Former Guy Trump is guilty of supporting a seditious riot on January 6th

"We at Concord-Bethel Democrats condemn the blight of misinformation that has poisoned public discourse, and the radicalized alt-right groups it motivates. We denounce the violence at the Capitol and recognize it for what it was: a coup attempt spurred by Donald Trump, who has thoroughly earned his historic infamy as the only twice-impeached President."

US Capitol insurrection January 6, 2021- Donald Trump is guilty of causing this riot.

Opinion letter echo published in the Daily News - The Delaware County Daily Times, in Exton, Pennsylvania, submitted by the Concord-Bethel Democratic Committee:

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Blame #FormerGuy Trump for the insurrection in Washington

On January 6, 2021, hundreds of right wing extremist and domestic terrorists stormed the US Capitol building in Washington DC, in an attempted coup. Minutes earlier, then-President Donald Trump had urged his supporters to march on the Capitol; specifically, he told them “if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”

Weeks before that, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their victory. He acknowledged, correctly, that the presidential election had been fairly won. In the wider Republican electorate, however, misinformation campaigns conducted online and through traditional media channels had prompted Donald Trump’s supporters to internalize a false narrative of election fraud.

This false narrative, and the misguided outrage it sparked, allowed radicalized groups to force entry into the United States Capitol on Jan. 6. Supporters of QAnon, the Proud Boys, and the Boogaloo Boys joined a seditious mob that declared its intent to hang the Vice President, Mike Pence, and murder the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. The violent throng, many members of whom wore "Blue Lives Matter" apparel, assaulted several police officers and the violence contributed to the death of USCP Officer Brian D. Sicknick. For the first time in history, an insurrectionist carried a confederate flag into the Capitol building.

In the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, freedom of the press is guaranteed, because our Founding Father realized that a democracy could not function without an informed public.  Using the protection of free speech and the guise of journalism in order to deliberately misinform the public not only runs counter to the Founding Father's intentions, it represents a gross perversion of them. 

Far right extremist group symbols at the January 6, 2021 US Capitol insurrection- published in Daily Mail.

Although it was not surprising to see falsehoods spewed by #FormerGuy Trump- who had previously gained notoriety for supporting the false assertion that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya- the First Amendment does not render these falsehoods immune to criticism or refutation; nor does it require private entities to provide them with a platform.

We at Concord-Bethel Democrats condemn the blight of misinformation that has poisoned public discourse and the radicalized alt-right groups it motivates. We denounce the seditious violence at the US Capital and recognize it for what it was: a coup attempt by #FormerGuy Trump who has thoroughly earned his historic infamy as America's only twice impeached president.

Moreover, we wholeheartedly advocate that #FormerGuy Trump be convicted and barred from holding public office in the future. And, although more authoritative organizations than ours have already done so, we declare publicly and unequivocally that the 2020 presidential election was fairly won by President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris.

From Joe Campisano, Chair, Concord-Bethel Democratic Committee