@Takeout Slide Sorry for taking a week to respond. I did read the article from Judge Luttig. It is hard to argue with what he wrote. It is also interesting that Trump’s attorney, Eastman, clerked for Luttig. I appreciate you linking.
But it doesn’t change my opinion. My opinion is that we were never in danger of losing our Republic. I certainly agree that there were attacks on our Republic, but an attack or threat is a large leap from “close to losing our Republic”.
There were really four threats.
1) Congress voting against certification: I hated that some Republicans, including Sen Lankford, voted against certification. But this unfortunately has become commonplace over past Presidential elections. We didn’t come close to losing our Republic then so I don’t think it qualifies to the level of losing our Republic.
2) People saying vote was fraudulent: I hate that people made claims that the vote was rigged. I also hate that prominent Dems say not only are SCOTUS decisions wrong, but that SCOTUS is illegitimate. Both are attacks and our dangerous overtime diminishing faith in our systems, but neither cause our Republic real danger.
3) Rioting: Glad that many rioters are getting jail time. As mentioned several times, the look of people breaking into the Capitol will for a long-time be a massive stain on our country. But even how ugly that was, I doubt people believe that the riot would cause us to lose our Republic (I hope everyone can agree with that).
So that brings us to what the hearing have been so far:
4) Trump’s actions on Jan 6th and days leading up: The hearings have shown us that Trump’s actions were horrible and not only unbecoming of a President, but unbecoming of a citizen. There is no doubt IMO that the huge narcissist wanted to do everything in his power to retain power. However, at least so far, I think they also show that even among his close advisors that Trump was not able to influence what he wanted most.
Conclusion, 100% agree that Trump acted horribly to keep power unlike any President in history, and potentially did something illegal, but our Republic is strong. I don’t at all believe we were remotely close to losing our Republic.
PS I do feel that there is one item that is the biggest threat to our Republic. It is not a new item, but one that has grown significantly as a threat. Our national debt.