Fact: In Nearly Every Nation in the World Anyone who Participated in an Event Like January 6 Would have Been Executed

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

 

Treason is considered the most egregious crime against any country. It is usually followed by a sentence of death after conviction. However, the January 6, 2021 insurrectionists who attempted to overthrow our government have been given “slaps on the wrists,” sentenced to a few years after attempting an overthrow of our nation’s democracy. Even worse, the man who organized, planned, and executed the failed coup remains free to continue his lies and intentional division of our nation. America’s biggest traitor wants to be your first fascist dictator in 2024.

A Colorado judge declared that Trump is guilty of insurrection. However, she claimed the article 3 of the 14^th Amendment does not apply because is does not specifically mention the president. You be the judge because this judge obviously failed to read the entirety of section three.

[“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."]

(I underlined seven words which dispute the judge’s decision.)

Now add the fact that your 45^th president stole dozens of classified documents when he was evicted from the White House on January 20, 2021, and lied about having returned them. In 1955 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for similar actions.

Trump’s citizenship should be revoked and he should spend life in a federal prison.

The fact that the worst person in the world remains a free man proves that the United States is a nation without justice for all. Not once in my 77 years has a wealthy or powerful person been fairly punished for their crimes. However, impoverished and low-income Americans are frequently punished to the full extent of the law, regardless of the crime.

I would also like to tell my right-wing friends that other statistics prove that poverty does contribute to many non-violent crimes. I would also like to remind them that crimes committed by the super-rich and powerful generally harm large numbers of our nation’s people and contribute to the demise of our nation’s values.

Turn of the “boob tube,” and become an informed American.

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/21/politics/harrison-floyd-georgia-election-bond-hearing/index.html

https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment14/annotation15.html

https://www.reuters.com/legal/colorado-judges-allows-trump-primary-ballot-delays-decision-general-election-2023-11-18/