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election. … All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify, and we become president, and you are the happiest people. And I actually, I just spoke to Mike. I said, Mike, that doesn’t take courage, what takes courage is to do nothing. That takes courage, and then we are stuck with a president who lost the election by a lot, and we have to live with that for four more years. We’re just not going to let that happen. Mike Pence, I hope you’re going to stand up for the good of our Constitution and for the good of our country. (APPLAUSE) And if you’re not, I’m going to be very disappointed in you. I will tell you right now. I’m not hearing good stories.”

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