Trump's Insurrectionists Were Fighting For Fascism, Not Democracy
They have no idea what democracy means or why their actions were so contrary to it.
Photo: John Minchillo, AP
by Bob Cesca
WASHINGTON, DC -- As I watched the shocking video footage presented by the House managers in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, I was struck by something that hadn’t really occurred to me before.
In addition to the crazy-eyed violence of Trump’s insurrectionist mob, I noticed the sporadic chants of, “USA! USA! USA!” repeated by the terrorists themselves. I noticed, too, the perpetrators waving of American flags as if their desecration of the U.S. Capitol was somehow in the name of American patriotism and not merely a pathetic, chaos-addicted mad man. For Trump’s army of violent extremists, patriotism is strictly a matter of brand loyalty rather than an ideal in and of itself. They have no idea what democracy means or why their actions were so contrary to it.
I couldn’t help but be enraged by the video footage being presented by the managers -- scene after scene of anti-democratic thugs who despise American values waving the American flag.…