Trump’s silence not golden

We should be alarmed the Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin warning of the lingering potential for violence from people motivated by anti-government sentiment after Joe Biden’s election. It suggests the riot by a mob of Donald Trump supporters at the US Capitol January 6 has set the stage for additional attacks. The threat will likely “persist for weeks”.

There’s a cruel irony in this new threat. Trump’s words and deeds in support of his overt attempt to overthrow his duly elected replacement led to the January 6 Capitol insurrection that got 5 killed, hundreds injured and infected a slew of covid victims. Now the threat is his silence; never once admitting he fairly lost, the election was not stolen and that the entire violent saga was made up. He can’t even utter the words “Job Biden won”.

That’s good enough for over 50 million of his 75 million voters to continue the delusion his reelection was stolen. And some thousands of them, like the ravenous mob January 6, are still bent on murder and mayhem.

Trump’s silence has paralyzed most Senate Republicans from supporting impeachment. Without a word from The Donald that he fairly lost, hammering in the final nail of impeachment, banishing him from the world stage he’s dishonored in blood, is a non-starter. They’re afraid the 50 million plus Trump coup supporters will banish them from office should they vote to impeach. More ominously, they’re afraid the most delusional of that Republican Trump base, will target them for death, like they did Mile Pence.

Trump’s silence is not golden…it’s deadly.