Friday, July 26, 2024 | 2 a.m.
Those that had been alive on 9/11 will perpetually have the horrific pictures of our nation being attacked by hate-filled terrorists imprinted on their brains. How may this occur to America, the best nation on earth?
For my grandsons, who’re of their twenties, Jan. 6, 2021, was their 9/11. The visions all of us watched had been additionally horrific however much more so as a result of it was Individuals attacking our nation, attempting to overthrow the federal government of the best democracy on earth.
Whereas we vowed to always remember the tragedies of 9/11, many have rapidly forgotten what they witnessed stay on TV on Jan. 6. The sitting president and Republican members of Congress brazenly inspired a violent mob to assault the Capitol in an effort to disrupt the switch of energy after a verified, legitimate election.
How can rational folks permit themselves to consider the rewriting of historical past by Donald Trump and his Republican worshipers? If recollections are fuzzy, watch a YouTube replay of the day, then vow to by no means once more overlook what Trump tried to do to America. Don’t give him one other alternative to destroy our democratic republic.
