Today is January 6th, a date that America should pay close attention to. Three years ago, on January 6th, 2021, Donald Trump urged his supporters en masse to storm the Capitol and forcibly overturn Democracy. Nine people died as a result, and more than 450 people have been sentenced to prison for their participation in…
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Yes, January 6th Was an Insurrection
On December 14, New Mexico State Senator Gregg Schmedes reposted a lengthy and bizarre tweet (or X or whatever we’re supposed to call a “tweet” these days) penned by former U.S. Capitol Police Lieutenant Tarik Johnson. In his post, Johnson states that Vivek Ramaswamy’s statements about January 6th, and a bunch of other MAGA, conspiratorial goobly-gook during a CNN Town Hall were correct. Johnson’s…
“Blood Running out of that Building”
New Mexico is not having it with an elected official who participated in the January 6 riot on the capital. Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, and co-founder of “Cowboys for Trump,” was removed from his office by State District Judge Francis Mathew on September 6, 2022. He was removed from his post and disqualified from holding public office for life…