In Washington DC, right now, representatives are considering and voting on a second impeachment for Donald J. Trump. This morning, in the Washington Post, it was revealed that some of these elected officials were involved in hatching and planning a riot that would attempt to overturn an election.
“We four schemed up of putting maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting,” Alexander said in a since-deleted video on Periscope highlighted by the Project on Government Oversight, an investigative nonprofit. The plan, he said, was to “change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body, hearing our loud roar from outside.”
The representatives either refused to respond to The Washington Post or who refused to deny it. In video posted by Paul Gosar on November 30, you can hear the attacks on American democracy as leaders of the protest movement castigate “how did they get an Indian reservation”.. with ongoing racist attacks against voters.
This ongoing support from the four elected officials, as well as votes of others — especially the six US Senators, was seen as providing fuel to the fire.
If nothing else, by just speaking to the organizers, the elected were clearly aware of their intent — it was in their tweets, of which many were retweeting or liking.
The positions of Ali Alexander found a welcome supporter — Donald J. Trump himself, who retweeted and also supported his nonsense claims:
In June 2019, Donald Trump Jr. retweeted Alexander's false claim that Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is not an "American Black." The following month, Alexander attended a "social media summit" at the White House, alongside a number of far-right figures who had accused companies of anti-conservative bias.
Alexander is accusing three elected of helping him to plan the riot. He might be trying to fish for a plea deal. Maybe he has information to back his claim up. GOP officials have every reason to worry. Alexander is showing them exactly what happens next. When faced with potential real penalties, these “tough guys” have no loyalty at all and will turn on everyone around them to save their own hide. It may be the only right thing they do for American Democracy — to let the nation move on by identifying the traitors who are still walking onto the US House floor pretending none of this should stick to them.