Trump, whose character and temperament rendered him unfit and unsuitable to be president, behaved shamelessly yet again as the Capitol, the citadel of American democracy, was besieged by rioters. Supreme Court twice declined to consider his petitions. Yet Trump and his allies persisted in circulating the baseless allegation that the election was fraudulent, an accusation that was repeatedly dismissed, due to a glaring lack of evidence, by TrumpвЂ™s attorney-general, William Barr, a procession of state judges, and the Electoral College itself. They convey an unmistakable message of profound disrespect for the tradition of law and order and contempt for the principles of democracy and the will of the people.Д¬ontrary to TrumpвЂ™s utterly divisive вЂњstab-in-the-backвЂќ conspiracy theories, Biden beat Trump by a margin of almost eight million votes, and his victory in the Electoral College was substantial as well. These telling images have been seared into the consciousness of Americans and foreigners alike.

The second shows a trespasser carrying a large Confederate flag as he roams the halls of Congress. The first is of a self-satisfied intruder in PelosiвЂ™s office leaning back complacently on her chair, his rubber-heeled boots planted firmly on her desk. In the meantime, Americans can breathe a sigh of relief that the guards exercised restraint and held their fire.ДЄmid the chaos, two photographs of the mayhem stand out in stark relief. ItвЂ™s a question that will have to be answered, and heads will probably roll after a thorough investigation. ItвЂ™s puzzling why security personnel were unable to stop these goons from entering the premises.

As they swept through the halls of Congress, the rioters smashed windows, vandalized the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and briefly took control of the Senate chamber in a sickening spectacle that conjured up visions of a coup in a Central American banana republic.

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