Between November 4th, 2020 and January 6th, 2021 the Republican message was to cast doubt on the election result and to go as far as labeling it a stolen election. Of course, they were repeating everything that Trump was stating and tweeting. His gullible followers and Trump enablers believed that messaging immediately while other Republican lawmakers were more careful and recast those claims as a search for fair election procedures. But then on January 6th, 2021 unprecedented events unfolded at the Capital building. They were predictable given the heated political environment yet unexpected in their violence. Given that we live in a world of 24×7 news coverage, most American saw images of what was happening live and all certainly soon after. Suddenly Republicans who even that day had questioned election results in the House and Senate were playing defense attempting to explain what had happened. Unable to do so, they decided to change their messaging and suddenly appeal to unity in the nation. That is all good and I agree with that. But it reminds me of a case of an arsonist setting the fire and then rushing to the scene to help extinguish it! It is his first action which tells us who he is and not the second!

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