All of this violence can’t be pinned on President Trump’s lies he has been using to con people into thinking he is the greatest President ever. White supremeists and other far right militias have been around America since Hitler’s minions started them over eighty years ago.

            However, Trump’s verbal support for them and his lies have strengthened militias and grew their membership. His lies about actually winning the election by a landslide have allowed all these radical elements to coalesce into what we saw at the Capital January 6. Somehow they have been pulled into his fantasy even though Republicans in the battleground states have said the count was accurate.

            Trump’s attorney wrote up a speech for him to say he did not want riots or vandalism and to obey law enforcement orders. He might have said Biden won the election because seven million more people voted for him or the Electoral College legally and rightfully confirmed the fact Biden won. Most would then begin to understand the great con had deceived them and made them feel foolish and mad at the conman.

            An old saying; “You can fool some of the people some of the time, most of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” Where do those people who stormed the Capital and those who stayed home believing he has never lied to them fall in the axiom? He has conned the first two parts and believes the third doesn’t apply to him since he thinks he can deceive everyone.

            The question no one seems to know is what will the deluded Americans do when they find out they will have been lied to by political leaders, conned by many of them for their own benefit, and probably guided and financed by our enemies abroad?

            One video of the insurrectionists was of them reading through right wing Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s papers. One of them was yelling “He planning to sell us out.” Another video had people yelling to get Cruz. Cruz’s base is, or maybe was, these people. He may already have lost the support of moderates and independents, but loss of radicals may be personally dangerous.

            What will the millions do when their eyes are finally opened to the fact Trump lost the election? Will they all learn at the same time or will it be a slow process. The reaction will be dependent on which one? Many media and podcasters will continue to harangue those gullible people. Many of them are violent and are completely indoctrinated into the radical conspiracies. Many people may be true believers like the Nashville Bomber who believed 5G was causing Covid 19 or several shooters who believe large areas are under Sharia law. Many still believe black helicopters are swooping down to take people to concentration camps in Montana.

            Some people will always be easily deceived which is why Russia and other countries have been so successful in creating a corrosive society. What will they do? Will they quietly say to themselves “you suckered me once but never again” or will they go after those who embarrassed them in a violent way? Let’s hope for the first!

           Entire families of healthy people are dying because too many people won’t wear a proper mask or avoid crowds. People complain about bars and restaurants being closed without realizing if they wore a mask shutting them down wouldn’t be required. Multiply the stupidity and selfishness of one person by millions and one many have over 400,000 dead by spring.

            Even more Illinoisans decided they didn’t want a few billionaires to pay more income taxes so everybody could pay more taxes. The few the “Fair Tax” would have affected have thrown the rest of us under the bus. Now the billionaires and all the rest of us will have to pay another 1% tax!.

            Trump said over 36,000 lies and 71 million people believed those lies. His saving of manufacturing jobs is a lie. We had 163,000 less January 12,020 than December 31, 2016. Saving the coal mining jobs was a lie. We have 3,600 less coal miners. The tax cut benefited the billionaires and real estate developers in particular.

            What is this desire to play cowboy and carry a gun? Someone carrying a gun is much more likely to be shot than not carrying one. Why do American’s have more guns per capita than people in war zones? Do we really need assault weapons? Are grenades and RPGs next?

            What is the sudden affection for long beards? Is it because some men want to be like scraggy swamp stars?

            Is all this because we have succumbed to people who are handsomely paid to divide us or simply the Russians are now able to control our minds? Probably both?