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Witness
The government’s refusal to believe that one of their own could turn on them despite clear warnings (and tons of evidence)
I live in Europe, so it was already evening here when Trump was starting his rally that would set off the coup in the US, attempting to disrupt Constitutional procedure and overthrow the United States government. I went to bed early that night, but woke up at 3am to check the news. By that time, most of the insurrectionists had exited the Capitol building and it was all over.
Like most people around the world, I was horrified. And, like so many people in the US, I was not surprised.
I was, however, fed up.
In the hours and days following Trump’s coup, literally thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of people have pointed out that Trump and his followers had been openly planning this event for months — it was hardly a secret… to anyone outside of the Federal government, that is.
As more and more details come to light, the level of planned violence is chilling. Watching Trump’s rallying speech (and Guiliani’s before his) after the event makes it all the more terrifying, and all the more infuriating that nothing was done to stop it. But I won’t rehash what everyone is already talking about. My anger goes deeper than that.
